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Defining User Access to Resources

In addition to the global and project profiles, an administrator uses resource security to restrict a user’s access to resources. Each user can have access to all resources, no resources, or a limited number of resources in the resource hierarchy. To restrict access to a limited number of resources, you can designate each user’s root resource by assigning each user to a resource in the resource hierarchy. The position of the assigned resource in the hierarchy determines the user’s resource access.

Users with restricted resource access can still view and edit all current project resource assignments if they have the proper project privileges.

An administrator can grant one of the following three types of resource access to each user:

  • All Resource Access: Disables resource security and provides access to all resources. This is the default option for upgrading users. Admin Superusers always have all resource access, no matter what option is selected.
  • No Resource Access: Does not provide access to any resources. This is the default option for new users. With no resource access, the user cannot view any global resource data in the resource dictionary.
  • Resource Node: Provides access to one selected resource (root resource node) and all its children in the resource hierarchy. Users with this restricted access can view global resource data for resources they have access to.

    Note: You need the Edit Users global privilege to manage resource security.

Additional Information: How to Set Security Privileges.


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