While viewing the properties of files, there is something known as Permission level. In this tool there are basically 6 level of permissions.
Permission Level |
Access |
Description |
0 |
No Access |
User has no access to the file. User can’t see it in repository, and can’t do any other operation even if he knows the URL. |
1 |
Execute Only |
User can’t see the file in the repository, but he/she can execute the file and see the result if he/she is aware of the URL. |
2 |
Read Only |
User can see the file in the repository. He/She can open the file and see the result but can’t do any other kind of operation like delete/share/rename etc. |
3 |
Read + Write |
User can see the file in repository and edit the file. User does not have the permission to delete or share. |
4 |
Read + Write + Delete |
Apart from sharing, user can do any other kind of operation like read or write or delete. |
5 |
Read + Write + Delete + Share |
This is the highest privilege which generally means he is the owner/creator of the file. User can do any operation like read/write/delete/share. |
Note : By default if you are the owner or creator your permission level will be 5, whereas if something has been shared with you then the permission level will be 2 (read only). Whenever a resource is shared (like metadata, report, dashboard etc) a sharing tag gets added along with a permission level. If you are having access to Helical Insight server you can also open that file in notepadd++ (or equivalent) and change the permission levels.
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