XPRESSO

Group Permissions

About XPRESS0 Group Permissions

In XPRESSO, Group Permissions:

  1. Provide the necessary background security protection.
  2. Gives Group Administrators the ability to control permitted actions with each role
  3. Also controls which GUI elements each Membership role sees on the XPRESSO dashboard.

Why Group Permissions Matter?

All Group permissions in XPRESSO have an assigned "System-default" value that are pre-set to meet most operational and security requirements. Group Administrators are required to review and/or change the default permissions to ensure:

  1. The default settings are configured appropriately for your specific testing environment to ensure the necessary security protection is maintained.
  2. The default set of actions assigned to each Membership role is appropriate for your organization and test requirement/environment. As necessary, grant or revoke the permissions for any actions to meet your specific needs.

    3. NOTE:
    When you change the permission setting associated with an action, this change affects all Members within that role.

Permissions Hierarchy

The permissions hierarchy in XPRESSO is inclusive to the next-higher Membership role level(s).

EXAMPLE:
All Membership role permissions are inclusive to the Privilege Member role, and all Privilege Member permissions are inclusive to the Group Administrator role.

Viewing your Current Group Permissions

You can view your current permissions to determine which XPRESSO actions your Membership role can perform within a Group. Only the Group Admin can change the permitted actions for a Membership role; see below for details.

To View your Current Group Permissions:

  1. From the Main Navigation Bar, choose Settings, Contacts & Help→Group Management to open the Group Membership page.

  2. Click the My Groups menu if required. The My Group page displays all the Groups you currently belong to.

  3. Click on the Group of interest that you want to view the permissions for. The Group Details page opens displaying the Group Overview details.

  4. Click Users→Permissions from the Left menu bar to see the current Permissions settings for your Group. Actions that are permitted by each member type are shown with a checkbox.

    NOTE 1:
    The Group Administrator role is automatically assigned with the required permissions to perform all actions in a Group; this role is not displayed on the Permission/Actions page.
    NOTE 2:
    Permission management for the Guest role only displays if the Group is enabled with Guest Access Allowed mode thereby allowing non-members to visit and use the group resources. See "Editing an Existing Group Profile" for more information.
    NOTE 3:
    The permissions for some actions that can be performed on the XPRESSO dashboard are hard-coded for a specific user type and do not appear of the list of available permissions/actions. For example, only the System Administrator can change system management settings; these types of permissions cannot be changed unless you promote a user to a System Administrator user.

Changing the Permission Settings for a Group

Group Administrators can change or customize the default set of actions assigned to a Group as required to grant or revoke the execution of a specific action for all members in a specific role according to your organizational and testing requirements.

To Change the Permission Settings for a Group:

  1. Complete steps 1 to 3 in the To View your Current Group Permissions procedure above.

  2. As required, click the checkbox with each permission setting that you want to change the permission setting for to suit your operational requirements for your Group.

    NOTE:
    If you need to back out from any changes made, you can revert to the last previous "saved" permissions settings by clicking the Reset button (this button appears when a change is made).

  3. Click the Save button.

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