Displaying Data Access Permissions As Icons

When working with regular reports, dashboards, express reports or data entry form it is possible to enable icon display for cells, for which the user has no permissions or for cells of calculated elements.

NOTE. In data entry forms setting up displaying of data access permissions as an icon is executed during table area setup.

Setting up access to data sources depends on the selected access control method and is executed in the security manager. If the user can only read and/or is denied changing a data source, the user can see data in reports but cannot edit it.

Setting access permissions to data of:

Time series databases is executed in the Data Access Permissions dialog box. To open the dialog box:

Click the Data Access Permissions button on the Discretionary Access Control tab of the Access Control Settings dialog box in the security manager.
Select the Access Permissions item in the object's context menu in the object navigator.

MDM dictionary is determined by the selected access control method. Depending on the selected method, there are different setup methods.
cube is determined on creating authorization objects.

If the user can only read and/or is denied changing data, the user can only see data in reports but cannot edit it. If the user is denied reading and changing data, cells will be empty.

To enable displaying lock icons, select the Select Read-Only Cells checkbox on the Formatting tab on the Table side panel group:

NOTE. When working in regular report the function can be enabled only in the desktop application.

Example of Using Icon Displaying Setting

To display the example of using icon displaying setting, use the Gross Regional Product, mln rubtable:

Make the Northern Region element calculated one by editing its formula. After the calculated element is edited, it is indicated with the icon:

Set up data source access permissions: set constraints for data changing for Arkhangelsk region and Murmansk region. As the table contains both cells, for which the user has no permissions, and cells of calculated elements, all icons will be displayed in the table:

Add a constraint for data changing for the Northern District:

As a result of setting up icon displaying, the Northern region cells will display both icons.

NOTE. Regular reports enable the user to enable displaying of icons for cells, which are locked for reading and writing. The icons for calculated element cells in this case are not displayed.