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gotters
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3 years ago

Viewer role on workspace does not display content

We are trying to setup security groups and roles across our client workspace. Our support staff need access to view workspace content - datasets or reports - so we assigned a viewer role to their se...
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gotters
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3 years ago

Yes Contributor gives too much access - we're aiming for minimum priviledges.

Looks like if we leave them on viewer but we share the dataset like you suggested with Explore/Build access they will have the ability to do what they need.

Thanks for the help

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    gotters
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    2 years ago

    You're correct they still can't see the dataset in the list but it at least allows them to access the dataset via the report. We'll have to see regarding the other limitations if its going to be a problem. 

    The real pain for our support team is the inability to see what data source a dataset is connected too! The only way we know of to do that is to take over the dataset which deletes the existing mapping. Seems like a real oversight.