Use ACTs
to avoid having to repeatedly set the same explicit permissions for
the same identities on multiple items. When you apply an ACT to an
item, the ACT settings are added to the item's protections.
How to Use an ACT
Determine
whether there is an existing ACT that you can use.
On the Plug-ins tab of SAS Management Console, select Authorization ManagerAccess Control
Templates.
On the Permission Pattern tab of each ACT, examine the settings
for each identity. If you don't find an appropriate ACT, consider
using a combination of ACTs and explicit settings or creating a new
ACT.
Note: Don't confuse
an ACT's Authorization tab with its Permission Pattern tab. Settings on an ACT's Authorization tab affect who can access that ACT; settings
on an ACT's Permission Pattern tab affect
access to the items to which that ACT is applied.
When you
have identified an ACT that you want to use, navigate to an item to
which you will add that ACT's settings. On the item's Authorization tab, click Access Control
Templates.
Expand
the nodes in the Available list box, move
the ACT to the Currently Using list box,
and click OK.
Note: The repository
ACT is typically not in the Currently Using list box because that ACT is typically not applied to any items.
Note: You can apply
multiple ACTs. For example, on a report folder, you might apply one
ACT that grants read access to a SALES group and also apply another
ACT that grants read and write access to a Report Creators group.
On the
item's Authorization tab, notice that the Users and Groups list box now includes the identities
that participate in the ACT that you selected. Select each identity
and verify that the revised settings are as you expect. On the Authorization tab of an item to which an ACT is applied,
settings that are explicit in the ACT's pattern are green .