Making permission changes directly from Workspace

You can make permission changes from the user-centric views of the Workspace tab. You can do the following:

Note:

Data Insight allows only the user with the Server Administrator role to take permission remediation action from the Workspace tab. The options to remove users or groups or to revoke permissions is not visible to users other than the Server Administrator.

Removing a user from a group

To remove a user from a group

  1. Navigate to the Overview tab for the user.

    See Viewing the overview of a user.

    The Overview tab for a user displays a list of all groups of which the user is a direct member.

  2. Click the Delete icon to remove the user from a particular group. Proceed to 4.
  3. Or, on the Overview tab for a group, do the following:
    • Select the users that you want to remove from the group.

    • The Remove Members from Group pop-up, displays the direct members of the groups who can be removed. It also indicates the members that cannot be removed because they are indirect members of the group.

  4. On the pop-up, click Analyze Changes to trigger a Group Change Analysis report.

    This report helps you review the effects of the membership change on the user's access to other paths that the user may have permissions on.

  5. Once the report run is complete, review the Group Change Impact Analysis report for the Data Insight recommendations.

    The report is also available on the Reports tab.

  6. Click Submit Changes to start the process of raising a request to implement the changes.
Removing a group from another group

To remove a group from another group

  1. Navigate to the Overview tab of a group.

    See Viewing the overview of a group.

    The Overview tab for a group displays a list of all groups of which the selected group is a direct member and the groups to which the selected group has inherited membership. Additionally, all direct and indirect members of the selected group are also displayed.

  2. Click the Delete icon to remove the group from a particular group.

    You can also select the user members or the group members that you want to remove from the selected group. Data Insight removes only the direct member groups or direct member users of that group.

  3. On the pop-up, click Analyze Changes to trigger a Group Change Impact Analysis report.

    This report helps you review the effects of the membership change on the groups's access to other paths that the group may have permissions on.

  4. Once the report run is complete, review the Group Change Impact Analysis report for the Data Insight recommendations.

    The report is also available on the Reports tab.

  5. Click Submit Changes to start the process of raising a request to implement the changes.
Revoking a user's or group's permissions

You can revoke a user's or group's permissions on a path directly from the Permissions tab when the user or group has explicit permissions on the path.

To revoke a user's or groups permissions

  1. Navigate to the Permissions tab of a share or folder on which you want to revoke a user's or group's permissions.
  2. Click the File System Access Control List or the Share-level permissions sub-tab.
  3. The users and groups that have explicit permissions on that path are listed. Click the Delete icon under the Remove Permissions column to revoke the permission.
  4. Click Yes on the confirmation pop-up to effect the permission change.

More Information

About recommending permission changes