Mass Management of Rules

You can create rules only in the Groups and Users tabs. The Login Rules, Model Admin Rules and Model Server Rules tabs give an overview of all applicable rules so that they can be managed at the same time from one place.

Rule Tables

Purpose and Navigation

You can only create login, model administrator and model server rules in the Groups and Users tabs.

The Login Rules, Model Admin Rules and Model Server Rules tabs give an overview of all applicable rules and all alternative constrained editing options.

You can maintain all existing rules here. You can sort and filter all rules. This makes it easier to identify which rules cannot be reached and therefore have no effect, in order to change or delete these rules.

The following rules are flagged as rules that cannot be reached:

  • Cannot be reached by other rules

    The icon's tool tip shows "Rule is not reachable.".

  • Project does not exist

    The icon's tool tip shows "Project does not exist.".

You can use the Go to Users/Groups (Ctrl+M) command to quickly reach the rules in the Groups or Users tabs.

You can use the Go to Excluding Rule (Shift+Ctrl+M) command to quickly reach the rule that is preventing a rule from being reached.

Examples of Use

Sort the rules tabs by the Reachable column so that the entries that cannot be reached appear at the top. Search by other columns too, if necessary.

Sort the Login Rules tab by the Model and User/Group columns and filter the display, if required. Note whether or not the rules can be reached.

An asterisk in the Model column means that the group or user can log-in to all models of the applicability area restricted, if appropriate, by the domain, project license server, and repository with the roles specified in the Role column as long as these roles exist in the model.

Sort the Model Admin Rules tab by the Model and User/Group columns and filter the display, if required. Note whether or not the rules can be reached.

Sort the Model Server Rules tab by the Project column and filter the display, if required. Note whether or not the rules can be reached.

General Procedures in Tables

Prerequisites

Sorting by column contents is only possible in tables without a relevant order, i.e. not in rule tables.

Context

Sorting enables the display and grouping of entries in accordance with the column contents in order to find certain entries more quickly.

You can sort sortable tables by one or more columns.

How to proceed

  1. To sort a table by a column, click on its column header. To reverse the sort order, click again.

    Entries are alphabetically sorted according to column content. An existing multiple selection is retained.

  2. To sort a table by multiple columns, click on the column header of the column with the primary sorting, keep the [Shift] key pressed, and then click the column headers of the columns to be used for secondary sorting.

    Secondary sorting is applied to the entries in accordance with the column contents.

Context

Filtering restricts the displayed entries so that certain entries can be found more quickly.

Case sensitivity is not relevant for filtering.

In front of the filter field, you are told how many entries of the total number of entries are still displayed when the filter is applied.

How to proceed

  1. To restrict the displayed entries, enter characters that occur in the entries you are looking for into the <Filter> field.

    The entries are restricted accordingly and the number of remaining entries is displayed in front of the filter field.

  2. To remove the filter, click on  Reset.

    All entries are displayed again.

Prerequisites

Shortcut keys for commands in a table only take effect with a selection of one or more entries in this table.

Context

Purpose, Initial Selection and Shortcut Keys Go to Target

Purpose: Go to the selected rule in the Groups or Users tab

Selection: group or user rule

Command: Go to User/Group(Ctrl+M)

Rule in the relevant rule table in the Groups or Users tab

The corresponding group or user is selected in the Groups or Users table.

Purpose: go to the rule in the Groups or Users tab that excludes the rule that cannot be reached

Selection: rule that cannot be reached of a group or user

Command: Go to excluding rule (Shift+Ctrl+M)

Rule that excludes the rule that cannot be reached in the corresponding rule table in the Groups or Users tab

The corresponding group or user is selected in the Groups or Users table.

Context

You can edit rules. The User/Group table column shows you whether the rule applies for a group or explicitly for a user.

Attention

Editing may mean that the rule can no longer be reached.

How to proceed

  1. Select the rule which you want to edit in the Rules tab.

  2. Select Edit>Properties (Enter).

    A dialog appears.

  3. To define a rule that allows access, select the Rule grants access entry in the Access drop-down list.

  4. To define a rule that excludes access, select the Rule denies access entry in the Access drop-down list.

    A sensible exclusion rule requires a corresponding, accessible enabling rule for the entry (group or user).

  5. Set a name or pattern in the other drop-down lists to define the applicability of the rule.

  6. Confirm the selection with OK.

    You have changed the rule.

Context

You can delete rules from the central rules list.

Attention

Rules are deleted from the rules list without checking where they are used.

How to proceed

  1. Select the rule that you want to delete in the rule table.

  2. Select Delete (Del).

    A confirmation dialog appears.

  3. Confirm the security question with OK or cancel with Cancel.

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