Prevent a Content Author from Creating or Modifying Specific Object Types

You can prevent users from performing specific actions in Oracle Analytics. For example, you might want to create a user-defined application role that's based on the DV Content Author role but revoke the permissions that allow users to create or modify connections, data flows, sequences, or watchlists.

Create a new application role and copy permissions from DV Content Author.
1. Create an application role with a suitable name and description. For example, DV Content Author (limited create and modify) or a similar name.
2. In the Create Application Role dialog, select the option Copy From an Existing Application Role, and select DV Content Author.
See Add Your Own Application Roles.
Remove the Create and Edit Connections, Create and Edit Data Flows, Create and Edit Sequences, and Create and Edit Watchlists permissions.
See Grant and Revoke Permissions for Application Roles.
Assign the new application role DV Content Author (limited create and modify) to a user or a group.
See Assign Application Roles to Users or Assign Application Roles to Groups.
Remove the predefined application role DV Content Author from the user or group.
Give users with the DV Content Author (limited create and modify) application role access to one or more workbook and datasets and access to the folders where the workbooks and datasets are saved.

When you give the DV Content Author (limit create and modify) application role access to the workbook, you must accept the option to cascade access to any artifacts used by the workbook. That is, select the option Share related artifacts to ensure the workbook is usable in the Share Related Artifacts dialog that displays when you save changes to workbook permissions. See Add or Update Workbook Permissions.

These users can access, create, and modify datasets and workbooks, but can't create and modify connections, data flows, sequences, and watchlists.

See Add or Update Workbook Permissions.