About Permissions

Different levels of permissions are available when you share objects with other people.

Users can do different things depending on the permissions granted to them, like view, use, or modify objects.

This page discusses:

See Also
Sharing Objects with Other Users
In Other Guides
Sharing Content with Others

Levels of Permissions

Depending on the object type you select and your own permissions, you can share objects with the following permissions:

Permissions Description
Can View Grants the permissions to search the object and view its properties.
Can Read Grants Can View permissions, and additional permissions to explore, use, and open the object.
Can Edit Grants Can Read permissions, and additional permissions to:
  • Modify the object and its properties
  • Lock and unlock the object (if not already locked by another user)
  • Insert or remove a child object, and edit the properties of its usage in the structure
  • Add, delete, and edit ports and connections
Can Manage Grants Can Edit permissions, and the possibility to grant Can Edit permissions to someone else.

If you shared an object with the same user, user group, or collaborative space/organization pair, but with different permissions, the last assigned permissions are granted. For example, if you share an object with User 1 with Can Edit permissions, and then with Can Read permissions, Can Read permissions are granted to User 1, and Can Edit permissions are removed.

Inherited Permissions

Users can have access to an object thanks to permissions inherited from another object.

For example, they can inherit permissions from a Bookmark Workspace or a Bookmark Folder. For more information, see Collaboration and Approvals User's Guide: Team Central: Bookmark Workspaces: About Bookmark Workspaces.

Permissions on an object that are inherited from another parent object cannot be modified or removed at this object's level. To modify or remove them, search for the parent object the permissions are inherited from, and open the Sharing tab of the Information panel to make the required changes.