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	Overview of Security Options

Item Permissions

For public projects in a secure database, any user who has read/write permissions for the project will have read/write permissions for all of the items within the project by default. However, if you desire, each item in the project can have its own security settings. To set the permissions for an item, you must a) have the “Set project security” permission for the project, b) be the project owner or c) have the “Manage all projects” permission. Choose System Hierarchy > Security > Item Permissions.

In the Item Permissions window, there are two ways the item's permissions can be set:

It can have its own permissions defined at the item level. To do this, select Restrict editing to selected project users. The Select Users area will become enabled and will display a list of all users who have edit permissions for the project. Only the specific users that are selected from the list will be able to edit this particular item. Other project users will have read-only access.
It can inherit permissions. Permissions can be inherited from the project or the parent item.
- If an item is set to Inherit from project, any user who has edit permissions for the project will have edit permission for this item.
- If an item is set to Inherit from parent item, the item will have the same permissions as the next item above in the system hierarchy. This option is not available for top-level items.

If you select the Apply to all dependents check box, the software will automatically set the permissions for all next-level items in this branch of the system hierarchy to match the item you are currently editing. For example, consider a case where each item in the system hierarchy has different permissions, as shown next.

For a quick way to reset all of the item permissions to the defaults, you can open the Item Permissions window for SubSystem 1, set to Inherits from parent item and select the Apply to all dependents check box. The resulting system hierarchy is shown next.