About Actuate Information Console functionality levels
Actuate Information Console provides functionality levels that control which features are available to a user. By default, each user can access all of the functionality level features. To restrict access to features for user groups, the Actuate Information Console administrator can modify functionality levels and add additional levels by editing the configuration file. The standard location for the Actuate Information Console configuration file is <context root>\WEB-INF\functionality-level.config.
Functionality-level.config has several functionality levels mapped to security roles, much like privileges, in comments.
Table 1‑2 shows the supplied functionality levels and their corresponding security roles.
Table 1‑2 Functionality levels mapping to security roles
Functionality level | Security role |
Basic | All—default access |
Intermediate | Active Portal Intermediate |
Advanced | Active Portal Advanced |
Administrator | Active Portal Administrator |
When uncommenting existing security roles or creating new security roles, make sure that any roles specified in the configuration file also exist in the Encyclopedia volume. Because all users automatically belong to the All security role, all users receive the functionality associated with the Basic or the Open functionality level plus the functionality associated with any other roles they have. When restricting access to features, remove the feature from the Open functionality level or comment out the Open level completely and use the Basic functionality level. Understanding the provided functionality levels
When the comment tags are removed, the provided functionality levels give the following access. Users with the Basic level can perform the following tasks:
Access Documents, My Jobs, and Channels.
Delete their own files.
Basic level users cannot perform any other modifications. The default banner for the Basic level looks like the one in
Figure 1‑3.
Figure 1‑3 Banner menu for a basic level Actuate Information Console user
Users at the Intermediate level have all the Basic level access, and can also perform the following tasks:
Search documents.
Create their own job notifications with attachments.
Subscribe to channels.
Upload and download files.
Use the interactive viewer, if this option is licensed.
Users at the Advanced level have all the Intermediate level access, plus they can perform the following tasks:
Create and delete folders.
Share files and folders.
Set job priority.
The default banner for the Intermediate and Advanced levels adds a Search link and looks like the banner in
Figure 1‑4.
Figure 1‑4 Banner menu for advanced level Actuate Information Console user
Users at the Administrator level can perform all Advanced level tasks and can also clone and customize Actuate Information Console skins. The default banner for the Administrator level adds a Customization link, activates the add content function, and looks like the banner in
Figure 1‑5.
Figure 1‑5 Banner menu for an administrator Actuate Information Console user
Use Actuate Management Console to associate the levels with users in the Encyclopedia volume by assigning the appropriate roles to each user.
