Security (Portlet)

To specify which users and groups can access this portlet and what type of access they have, perform one or more of the following actions:

• To allow additional users or groups access to this portlet, click Add Users/Groups.

• If this portlet can be added to My Pages and is not a header, footer, or content canvas portlet, you can force users or groups to include this portlet on their default My Pages. To do so, in the Mandatory drop-down list, click Mandatory. These users and groups will not be able to remove this portlet from their My Pages.

• If you chose Mandatory for any user or group, you must also set this portlet's priority in the Mandatory Portlet Priority drop-down list. The priority determines the portlet's placement on the My Page; portlets with higher priority display closer to the upper-left of the My Page then portlets with lower priority.

• To specify the type of access a user or group has, in the Privilege column, click the type of access in the drop-down list to the right of the user or group. You can choose from the following types of access:

• Read allows users or groups to see this portlet. Users who view a community containing this portlet can see the portlet and its contents, as well as gatewayed pages associated with this portlet. Without Read access, users do not see any references to the portlet in the portal.
• Select allows users or groups to add this portlet to other objects (for example, My Pages, community pages, portlet bundles). Users need Select access to see a portlet in the Add Portlets page when customizing a My Page.
• Edit allows users or groups to modify this portlet.

• Admin allows users or groups full administrative control of this portlet, including deleting the portlet, approving it for migration, or changing the portlet's security.

Notes:

• Header and footer portlets used in a community can be seen by any user that has at least Read access to the community.

• Default access privileges to this portlet are based on the security of the folder in which the portlet is stored.

• To remove a user or group, select the user or group and click .

• To select or clear all of the user and group check boxes, select or clear the box to the left of Users/Groups.

• To toggle the order in which the users and groups are sorted, click Users/Groups or click the icon to the right of that— (sort ascending, a-z) or (sort descending, z-a).

• To see what users are included in a group, click the group name.

Note: If a user is a member of more than one group included in the list, or if they are included as an individual user and as part of a group, that user gets the highest privilege available to her for this portlet. For example, if a user is part of the Everyone group (which has Read access) and the Administrators Group (which has Admin access), that user gets the higher access to the portlet: Admin.

• To display the page associated with this help topic:

1. Click Administration.
2. Open the Portlet Editor:
• To create a new portlet:
1. Open an administrative folder.
2. In the Create Object menu, click Portlet.
3. In the Choose Template or Web Service dialog box, select the appropriate portlet template or Web service and click OK.
4. Complete the Portlet Editor.
5. Click Finish.
6. In the Save Object dialog box, click the Security tab.

Note: You can also create a new portlet from within some other object editors by clicking Create Portlet.

• To edit an existing portlet:
1. Navigate to the portlet you want to edit.
2. Click the portlet name.
3. On the left, under Edit Standard Settings, click Security.