Encyclopedia permissions

Encyclopedia permissions are assigned to roles. In turn, roles are assigned to Users. SACM also assigns permissions to the System Architect commands that roles can execute against encyclopedias.

An important concept to bear in mind is that you grant encyclopedia permissions to encyclopedia objects, not to the individual instances of those objects. For example, you can assign to Role_1 the Write permission to entity definitions. But for that role, you cannot explicitly assign the Write permission to Entity_X and explicitly deny it to Entity_Y. In other words, you assign permissions to object types, not instances of the types.

Permission type	Permission value	Effect
Definition	Read	Allows a definition to be seen and opened.
	Write	Allows a definition to be created and updated.
	Override	Prevents inheritance of any permission value.
Diagram	Read	Allows a diagram to be seen and opened.
	Write	Allows a diagram to be created and updated.
	Apply to dependent definitions	The values assigned are also assigned to the underlying definitions of the symbols in that diagram.
	Override	Prevents inheritance of any permission value.
Macro	Executable	Allows a macro to be executed.
	Override	Prevents inheritance of any permission value.
Menu	Enabled	Causes a menu or menu option to become enabled.
	Visible	Causes a menu or menu option to become visible.
	Override	Prevents inheritance of any permission value.