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KB14842: What does the ‘Apply changes in permissions to children objects’ setting in the ACL of an object do in MicroStrategy Developer 9.x


Stefan Zepeda

Salesforce Solutions Architect • Strategy


What does the ‘Apply changes in permissions to children objects’ setting in the ACL of an object do in MicroStrategy Developer 9.x

Access Control Lists (ACLs) specify what control a user has to objects inside the metadata. A folder has a special option to 'Apply changes in permissions to all children objects', which means that access control entries of the ACL for this folder object will be merged into the ACL of its children objects.
 
To explain this further, consider the following examples:
 
Example 1 - Adding an Access Control Entry
Parent Folder
 


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Folder object inside Parent Folder = Subfolder
 


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After the 'Apply changes in permissions to all children objects' option is selected on the Parent Folder, the ACLs for Parent Folder and Subfolder are merged. Therefore, an access control entry for Group2 (Full Control) will be added into the ACL for Subfolder.
 
Example 2 - Changing the Access Control Entry for Common Entries
Parent Folder
 


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After the 'Apply changes in permissions to all children objects' option is selected on the Parent Folder, the ACLs for Parent Folder and Subfolder are merged. Specifically, the access control entries for Group1 are merged. Remember that Modify and View are really groupings of permissions which are defined as follows:
 
Modify

  • Browse = Grant
  • Read = Grant
  • Write = Grant
  • Delete = Grant
  • Control = Default
  • Use = Grant
  • Execute = Grant

View

  • Browse = Grant
  • Read = Grant
  • Write = Default
  • Delete = Default
  • Control = Default
  • Use = Grant
  • Execute = Grant

This means that when View and Modify are merged, each of their individual permissions are merged. Once those permissions are merged, the following will be the Access Control Entry for Group1 in Subfolder, which is actually of the same make up as the Modify grouping:
 

  • Browse = Grant
  • Read = Grant
  • Write = Grant
  • Delete = Grant
  • Control = Default
  • Use = Grant
  • Execute = Grant

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April 13, 2017

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