About Managing Security for Folders and Tables

SAS Visual Analytics Administrator enables you to manage metadata-based security for folders and tables. Tables that have been loaded into the SAS LASR Analytic Server or a co-located database represent LASR tables. Metadata representations for tables exist in the system, in memory within the SAS LASR Analytic Server, and in databases associated with co-located providers that include HDFS, Teradata, or Greenplum.

The Authorization page is accessible when a table or a folder is selected from the navigation pane in SAS Visual Analytics Administrator. In this page, you can set permissions that control a specific group or user’s access to a selected table or folder.

Here are some tasks that you can perform in the Authorization page to control access to a table.

Tasks Performed in the Authorization Page
Authorization Page in SAS Visual Analytics Administrator	Applies to all Tables in Metadata	Applies Only to LASR Tables
Set an explicit grant or denial to a table for a specific group or user. Explicit grants are specific to the table, and they are not inherited. A yellow star is displayed to indicate an explicit control. If an explicit denial was set for the table by denying the ReadMetadata permission, this table is not available for the group or user in the list of data sources within SAS Visual Analytics Explorer or SAS Visual Analytics Designer.
Remove an explicit grant or denial to a table for a specific group or user.
Specify a conditional grant that allows access to specific rows in a LASR table. Conditional grants can be assigned only to a LASR table that is selected and displayed in the Authorization page, and are specified for the Read permission. A filter icon is displayed to indicate a conditional grant, and the user or group is allowed to see only the rows for which they have been given permissions.

Here is a display of the Authorization page where an explicit grant and a conditional grant have been applied to a LASR table for SAS Demo User.

Authorization Page with Explicit and Conditional Grants for a LASR Table