Defining Access and Visibilities

The platform provides a number of options for restricting access to assets or limiting the use of features. The various options can be combined. This allows you to map different requirement profiles and user profiles.

• Permissions determine which functions and areas can be used.

• Roles describe task profiles and group together permissions that are required to complete the tasks.

• Assets are stored in a virtual database (VDB). An asset is assigned to exactly one VDB.

• Several VDBs can be grouped together to form a VDB group. Each user is assigned to a VDB group and, as a result, obtains access to the VDBs that belong to the group and the assets stored in them.

• Categories can be used to structure and categorize assets. By assigning an organizational unit, you can control the visibility of categories and the assets assigned to the categories.

• Organizational units map the hierarchical structure of a company. Users are assigned to an organizational unit.

• Assets and users can be assigned to one or more affiliates. You can define that users can access only assets for their own affiliate.