Rights explanation tool

  1. Access the tool
  2. General presentation
  3. Tool description
  4. View rights details

The rights explanation tool is available from version 4.8 onwards.

Access the tool

To use the tool, there are two different rights, located in the "Users and rights" group:
."Explain your rights" to view an explanation of your own rights
. "Explain a user's rights" to view an explanation of any user's rights.

  • If the user has one of the two rights, the "Rights details" button is available in the contextual ribbons (e.g. content, page, etc.).

Example of content: 

  • If the user has the right to "Explain user rights", the "Rights details" button is available in the "Users, groups and rights" tab, in the Assignment group. 

General presentation

The Rights Details tool allows you to :

  • View and inspect user rights as a whole

  • Identify the origin and context of a right

Rights can come from two sources:

  • Rights by assignment (inheritance, manual assignment by administrator, etc.)

  • Entitlement by automatic application mechanism (action X gives rise to entitlement Y)

Tool description

  1. The context of the right: The context may vary the existence or non-existence of a right.

  2. Right drop-down list: this list shows all rights. It is from this list that the details of a right can be displayed (below). It is only possible to select one right at a time.

  3. Profile drop-down list: Select a profile to restrict the list of rights to those included in the profile. These rights will be visible in the rights drop-down list (2).

  4. User: Select a user to view its permissions. Leaving the field empty allows you to view the permissions of a user who is not logged in.

  5. Result: indicates the final result. A user can be authorized or unauthorized. The small square on the right shows undetermined results, which are hidden by default.

  6. Details: shows the details of rights according to the current selection. These details enable you to find out why and how the right was given (where it came from, how it was given, etc.).

 

View rights details

The tool displays explanations for the current selection, if supported by the tool (see list below). 

If there is no selection, the tool displays explanations of the general context. 

The current selection is supported for :

  • Page
  • User
  • Form
  • Resource
  • Content (classified ads, articles, ODF, etc.)
  • Reference table entry
  • Extractions
  • Query directory

Content example: 

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