Configure navigation item security

Before you can configure navigation security in a ViewApp, the following prerequisite tasks must be completed:

• Security must be configured for the Galaxy to authenticate users by their user names and passwords as part of the ViewApp login process.

• Security roles must be assigned to those users who will interact with a running ViewApp. Each user must be assigned an access level and user role. For more information about implementing security for users by role and access name, see About Galaxy security.

• Decide how you want to implement security. Navigation items containing secure, restricted content must be assigned an access level, or user role, or both.

The following procedure explains how to assign security to a navigation item associated with content that must be secured

To configure navigation item security

1. Open the ViewApp with the ViewApp Editor.

2. Expand the Navigation area of the ViewApp Editor to show the navigation tree listing the items you want to apply security.

3. Select an item from the navigation tree that you want to apply navigation security to.

4. Select the Properties tab in the ViewApp Editor to show the Access Level and User Roles properties.

   

   The following steps of this procedure vary based on how you want to implement navigation item security.

   • If you only want to implement Access Level security, omit steps 7 and 8.

   • If you only want to implement User Role security, omit steps 5 and 6.

   • If you want to implement both Access Level and User Role security, complete all steps.

5. Select the Access Level property field to show a drop-down list of access levels by user roles.

   

6. Select an access level from the list.

   Note: You can also enter an access level less than 9999 directly in the field without selecting an access level from the list. Also, any listed access level greater than the one you selected is also selected in the list.

7. Select the User Roles property field to show a drop-down list of user roles.

   

8. Select one or more user roles from the list.

   The selected roles appear in the User Roles field in a comma delimited list.

9. Save your changes.