A
group content administrator is a user who has WriteMetadata permission
for the respective group, and the group's Portal permission tree.
A group content administrator can share personal content with the
group, and can edit or remove content that has been shared with the
group. (The SAS administrator and the SAS Trusted User has WriteMetadata
permission for all group permission trees that are defined in metadata.)
Prerequisites: Before
you can assign a content administrator for a group, all of the following
must be true:
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The person who will be a content
administrator must have a user identity that is defined in SAS metadata.
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This user identity must be a member
of the group that the person will administer.
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A group permission tree folder
must exist in metadata for the group. To verify that a permission
tree folder exists, or to create one, see
Overview of Permission Tree Folders.
To configure a group
content administrator for the Portal Application Permissions tree,
follow these steps:
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Log on to SAS Management
Console as the SAS Administrator (sasadm).
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On the
Plug-ins
tab
in SAS Management Console, navigate to
Environment
ManagementAuthorization Manager Resource Management By TypeTree.
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Right-click on the permissions
tree for the group and select
Properties.
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In the permissions tree
properties dialog box, select the
Authorization tab.
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Select the
Add button
to display the Add Users and Groups dialog box.
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In the Add Users and
Groups dialog box, select and move the group content administrator
under
Available Identities to
Selected
Identities. Note that the group content administrator
must be a person, and not a group.
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Click
OK to
exit the dialog box.
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When you return to the
Authorization tab,
make sure the appropriate user is selected in the
Users
and Groups list box.
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To modify the permissions
for the selected user, in the permissions list row for the WriteMetadata
permission, select
Grant.
Important Note: Ensure
that the permission is explicit. The check box for a permission that
comes from a directly assigned access control entry (ACE) has no added
background color. If the check box for a permission has a background
color, to remove the background color and designate the permission
as a directly assigned permission, click the check box again.
The following example
display of the
Authorization tab shows the
permissions for the SAS Demo Users group tree. The WriteMetadata permission
is directly assigned to the content administrator (in this example,
the SAS Demo Admin user).
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In the properties dialog
box, click
OK to save your changes.
The user that was configured
as a group content administrator can now log on to the portal and
share personal content with that group.