Understanding the "Permission Groups" Tab

The Permission Groups tab allows to create/edit/delete Permission groups in the left part using command buttons that act on the selected group.

A permission group is a collection of application elements. The purpose of a permission group is to gather several elements to which a common set of permission rules apply. Using a permission group is a good way to avoid duplicating the rules from element to element. In this sense, permission groups can be seen as the equivalent for application elements of roles for users.

When a group is selected, the ruleset editor on the left will allow to define a set of specific rules for user patterns and application element types. One can define rules for all the element types in a generic manner so that, as soon as elements are assigned to this group, they will follow the same rules.

This means that, if we define "Workspaces", "Tasks", or "Views and Dashboards" rules for a group in advance, those rules will be used when elements are assigned to it in the third tab.