Manging Access Groups

Audience: Administrators

 

Overview

The Access groups panel allows Administrators to create and modify access groups, which control access privileges to source data and application features. Access groups are assigned to users in the Account Settings: Manage Users panel.

Accessing Access Groups

1. Click on the Settings button in the bottom right corner, and then select the Account Settings option from the list.

Access Groups Options

The following options are available in the Access Groups panel.

+ Add access group button	Add a new access group
	Hover over an access group, and then click this icon to edit it.
	Hover over an access group, and then click on this icon to make it a default access group. The default access group is automatically assigned to new users.
	Hover over an access group, and then click on this icon to duplicate the access group.
	Hover over an access group, and then click n this icon to delete an access group. Note: The General access group cannot be deleted.

Configuring Access Groups

The Access Group Configuration panel allows Administrators to set the application functionality and access privileges for the selected Access Group.

Application Security

The following application security options are available:

Export to Excel	Allow users to export chart data to Excel.
Edit views and box styles	Check to allow users to ability to modify and create views and box styles. Note: If this access group assigns a Read Only role, this option will no longer be available.
Private folder access	Check to generate and allow access to user-assigned private folders in the File Manager. Note: This option is only available for users assigned a Read/Write or Admin seat role.
Point in Time	Check to allow access to the Point in Time module.
Interactive filtering	Check to allow users the ability to create interactive filters.
Reporting	Check to allow users access to the Reporting module (Enterprise only).
Row level security	Check to enable Row Level Security. Click on the Row Level Security dropdown menu, and then select a Row Level Security Profile from the list.
Role assignment	Check to assign users a role. Note: Users that are assigned an access group with a role assignment cannot have their role assignment updated manually.
UI profile	Check to assign users a custom UI Profile.

Allowed folders

Click on the Allowed folders dropdown to select folders that the user has access to.

Hover over a folder that has been added to the list, and choose from the following additional options:

	Hover over the name of the folder, and then click on this icon to unlock folders. Folders that are unlocked, allow users to add content to it.
	Hover over the name of the folder, and then click on this icon to delete it.

Chart Security

Restrict access to certain base charts, apply branch level security to certain base charts, and manage the available views, save filters, and saved highlights for each base chart.

Chart dropdown	Click to select the base chart for which you would like to configure the below access settings.
Chart access	Check to allow users access to the base chart selected in the chart dropdown menu.
Branch Level security	Check to assign the user a Branch Level Security profile for the base chart selected in the chart dropdown menu.
Allowed views dropdown	Curate the views that will be available to users when using the base chart selected in the chart dropdown menu.
Allowed filters dropdown	Curate the saved filters that will be available to users when using the base chart selected in the chart dropdown menu.
Allowed highlights dropdown	Curate the saved highlights that will be available to users when using the base chart selected in the chart dropdown menu.