Set access permissions

A variety of client tools called administrative applications enable you to set access permissions. The most commonly used administrative applications are:

• For top-level access, the PI SMT Database Security tool

• For points, Point Builder in PI SMT or PI Builder

• For modules, Module Database Builder

The change in the access permissions model starting with Data Archive version 3.4.380 means that you set permissions differently for newer and older versions of Data Archive. To set permissions for version 3.4.380 and later, use tools that are compatible with the new access permissions model (see Which administrative tools are compatible with Data Archive).

If you use an older version of any tool to set permissions on the latest version of Data Archive, you might encounter incompatibility issues.