Permissions

The Permissions tab enables you to specify who may see this user.

Note: The system administrator and all users with full control of the document vault in question always see all users.

Video: Configure Vault User Visibility

Adjusting Permissions

Steps

  1. Open M-Files Admin.
  2. In the left-side tree view, expand the desired connection to M-Files Server.
  3. In the left-side tree view, expand the document vault of your choice.
  4. Still in the left-side tree view, highlight the appropriate node or subnode of the vault and select the desired item from the list on the right.
  5. Right-click the item and select Properties from the context menu.
  6. Go to the Permissions tab.
  7. From the Users and user groups list, select the user or user group whose permissions you want to adjust.
    If the user or user group is not on the list, click Add... to add the user or user group to the list.
  8. Either:
    1. Check the Allow check box to allow the selected user to see this item.
      or
    2. Check the Deny check box to deny the selected user from seeing this item.
  9. Optional: If you want to adjust additional permissions, repeat the steps 7 and 8.
  10. Click OK once you are done.

Results

You have adjusted the view permissions of the selected item for the selected users.