Changing resource and folder properties
To change the properties of a resource or folder:
- For administrators, on the JReport Administration > Reports page, browse to the row that the resource or folder is in, then click the Properties button
in the Control column. In the Properties dialog, change the settings as required.
- For end users, on the JReport Console > Reports page, select the row that the resource or folder is in, then click Edit > Properties on the task bar of the Reports page (or right-click in the row and select Properties from the shortcut menu). In the Properties dialog, change the settings as required.
See also Properties dialog - folder and Properties dialog - report set for details about the property settings.
Assigning permissions
Permissions, associated with resources and folders, are the rules granted to users which control their access to resources and folders.
After you have set permissions for a parent folder, any new resources and sub folders created in that folder will inherit the same permissions. If you do not want them to inherit these permissions, you can enable their user permissions and set their permissions separately. Resources and folders will inherit permissions from their parent folder if their user permissions are not enabled.
To set, view, change, or remove resource/folder permissions:
- For administrators, in the Properties dialog, click the Set Permissions link, then in the Set Permissions dialog,
- To set up or change permissions for a role, user or group, check Enable Setting Permissions, select the user, group, or role in the Role Permissions, User Permissions, or Group Permissions table, and then check or uncheck each permission as required. If the user, group or role is not listed in the corresponding table, click the Add button to add it and then assign the permissions accordingly.
- To remove resource/folder permissions for all users, groups and roles, uncheck the Enable Setting Permissions option.
- For end users, in the Permissions tab of the Properties dialog,
- To set up or change permissions for a role, user or group, first check Enable Setting Permissions, then select the role/user/group in the Selected box and check or uncheck the required permissions. If the role/user/group is not listed in the Selected box, select the corresponding radio button below the Available box, add the role/user/group to the Selected box and then assign the permissions accordingly.
- To remove resource/folder permissions for all users, groups and roles, uncheck the Enable Setting Permissions option.
- Security permissions do not apply to the built-in version folders, the My Reports folder, and their contents.
- To complete a task, you may require more than one permission. For example, to view the properties of a report set, you must have both the Visible and Read permissions.
- Some permissions depend on other permissions in order to work, such as Write, Execute, and Schedule. Allowing anyone of these will also allow the Read permission.
- Some special permissions, such as Execute and Schedule, only apply to the report set type resource.
- Only members in the administrator role can assign the Grant permission to other users or groups or roles. The Grant permission is endowed with the other six permissions - Visible, Read, Write, Delete, Execute, and Schedule. Users, groups or roles that have obtained the Grant permission can then grant these six permissions, but not the Grant permission itself.
- Users that are given the Grant permission can grant permissions to other users in the same group.