Using the Permission Editor

You use the Permission Editor to assign user, group and role permissions to portal objects and applications in the PCD and in the GPAL repositories.

Permissions for users, groups and roles are assigned to folders and objects that are displayed in the Portal Catalog.

The procedures carried out in the Permission Editor are based on the permission inheritance scheme. Each folder and object in the Portal Catalog can have permissions assigned directly to it; otherwise it inherits permissions from its parent folder or object.

Using the Permission Editor, you can define permissions to the following objects in the Portal Catalog:

• Business objects and operations

• Folders and portal objects, such as iViews, portal pages, layouts, roles, worksets, packages and systems.

• Security zones and safety levels used to authorize direct URL access to portal components and services

• Applications in the GPAL repositories

You can also edit permissions already assigned, restoring permission inheritance between parents their child objects.

• Permission Inheritance Model

• Launching the Permission Editor

• Setting Permissions in the Permission Editor

• Restoring Permission Inheritance

• Viewing Permission Structures in the Portal

• Transporting Permissions