20.5 Providing Security Through Authorization

Extend the security of your application by creating an authorization scheme.

Authorization is a broad term for controlling access to resources based on user privileges. While conditions control the rendering and processing of specific page controls or components, authorization schemes control user access to specific controls or components.

• How Authorization Schemes Work
  Learn about how an authorization scheme extends the security of your application's authentication scheme.
• Creating and Editing an Authorization Scheme
  Learn how to create and edit an authorization scheme. Before you can attach an authorization scheme to an application or an application component or control, you must first create it.
• Attaching an Authorization Scheme to an Application, Page, or Components
  Attach an authorization scheme to an entire application, page, control, or component.
• Viewing Authorization Reports
  View the Authorization Scheme Subscription and Authorization Scheme Utilization reports to better manage authorization schemes within your application.