Granting instance rights

About instance rights

Instance rights enable regular users to access resources created by other regular users in the same domain.

Instance rights are necessary because regular users cannot typically access resources created by other regular users. This is true even if all the users are members of the same user group. A domain administrator must alter the instance rights of the resource so that other regular users can access it. System administrators cannot grant instance rights, only domain administrators can do so.

Which resources have instance rights

Policies, jobs, destination groups, and contacts all have instance rights.

How instance rights differ from standard user rights

Standard user rights, or class rights, enable user groups to access a whole category of resources, for example, policies. Instance rights instead grant access to a specific resource, for example, Policy 1. The instance rights of Policy 1 are a property of the policy, rather than of the user groups that can access it.

Which rights take precedence

Instance rights take precedence over user group rights. In the following diagram, User Group A has access rights to Policy 1, even though the group rights do not grant access to policies.

Granting instance rights

To grant instance rights for a resource, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Log into ContentDirector as a domain administrator.
2	Access the Modify screen for the desired resource : For policies, click the Policies button on the left menu bar, then double-click the policy to modify. For jobs, click the Jobs button on the left menu bar, then double-click the job to modify. For destination groups, click the Destinations button on the left menu bar, click the destination groups tab, right-click the destination group, then click Modify. For contacts, click Options on the top menu bar, click contacts, then double-click the contact to modify.
3	Click the Access tab.
4	Set access for user groups: To enable access for a specific user group, to the right of the user group name select the Read check box. To enable access for all user groups, click the Set All Access button. To disable access for a specific user group, to the right of the user group name deselect the Read check box. To disable access for all user groups, click the Clear All Access button.
5	Click OK to save your changes to the resource and return to the main screen.