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alias: user-guide-iot-event-definition-security-permissions
tags:
- data platform
description: "IoT Event Definitions security permissions control access based on entity type and object-level settings"
---

# IoT Event Definition Security Permissions

## Overview

The **IoT Events Definitions** (as well as, Analytics Views and Data Sets) are protected by the object security level. For more information, see [[security-admin#security-levels|Security Levels]].

## Object-Level Behavior in IoT Event Definition

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## Detailed Permissions Matrix

The table below summarizes all possible permission combinations for IoT Events Definitions, based on whether the entity is System or Non-System, and whether object-level security is On or Off.

| Entity Type    | Object-Level | Action                       | Administrator | User (No Data Group) | User (Read Access) | User (Write Access) | Access Notes                                               |
| -------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | ------------- | -------------------- | ------------------ | ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| **System**     | **Off**      | Edit                         | :material-close:{ style="color: #EF5350" } | :material-close:{ style="color: #EF5350" } | :material-close:{ style="color: #EF5350" } | :material-close:{ style="color: #EF5350" } | System entities cannot be edited when Object-Level is off. |
| **System**     | **Off**      | Import                       | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | Allowed. |
| **System**     | **Off**      | Import via Integration Entry | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | Allowed. |
| **Non-System** | **Off**      | Edit                         | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | Allowed. |
| **Non-System** | **Off**      | Edit Properties               | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | Allowed. |
| **Non-System** | **Off**      | Import                       | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | Allowed. |
| **System**     | **On**       | Edit                         | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-alert:{ style="color: #FFB300" } Forbidden properties | :material-close:{ style="color: #EF5350" } | :material-alert:{ style="color: #FFB300" } Forbidden properties | Users with Write Access or no Data Group can edit only partial properties. |
| **System**     | **On**       | View                         | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | Full viewing access. Users with no access cannot view. |
| **System**     | **On**       | Terminate                    | :material-close:{ style="color: #EF5350" } | :material-close:{ style="color: #EF5350" } | :material-close:{ style="color: #EF5350" } | :material-close:{ style="color: #EF5350" } | Termination not allowed. |
| **System**     | **On**       | Import                       | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | Allowed. |
| **System**     | **On**       | Import via Integration Entry | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | Allowed. |
| **Non-System** | **On**       | Edit                         | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-close:{ style="color: #EF5350" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | Allowed except for Read Access users. |
| **Non-System** | **On**       | View                         | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | Allowed. |
| **Non-System** | **On**       | Terminate                    | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | Allowed. |
| **Non-System** | **On**       | Import                       | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } | Allowed. |

Table: IoT Event Definitions permissions matrix

!!! info
    On the Details page of each IoT Event Definition, the Owner Type property indicates whether the event is a System or Non-System IoT Event.