Manage data feed permissions
You can manage the permissions of data feeds in the MashZone NextGen feed editor. You are able to assign specific access permissions to individual users or to user groups. If you assign permissions to a user group the permissions are automatically assigned to all members of the user group.
For new users and user groups of a data feed, you can automatically assign view permissions to all associated assets of the data feed, such as aliases and other data feeds. You must not assign the permissions to each asset manually. A user requires the view permission for all associated assets to display the corresponding source data in the data feed. If view permissions are not assigned to all associated assets, a corresponding option to assign the missing view permissions is additionally displayed in the dialog.
Note: You can assign access rights only for saved data feeds.
Access right
EditThis user can use data feeds to create dashboards or include them in other data feeds and he can edit data feeds in MashZone NextGen Feed Editor.
View This user can use data feeds to create dashboards or include them in other data feeds. This user can view the data of the data feed in the view mode of the related dashboard.
Procedure
2. Select a data feed in the Available data feed box and click OK.
You can also search a data feed using the Search box.
Depending on the browser settings, the feed editor opens in a separate tab or in a separate window, and you can specify your settings.
3. Click Manage > Permissions in the feed editor main menu. The Manage dashboard permissions dialog is displayed.
4. Enter a term in the search box and click Search. Clicking Search without any input values results in a list of all users and groups.
5. Click Show MashZone NextGen default groups to show only default MashZone NextGen users or user group in the Search results box.
6. Drag a user or a user group from the Search result box and drop it into the Principals with permissions field.
Note: By default, the creator of the data feed is already present in the Principals with permissions list.
7. Activate or deactivate the View or Edit privileges of an user or user group.
8. Click Save.
The button is available if the option Assign the relevant view permissions to related assets. is disabled, or view permissions are already assigned to all associated assets.
9. Enable the option Assign the relevant view permissions to related assets. to assign the required view permissions to all associated data feeds and aliases.
The option is available if view permissions are not assigned to all associated assets.
10. Click Next.
The button is available if the option Assign the relevant view permissions to related assets. is enabled.
The opened dialog displays two lists. The first list contains assets whose view permissions you can update. The second list contains assets whose view permissions you cannot change. At least one of the following prerequisites must apply to change the view permissions for data feeds or aliases.
11. Click Save to save your settings.
Your changes are applied and the required permissions are assigned to the user selected.
If you want to remove a user or a user group from the
Principals with permissions list click the
Delete icon.
Note: Deleted permissions for a data feed do not affect the associated data feeds or aliases.