Granting Rights to Users and Groups

Each repository user and group has a set of rights that govern its interactions with the repository. A new user has only the Connect right assigned by default, and a new group has no rights. You can assign rights to users and groups on the Rights tab of their property sheets.

User and group rights can be associated with permissions on documents to define the actions a user or group can effectively perform on a document.

Some rights are automatically associated with permissions for reasons of consistency:


  • Lock and Freeze Versions are associated with the Write permission. A user with the Lock or Freeze Versions right must have a Write permission on the repository document.

  • A user with the Full permission on a document can unlock or unfreeze a version he did not lock or freeze.

  1. Click the Users and Groups tab, select Users or Groups on the left of the screen, and click the appropriate entry in the list to go to its property sheet.
  2. Click the Rights tab and select the check boxes corresponding to the rights you want to assign. The following rights are available:

    • Lock – to be able to lock document versions

    • Freeze – to be able to freeze document versions

    • Manage repository - to be able to upgrade a repository and drop the repository database

    • Connect - to be able to connect to the repository

    • Manage users - to be able to create, modify and delete repository users and groups, grant rights to users and groups, and add users or groups to a group

    • Manage configurations – to be able to create, modify,and delete configurations

    • Manage branches - to be able to create, modify, and delete branches

    • Manage all objects - to be able to create, check in, check out, unlock, unfreeze, define permissions and delete any document version.

  3. Click the Save button to save your changes and return to the list of users or groups.
Parent topic: PowerDesigner Portal Users and Groups