Permissions For Folder or Item

Created: July 28, 2015 | Updated: June 19, 2017 | Applies to version: 15.1

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Variations of the Permissions For Folder or Item dialog

Summary

The Permissions For Folder or Item dialog allows you to edit a folder's permissions settings. Existing users and roles for a selected folder can be added, edited and removed using this dialog. New users and roles can be added using the Altium Vault web-based interface.

For information on Controlling Access to Vault Content, click here.

Choose the desired dialog below and click the link to access the information about that variation of the Permissions for Folder or Item dialog.

Permissions For Folder

The Permissions For Folder dialog

Access

The dialog is accessed by clicking the Sharing link on the bottom left of the Folder Properties dialog.

Option/Controls

Change - click to open the Sharing Level dialog in which you can specify the level of sharing for the folder.
Sharing With Specific Users And Roles - displays the users with access to the folder, as well as whether they can edit and their status. Use the Can Edit checkbox to enable/disable a user's ability to make changes to the folder.

Additional Controls

Add User - click to open the Search For Users dialog, which allows you to search for and select an existing user.
Add Role - click to open the Search For Role dialog which allows you to search for and select an existing role.
Remove - click to remove selected roles or users.
Apply to child folders and items - enable this option to apply the same users, roles and permissions to any child folders and items. This option is enabled by default.
Change - click to open the Sharing Control dialog, which enables you to change who is allowed to edit sharing permissions for this entity.

Only the owner of the Item is allowed to change the permissions.

Permissions For New Item

The Permissions For New Item dialog