Managing Record Access using Population Permissions
- 19 Apr 2024
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Managing Record Access using Population Permissions
- Updated 19 Apr 2024
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Access to records in Slate can be managed through population permissions on the user account. Users can be granted access to lookup or update records that belong to a specific population in lieu of being granted access to lookup or update all records in a database.
Population permissions are effective for managing user access to records based on student type, program or school, or any other data points that can be used to define a population.
For example, an undergraduate admission officer should only be able to access and update application records from undergraduate applicants. Or, a faculty member in the History department should only be able to look up and access History majors. By assigning population permissions with the appropriate permissions, these levels of access to records based on population can be managed for the necessary users in a single database.
Check the permissions tab
If population permissions have been assigned to a user, but the user can still access or update records outside of the population, check the standard permissions granted to the user on the permissions tab. If the user is granted the standard Application Lookup, Dataset Lookup, or Person Lookup permissions, or any other standard permissions that are not population-aware, these might override the population permissions and grant the user access to all records.
Standard population permissions
Application Decide
Application Lookup
Application Review Forms
Application Update
Person Impersonate
Person Lookup
Person Lookup (Unmask Test Optional Scores)
Person Update
Person Update (Verified Scores)
Query - Application
Query - Person
Reader
Release Decisions
Research (Edit Data)
Research (Edit Verified Data)
Research (View Data)
Add Population Permissions
To grant access to records enrolled in a population, assign the population to the user through population permissions.
Click Database in the top navigation bar and select User Permissions. The Active Users page appears with a list of currently active user accounts.
Click a user account from the list. The user’s account summary page appears.
Click Edit User. A popup with the account settings appears.
Click the Populations tab.
Click Insert Population. An Edit Population popup appears.
Enter the following configurations:
Population: Select a Population of records to which access will be granted.
Roles: Select a role to apply the user permissions granted by the role to the population; OR
Permissions: Select the specific permissions that will apply to the population.
Click Save.
Frequently asked questions
What if a user needs access to more than one population?
Simply repeat the assignment steps. Click Insert Population as many times as necessary and grant the user the desired permissions for each population.
How do I assign a role with a population permission?
When granting a user a population permission using a role, grant the role on the Populations tab, NOT on the Roles tab. Make sure this role has only the selected Standard Population Permissions. If a permission is added to the role that is not on the Standard Population Permissions list, the user will inherit global permissions granted by that role.
How do permissions affect search results?
Population permissions apply only to the permissions available in the Edit Population popup. Population permissions do not restrict the records a user views using the search box or in query results, but they do manage the records a user is able to click through to access.
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