Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 120)

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Example – Using the Common actions to set up security for user
groups in a FactoryTalk View SE network distributed application
The following table shows how a system administrator might assign the Common actions
to four groups of FactoryTalk View users—Administrators, Engineers, Supervisors, and
Operators—to give them appropriate levels of access to a network distributed application.
For information about overriding inherited permissions, see page 5-33.
Back up and restore a local station application Application Manager Common Read
Common List Children
Common Write
To set up this level of access For this group Set up these permissions
at the Network Directory And then override
inherited permissions
Full access.
This includes the ability to:
 Create applications
 Add areas and servers
 Create HMI project components
 Set up permissions for all resources the
FactoryTalk Directory manages
 Create new user accounts
 Add Runtime Security accounts
 Secure HMI project components.
For a complete list of tasks users with full
access can perform, see the previous table
in this example,
Administrators Allow Common actions:
 Configure Security
 Create Children
 Delete
 List Children
 Read
 Write
Allow Tag action:

Write Value
No changes.
Retain inherited
permissions at all lower-
level resources.
Same access as Administrators, except
members of this group cannot:
 Set up security for the Users and Groups
sub folder of the System folder.
 Create users at the FactoryTalk
Directory.
However, members of this group can
add Runtime Security accounts, assign
security codes to them, and use the
Runtime Secured Commands editor.
Engineers Allow Common actions:
 Same as Administrators
Allow Tag action:

Write value
Explicitly deny these
Common actions on the
Users and Groups folder (in
the System folder):
 Configure Security
 Delete
 Create Children
Retain all other inherited
permissions.
To do this In this component or tool You need these security permissions