Understanding access permissions in the repository

Chapter 5 Managing Repository Documents

You can grant access permissions to a user or a group on the following objects:

The root of the browser, in this case the permissions apply to the entire content of the repository
Folders, containing different documents. Folder access permission automatically applies to any new documents added to the folder, after creation access permissions are split up: when you modify the permissions on the folder, the document keeps the original permission granted when it was added to the folder

For more information on document and sub-folder permissions, see section Defining access permissions on a folder and Defining access permissions on a document.
Documents, either PowerDesigner models or external application files
Packages inside PowerDesigner models

You cannot grant permissions on PowerDesigner model objects or diagrams.

The following table lists the different permissions you can define on repository objects, from the more restrictive to the more extensive:

Access Permission	Description
List	User or group can view folders and documents in the browser; display read-only property sheets and find models. Folders or documents without any permissions cannot be seen in the browser. A document in a folder or at the root of the repository is visible only if the folder or the root have at least a Read permission
Read	User or group can view folders and documents in the browser, find objects, display read-only property sheet, compare documents, and extract from the repository
Write	User or group can view folders and documents in the browser, find objects, display read-only property sheet, compare, extract, consolidate, freeze and lock document versions in the repository
Full	User or group can manage permissions granted to users or groups and remove locks on documents

When you consolidate documents in the repository you need the following permissions on the target folder:

Consolidation	Permission required
First consolidation: you create the document in the repository	Write on the target folder or the root folder (if you do not consolidate in a folder)
Update: you update an existing document in the repository	Read on the target folder or the root folder (if you do not consolidate in a folder)