General and assignment access rights

General access rights control access to basic actions, so most users have access to them.

Assignment access rights

Name

Function

Where used

Assign to

Allows users to assign or objects to themselves or other users

Note: Users without this access right cannot assign or unassign objects.

CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Assign to

CCMS Web: Move

EditUnassignedObjects

Allows users to edit objects without being assigned to the objects

Note: Users without this access right can edit only the objects to which they are assigned.

CCMS Web: Edit

ManageWorklists

Allows a user to create worklists and to add or remove objects and members

Note: Users without this access right can only view and work within the worklists to which they are a member.

CCMS Web: Worklists side panel > New Worklist

General access rights

Note: All users have the access rights in bold by default. To change the configuration for these access rights, add a new method with the access right name and configure it as needed.

Name

Function

Where used

AddToDictionaryJob

Allows users to add words to Spellchecker dictionaries, found in the dicts folder of the system configuration

Note: Users without this access right can still use the Spellchecker, but they cannot add any new words to the dictionaries.

CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Spellcheck > Add to Dictionary

ApplyLabels

Allows users to add existing labels from a configured list to objects and to remove labels from objects

Note: Users without this access right cannot add or remove labels on objects.

CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Apply Labels

Change Status

Allows users to alter an object's status

Note: Users without this access right cannot change the status of objects.

CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Change Status

CCMS Web: Move

Clone

Allows users to clone objects

Note: A clone is an exact copy of the object. In DRM environments, the clone is created in the same branches as the original. Users without this access right cannot clone objects.
CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Clone

CCMS Web: More Options menu > Clone

Compare

Allows users to compare two revisions of an object with each other in the Revision History view

CCMS Desktop: Revision History > Compare

CCMS Web: More Options menu > Revision History > Compare

Copy ID

Allows users to copy the ID of an object

CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Copy > Copy ID

Copy Title

Allows users to copy the title of an object

CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Copy > Copy Title

Copy fullpath

Allows users to copy the repository filepath of an object. For example, /content/authoring/ uwd1628265108858.ditamap

CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Copy > Copy Fullpath

Copy reference

Allows users to copy an object's filename

CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Copy > Copy Reference

CreateMap

Allows users to create maps

Note: Users without this access right cannot create maps.

CCMS Desktop: menu or toolbar > Create New Map

CCMS Web: Hamburger menu > New Object > New Map

CreateResource

Allows users to create resource objects

Note: Users without this access right cannot create resource objects.

CCMS Desktop: menu or toolbar > Create New Resource

CCMS Web: Hamburger menu > New Object > New Resource

CreateTopic

Allows users to create topics

Note: Users without this access right cannot create topics.

CCMS Desktop: menu or toolbar > Create New Topic

CCMS Web: checked-out map > Add Topic icon

CreateImage

Allows users to create images and to import images

Note: Users without this access right cannot create or import images.

CCMS Desktop: menu or toolbar > Create New Image

CCMS Web: Hamburger menu > New Object > New Image

Delete

Allows users to delete objects, moving them to the Deleted cycle

Note: Users without this access right cannot delete objects.

CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Delete

CCMS Web: From the More Options menu (), select Delete

EditLabels

Allows users to add, edit, or delete labels in the master list

Note: This option provides GUI access to the list of labels in the userproperties.xml configuration file.
Note: Users without this access right cannot manage labels in the master list.

CCMS Desktop: IXIASOFT CCMS menu > Label Configuration

Edit Variables

Allows users to insert existing key definitions from a configured list into the currently locked map

Note: This list is the keydefnames.xml configuration file.
Note: Users without this access right cannot access the configured list of key definitions.

CCMS Desktop: Edit Variables

Insert Variables

Allows users using Oxygen XML Editor to insert key definitions that are defined in the context map as a key reference

CCMS Desktop: > Right-click > Insert variable from map

ImportImage

  • CCMS Desktop: Allows users to create a new image object
    Note: It does not affect the user's ability to import an image using File > Import. That option is available unless it is hidden using the eclipseui.xml configuration file.
  • This access right has no function inCCMS Web

CCMS Desktop: toolbar orRight-click > Create New Image Object

ImportTopic

No effect.

Note: The option to import a topic using File > Import is available unless it is hidden using the eclipseui.xml configuration file.

CCMS Desktop: File menu > Import Topic

Lock

Allows users to lock and edit objects

Note: There is no Edit access right. The Lock access right serves that purpose.
Note: Users without this access right can open and view objects, but cannot make any updates or modifications.

CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Lock or Edit

CCMS Web: Edit

Open

Allows users to open and view objects

CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Open

Open with

Allows users to open and view objects in a selected editor

Note: The editor must be associated with the object type using Eclipse's File Association preferences, which are completely separate from the operating system's file associations.

CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Open with

Properties

Allows users to view the File Properties dialog for an object

Note: This access right does not affect the availability of the Properties view, which displays completely different information about the object.

CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Properties

Redline Compare

Allows users to compare a map in the Authoring cycle with a published version or snapshot of the map using the redline compare function

Note: This produces a PDF showing the differences between the two maps.

CCMS Desktop: Compare With > Redline with

Remove as Droppoint

Allows users to remove drop points from a map

Note: Drop points only persist while a map is open in DITA Map view.

CCMS Desktop: DITA Map view > Right-click > Remove Drop Point

Restore

Allows users to recover deleted objects, moving them from the Deleted cycle to the Authoring cycle.

CCMS Desktop: For object in Deleted cycle,Right-click > Restore

RevertTo

Allows users to revert an object to one of its previous revisions

Note: Users without this access right cannot revert an object to a previous revision, but they can view previous revisions using Revision History.

CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Revision History > Revert to

CCMS Web: More Options menu > Revision History > Revert to

Revision History

Allows users to view the revision history of an object

CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Revision History

CCMS Web: More Options menu > Revision History

Set As Droppoint

Allows users to define drop points in a map, where users can insert topics and other maps

CCMS Desktop: DITA Map view > Right-click > Set Drop Point

Show Preview

Allows users to view a very basic, unstyled HTML output preview of objects

Note: Users without this access right cannot generate an HTML preview of objects.

CCMS Desktop: Right--click > Show Preview

Spellcheck

Allows users to check the spelling in objects, such as topics and maps, using Spellchecker

CCMS Desktop: For an object Right-click > Spellcheck

Snapshot

Allows users to create a snapshot of a map

Note: Users without this access right cannot create snapshots.

CCMS Desktop: For a map Right-click > Create snapshot

CCMS Web: More Options menu > New Snapshot

ViewDependencies

Allows users to view the dependencies of an object

CCMS Desktop: Right-click > View Dependencies

CCMS Web: More Options menu > Dependencies