Adding Groups and Users with Allowed Authorization
A user with an Administrator or Designer role can grant permission for users or groups access to application or data source folder or subfolder.
- Right-click on a folder (except the root folder) and select Permissions in the context menu.
      

The Permissions dialog displays.

 - Under the Allowed section, click the Add 
  icon.
      A new User/Group Allowed section is displayed.

 - Select User or Group to be given permission in the drop-down list.
      

 - Enter the user or group Name.
 - Select the permission level that will be granted to the user or group:
      
-  READ
          
Permission to read the folder.
 - READ + WRITE
          
Permission to write to the folder and read.
 - MODIFY + WRITE + READ
          
Permission to read, modify, and write to the folder as well as create subfolders.
 

 -  READ
          
 - Click  
. The user or group is added under the Allowed list.
      
 - You can either:
      
- Select the Apply Permissions to Subfolders checkbox
          

This means the permissions that will be used on all of the subfolders will be fetched from the root folder.
NOTE: The Apply Permissions to Subfolders checkbox is only enabled when there is an existing subfolder.
 - Leave the Apply Permissions to Subfolders box unchecked and modify the permission properties of the subfolders
 
 - Select the Apply Permissions to Subfolders checkbox
          
 - Click 
  to save the changes.
      NOTE: You can copy the user names in the Permissions dialog by highlighting the text then right-clicking, and selecting Copy in the context menu.
 
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