Editing scripts privileges
Privilege sets can limit access to
scripts in a file. For a file, you can set:
•Privileges for all scripts: you can allow or prohibit the ability to view, create, and modify scripts. You can also hide all the scripts in a file to prevent them from being run by the privilege set.
•Custom privileges for individual scripts: you can set whether each script is modifiable or not. You can also hide a script to prevent it from being run by the privilege set.
Note Although some script privileges described below allow the ability to run scripts, the actions permitted by a privilege set determine whether the steps in a script will execute successfully or not. For example, if a privilege set does not permit accessing a Salary field, then a script containing the Go to Field [Employees::Salary] script step will fail. You can override script privileges by granting full access privileges to the script in the Script Workspace.
To edit privileges for all scripts:
1. Start editing a new or existing privilege set in the Edit Privilege Set dialog box.
2. In the Data Access and Design area, for Scripts, choose All modifiable, All executable only, or All no access. These options allow or prohibit the following:
Privilege | All
modifiable | All
executable only | All no
access |
Running scripts | Allowed | Allowed | Prohibited |
Viewing script names in the Scripts menu
(except those that are hidden by clearing the checkbox to the left of the script name in the Script Workspace) | Allowed | Allowed | Prohibited |
Opening the Script Workspace to view, create, group, filter, edit, duplicate, delete, and print scripts | Allowed | Prohibited | Prohibited |
Allowing scripts to be imported into other database files | Allowed | Prohibited | Prohibited |
| Allowed | Prohibited | Prohibited |
3. Click OK, then click OK in the Manage Security dialog box.
To edit privileges for individual scripts:
1. Start editing a new or existing privilege set in the Edit Privilege Set dialog box.
2. In the Data Access and Design area, for Scripts, choose Custom privileges. In the Custom Script Privileges dialog box, select each script (or select Any New Script to set privileges for any script created later) and set privileges for it. When you’ve finished setting privileges for individual scripts, click OK.
To | In the Custom Script
Privileges dialog box |
Allow running, viewing, editing, printing, and deleting the script; also allow the script to be imported into other database files | For Privilege, choose Modifiable. |
Allow running the script only; prohibit viewing the script in the Script Workspace | For Privilege, choose Executable only. |
Prohibit running or viewing the script; the script name will not appear in the Scripts menu | For Privilege, choose No access. |
Allow creating new scripts and duplicating any modifiable script | Select Allow creation of new scripts. |
3. Click OK, then click OK in the Manage Security dialog box.
Notes
•In the Custom Script Privileges dialog box, the Notes column indicates which scripts run with Full Access privileges. Depending on what these scripts do, you may want to set
Executable only or
No access script privileges for them in certain privilege sets. For more information on running scripts with Full Access privileges, see
Creating and editing scripts.