Access control for the Palette

Access control for the Palette

Access control for customizing and working with the Portlet Palette is based on portlet roles, portlet modes, and page permissions. By default, users are assigned to the All Authenticated Portal Users role which only provides read access to the Portlet Palette. Users will only see portlets on the Portlet Palette that they have user access to view.

Permissions for portlet and page roles
The following table provides descriptions for the available permissions associated with different portlet roles.

Portlet and Page Roles Description of Permissions
User@portlet
User@Portlet Palette page Read-only access to the Portlet Palette. Users can drag portlets from the Portlet Palette to the page but cannot modify or customize the Portlet Palette.
Privileged User@portlet
Privileged User@Portlet Palette page All of the privileges of the User role, plus the ability to customize private view of the Portlet Palette while in the Personalize mode. You can perform the following tasks:

Add a portlet to category
Create a category
Search for portlets
Rearranging categories
Coping a portlet to another category
Copy a portlet to multiple categories
Rename a category you create
Delete a category you create
Delete a portlet you add to a category
Delete a portlet you copy to another category

You cannot delete portlets or categories that are created in the Edit Shared Settings and Configure modes.
Editor@portlet
Editor@Portlet Palette page All of the privileges of the User role, plus the ability to customize the Portlet Palette while in the Edit Shared Settings mode. These changes will display to all users who have access to this specific page. You can perform the following tasks while in the Edit Shared Settings mode:

Add a portlet to category
Create a category
Search for portlets
Rearranging categories
Coping a portlet to another category
Copy a portlet to multiple categories
Rename a category that you create
Delete a category created in this mode
Delete a portlet you copy to another category in this mode

To Personalize individual instance of the Palette, also have Privileged User access role on the Portlet Palette. You cannot drag portlets to the page while in the Edit Shared Settings mode. You cannot delete portlets or categories that are created in the Configure mode.
Manager@portlet
Manager@Portlet Palette page All the privileges of the Editor role plus the ability to modify all instances across all pages of the Portlet Palette while in the Configure mode. You can perform the following tasks while in the Configure mode:

Add a portlet to category
Create a category
Search for portlets
Rearranging categories
Copying a portlet to another category
Copy a portlet to multiple categories
Rename a category
Delete a category
Delete a portlet you copy to another category

To Personalize individual instance of the Portlet Palette, also have Privileged User access role on the Portlet Palette.
You cannot drag portlets to the page while in the Edit Shared Settings or Configure modes.
Administrator@portlet
Administrator@Portlet Palette page All the privileges of the Privileged User and Manager roles. The Administrator role can perform tasks within the Personalize, Edit Shared Settings, and Configure modes.

You cannot drag portlets to the page while in the Edit Shared Settings or Configure modes.

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Portlet and Page Roles	Description of Permissions
User@portlet User@Portlet Palette page	Read-only access to the Portlet Palette. Users can drag portlets from the Portlet Palette to the page but cannot modify or customize the Portlet Palette.
Privileged User@portlet Privileged User@Portlet Palette page	All of the privileges of the User role, plus the ability to customize private view of the Portlet Palette while in the Personalize mode. You can perform the following tasks: Add a portlet to category Create a category Search for portlets Rearranging categories Coping a portlet to another category Copy a portlet to multiple categories Rename a category you create Delete a category you create Delete a portlet you add to a category Delete a portlet you copy to another category You cannot delete portlets or categories that are created in the Edit Shared Settings and Configure modes.
Editor@portlet Editor@Portlet Palette page	All of the privileges of the User role, plus the ability to customize the Portlet Palette while in the Edit Shared Settings mode. These changes will display to all users who have access to this specific page. You can perform the following tasks while in the Edit Shared Settings mode: Add a portlet to category Create a category Search for portlets Rearranging categories Coping a portlet to another category Copy a portlet to multiple categories Rename a category that you create Delete a category created in this mode Delete a portlet you copy to another category in this mode To Personalize individual instance of the Palette, also have Privileged User access role on the Portlet Palette. You cannot drag portlets to the page while in the Edit Shared Settings mode. You cannot delete portlets or categories that are created in the Configure mode.
Manager@portlet Manager@Portlet Palette page	All the privileges of the Editor role plus the ability to modify all instances across all pages of the Portlet Palette while in the Configure mode. You can perform the following tasks while in the Configure mode: Add a portlet to category Create a category Search for portlets Rearranging categories Copying a portlet to another category Copy a portlet to multiple categories Rename a category Delete a category Delete a portlet you copy to another category To Personalize individual instance of the Portlet Palette, also have Privileged User access role on the Portlet Palette. You cannot drag portlets to the page while in the Edit Shared Settings or Configure modes.
Administrator@portlet Administrator@Portlet Palette page	All the privileges of the Privileged User and Manager roles. The Administrator role can perform tasks within the Personalize, Edit Shared Settings, and Configure modes. You cannot drag portlets to the page while in the Edit Shared Settings or Configure modes.