Inheritance of Permissions
Applies to: viflow (subscription | 9 | 8) | Article: 1594670 | Updated on 30.04.2024
{{silver}}This function is available in the viflow silver and gold editions (not in viflow blue).{{end}}
Important: This function is intended exclusively for administrators who are familiar with granting permissions (e.g. from Windows Server).
- Groups/Users: A user inherits from their groups and each group inherits from parent groups. This affects object and function permissions.
- Objects: An object inherits from its parent. This only affects object permissions.
Important: This does not affect the structure at any time, only the folder views!
Object authorizations can therefore be used, for example, in the Overview or Processes assigned, but not in the Process Structure window!
Breaking the chain of inheritance
(Object) authorizations always affect the folders, the object structure and thus also the underlying folders.
If you do not want this inheritance, you can cancel it with Interrupt inheritance chain. The permissions of the folder above are then copied once. The authorizations assigned at a higher level then no longer have any effect.
Example: If you assign (object) authorizations to the process model in the overview and do not want them to be inherited by processes, then select the Processes folder break the inheritance chain.
Now the authorizations are set once. This inheritance affects the Processes folder and the underlying folders. Effective immediately, permissions set at a higher level are no longer applied to the Processes folder (and underlying folders) applied.
In addition, there are authorizations that can restrict functions in viflow. These are summarized for users or groups under the item Authorizations – Process Model:
- Import from other sources
- Open main version
- Merge Master Shapes
- Change options
- Empty trash
- Clean up process model
- Import process model
- Add/delete language
- Change default objects
- Import translations
- Import Visio file
- Export web model
- Manage web model