Access Permissions

Access permissions are assigned to a security role to determine access to scorecards, initiatives, and measures. Restrictions and permissions are cumulative, meaning the total of all restrictions and permissions are used. After the results for all permissions are evaluated, an authorization and priority level is generated. A high overwrites a low level. For example, if a security role has Grant All and Deny All access, the user can see all scorecards because Grant All has a higher priority level than Deny All.

Because you can apply multiple, sometimes conflicting, permissions and restrictions to a security role, authorization rules apply, based on the permission result. See:

Table 1. Scorecard Access Permissions

Permission

Result if condition satisfied

Result if condition not satisfied

No permission

6 — Deny All

Grant access to all scorecards

5 — Grant All

Grant access to all Strategy elements scorecards only

3 — Grant Group

4 — Deny Group

Grant access to all scorecards in Domain

3 — Grant Group

6 — Deny All

Grant access to this scorecard

1 — Grant Single

6 — Deny All

Deny access to this scorecard

  • 2 — Deny Single (Itself)

  • 4 — Deny Group (Parent)

6 — Deny All

Deny access to all scorecards in Domains

4 — Deny Group

6 — Deny All

Deny access to all scorecards

2 — Deny Single (if no associated employee, else see below:

4 — Deny Group

Unless the scorecard is the user's primary scorecard

3 — Grant Group

Unless the scorecard is an Accountability element scorecard owned by the user

3 — Grant Group

Unless the scorecard is a child of an Accountability element scorecard to which the user has access

3 — Grant Group

Unless the scorecard is a parent of an Accountability element scorecard to which the user has access

3 — Grant Group

Unless the scorecard is an Accountability element scorecard and the user is a member of that element

3 — Grant Group

Unless the scorecard is a Strategy element scorecard to which the user belongs

3 — Grant Group

Unless the scorecard is a child of a Strategy element scorecard to which the user has access

3 — Grant Group

Unless the scorecard is a parent of a Strategy element scorecard to which the user has access

3 — Grant Group

Unless the scorecard is an employee scorecard for which the user is the manager

3 — Grant Group

Table 2. Measure Access Permissions

Permission

Result if condition satisfied

Result if condition not satisfied

No permission

6 — Deny All

Implicit: Grant access if user is result collector of the measure

1 — Grant Single

Implicit: Grant access if user is target setter of the measure

1 — Grant Single

Grant access to all Measures

5 — Grant All

Grant access to all Measures in Domain

3 — Grant Group

6 — Deny All

Grant access to this measure

5 — Grant All

6 — Deny All

Deny access to this measure

1 — Grant Single

6 — Deny All

Deny access to all measures in Domain

3 — Deny Group

6 — Deny All

Deny access to all measures

2 — Deny Single — if no associated employee, else see below:

4 — Deny Group

Unless measure owner

3 — Grant Group

Unless measure is from an accessible scorecard

3 — Grant Group