Learning about authentication, permissions, and security

Security in ContentReporter

Object security

In addition to page permissions (which apply to all objects on a page), ContentReporter gives you the ability to set security for users and groups on specific objects (query definitions, report definitions, and scheduled events) on pages. You set object security on the Security tab of the particular definition or event. Object security enables you to prevent certain users or groups who have access to the Query Definitions, Report Definitions, and Scheduled Events pages from seeing, modifying, running, selecting, or deleting particular events or definitions.

Security tab

The following screen highlights the object Security tab settings.

Object security descriptions

The following table describes object security in ContentReporter.

Object Type	Security	Enables a user or group to...
Query Definition	Read	See the query definition on the Query Definitions page and select it for a report definition.
	Write	Modify and copy the query definition.
	Execute	Does not apply.
	Delete	Delete the query definition.
Report Definition	Read	See the report definition listed on the Report Definitions page and select it for a scheduled event.
	Write	Modify and copy the report definition.
	Execute	Generate a report with this report definition (by clicking Run) from the Report Definitions page.
	Delete	Delete the report definition.
Scheduled Event	Read	See the scheduled event on the Scheduled Events page.
	Write	Modify and copy the scheduled event.
	Execute	Run the scheduled event (by clicking Run) from the Scheduled Events page.
	Delete	Delete the scheduled event.