Introduction to workspace folder permissions

Workspace folder permissions provide a high level of control over visibility and modification of the Public Queries folder in the ClearQuest workspace. The Personal Queries folder and its contents continue to be under the control of the user creating them, as in previous versions of the product

In V7.0.1 of IBM Rational® ClearQuest®, the workspace folder permissions feature provides control over visibility and modification of the Public Queries folder in the ClearQuest workspace.

Folder permissions apply only to folders, not to the individual queries or reports residing within a folder. Users continue to have permissions to their Personal Queries folder and subfolders, as they did previously.

Previous to V7.0.1, all users could always view everything in the Public Queries folder and its subfolders, and the 'Public Folder Administrator' privilege provided the ability to add, modify, and delete queries in that folder and all its subfolders. Because the Public Queries folder could contain subfolders for a variety of projects, many users might need the Public Folder Administrator privilege in a large ClearQuest installation. It was possible for such privileged users to make undesirable changes to queries or reports outside of their project area.

In V7.0.1, the workspace folder permissions feature refines the use of folder permissions by allowing specific permissions for user groups to be associated with individual folders in the workspace. If no permissions are defined, the pre-V7.0.1 behavior is preserved.

Related concepts
Developing workspace folder permission policies
Workspace folder permission scenarios


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