Granting Users Access to Event Calendar

In Metric Insights, Power and Regular Users have to be granted specific Privileges and Permissions to be able to use and edit an Event Calendar. This article describes the steps an Administrator should take to give the User Use and Edit access to an Event Calendar.

Granting Use Access

Use Access can be granted to both Regular and Power Users and only applies to Event Calendars sourced manually. It allows the User with Permission to manage the Calendar's Events from an associated Element's Viewer. Users will not be able to access the Calendar's Editor but can associate the Calendar with a Metric to which the User has Edit Access to via the Metric's Editor.

A User can get access to the Event Calendar individually or inherit it from the Group he/she is a member of. For more details about granting View Access to the Group, check the Assigning Privileges and Permissions to the Group article.

Give Access from Event Calendar Editor

Access Admin > Reference Objects > Event Calendars and click the necessary Calendar Active Name link to open the Editor

  1. [Permissions]
  2. [+User Access To Event Calendar]
  3. User: Select the Power User to whom access is granted
  4. Provide Edit Access to Power User: Leave the default "No" option. This field is shown only if the Power User is chosen in the User field
  5. [Save]
  6. [Close]
Give Access from User Editor

Access Admin > Users & Groups and click on the PU's Active Name link to open the User Editor

  1. Go to the Power Users tab
    • For Regular Users, Event Calendar grids are displayed on the Other Access tab.
  2. [+Event Calendar Access To User]
  3. Event Calendar: Select the Calendar from the dropdown list
  4. Provide Edit Access to Power User: Leave the default "No" option. This field is shown only if the Power User is chosen in the User field
  5. [Save]

Granting Edit Access

Power Users have an implied Privilege to create an Event Calendar and edit it. Edit Access to Event Calendars created by other Users may only be granted to Power Users and allows use of the Event Calendar's Editor. It also allows a Power User to grant access to the Event Calendar to Power Users who are members of the same Group or the ones the PU has edit access to.

A Power User can get edit access to the Event Calendar individually or inherit it from the Group he/she is a member of.

Permission can be granted either from the Event Calendar Editor or from the User Editor.

Give Access from Event Calendar Editor

Access Admin > Reference Objects > Event Calendars and click the necessary Calendar Active Name link to open the Editor

  1. [Permissions]
  2. [+User Access To Event Calendar]
  3. User: Select the Power User to whom access is granted
  4. Provide Edit Access to Power User: Select "Yes" option. This field is shown only if the Power User is chosen in the User field
  5. [Save]
  6. [Close]
Give Access from User Editor

Access Admin > Users & Groups and click on the PU's Active Name link to open the User Editor

  1. Go to the Power Users tab
    • For Regular Users, Event Calendar grids are displayed on the Other Access tab.
  2. [+Event Calendar Access To User]
  3. Event Calendar: Select the Calendar from the dropdown list
  4. Provide Edit Access to Power User: Select "Yes" option. This field is shown only if the Power User is chosen in the User field
  5. [Save]

Additional Option

By default, Power Users who have the Edit Access can grant other PU's access to the Event Calendar, but it's limited to the Users that are members of the same Group. The Administrator can allow the Power User to grant access to the Event Calendar to any PU or Group by assigning the Allow Power Users to grant Event Calendar access to any User or Group Privilege.

Assign "Allow Power Users to grant Event Calendar access to any User or Group" Privilege

Access Admin > Users & Groups and click on the PU's Active Name link to open the User Editor

  1. On the Info tab scroll the page to the Privileges section
  2. [+Privilege To User]
  3. Filter the list by "event"
  4. Find the "Allow Power Users to grant Event Calendar access to any User or Group" Privilege and select the checkbox
  5. [Save]

You are done. Great job!