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Analytics Views Security Permissions#

Overview#

The Analytics Views (as well as, IoT Events Definitions and Data Sets) are protected by the object security level. For more information, see Security Levels.

Object-Level Behavior in Analytics Views#

The following rules apply when Object-Level Security is Off or On for Analytics Views, IoT Events, and Data Sets.

Object-Level Off#

Entity Type Permission Summary
System Entities You can view but cannot edit or modify layout.
Non-System Entities You can view and edit normally.

Table: Permissions summary for Object-Level Off

Object-Level On#

Use Case Permission Summary
Entity without Data Group You can edit Non-System entities normally, and edit only the first step of the Edit Wizard for System entities (layout editing is forbidden).
User with Read Access You can view but cannot edit or modify layout.
User with Write Access You can edit Non-System entities normally, and edit only the first step of the Edit Wizard for System entities (layout editing is forbidden).

Table: Permissions summary for Object-Level Off

Detailed Permissions Matrix#

The table below summarizes all possible permission combinations for Analytics Views, 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 / Edit Layout System entities cannot be edited when Object-Level is off.
System Off Import Allowed only for Administrator.
System Off Import via Integration Entry Allowed.
Non-System Off Import Allowed.
System On Edit Limited (only first step of Edit Wizard) Limited (only first step of Edit Wizard) Administrator and Write Access allows partial editing only.
System On Edit Layout Layout editing forbidden for all users.
System On View Full viewing access.
System On Terminate Termination not allowed.
System On Import Allowed.
System On Import via Integration Entry Allowed.
Non-System On Edit Allowed except for Read Access users.
Non-System On Edit Layout Allowed except for Read Access users.
Non-System On View Allowed.
Non-System On Terminate Allowed.
Non-System On Import Allowed.

Table: Analytics Views permissions matrix