In this lesson, you show that from within the consumer
project area you can override the permission settings that it consumes
from the provider project area.
About this task
In the Standard Process Project Area, the Team Lead role
does not have permission to create releases. You are assigned the
Team Lead role in the Consumer Project Area, and the Consumer Project
Area inherits its permission settings from the Standard Process Project
Area. Therefore, you cannot create releases in the Consumer Project
Area. However, you can override the inherited settings in the Consumer
Project Area.
Procedure
To override the process in the consumer project area:
- In the web client, in the Consumer Project Area, try to
add a release:
- Click Releases.
- Click the Add Release icon ().
- In the Name field, enter New
Release.
- Click the Release Date field
to display the calendar. Select a date.
- Click OK, and then click Save to
save the project area.
An error message indicates that you do not have permission
to do the operation.
- Override the permissions settings of the process:
- Click Permissions.
- Select Show by Operation.
- In the list of operations, scroll to the Work
Items category and select Save Release.
- In the Actions column for the Team
Lead role, click the Grant Permission icon .
- Click Save to save the project
area.
- Click Releases.
Results
The New Release is listed.