Permissions

Access for viewing this property and editing the property in object metadata can be defined on the Permissions tab.

If the user does not have the permission to view the property, it is not available for selection in M-Files (for example, when you are creating a new search or when More properties is selected).

If the user cannot see the property, the user also does not have the permission to edit it. However, the user may have the permission to see the property without having the permission to edit it. Editing in this case refers to the user being able to edit the property in the object metadata in all possible ways: edit its value, or add or delete the property.

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.
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Last updated 10/2016