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 Levels.

Object-Level Behavior in IoT Event Definition#

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 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	User (No Data Group)	User (Write Access)	Access Notes
System	Off	Edit			System entities cannot be edited when Object-Level is off.
System	Off	Import			Allowed.
System	Off	Import via Integration Entry			Allowed.
Non-System	Off	Edit			Allowed.
Non-System	Off	Edit Properties			Allowed.
Non-System	Off	Import			Allowed.
System	On	Edit	Forbidden properties	Forbidden properties	Users with Write Access or no Data Group can edit only partial properties.
System	On	View			Full viewing access. Users with no access cannot view.
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	View			Allowed.
Non-System	On	Terminate			Allowed.
Non-System	On	Import			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.