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Introduction

In version 6.3.2. a new functionality is introduced. This functionality gives the possibility to use Light Users. This is an evolution of the CXO Viewer, extending the available License Types to allow to create users with more access to the application's functionalities, e.g. they cannot access reports through menu but only through shared contents (storyboards or conversations) and can change and access only partially the POVLight Users can partially change and access the POV. The status indicator is accessible to the light user, hence will be able to view the status of the workflow.

Access of the Light User

The Light User can login can login to CXO . The page "to open My Storyboards" with a list of shared storyboards will open. However, the access . Access to the report menu is restricted for the if logged on as a Light User . The Light User as they can only play Play these shared storyboards. All the POV dimensions are frozen , except the apart from Year and Period dimension can be adjusted by the dimensions. The Light User .  The Ligth User has the option to edit POV Comments in a storyboard and start and participate in conversations.
The Light User can have access to multiple entities set by the admin in POV Filters, however the entity the entity dimension cannot be adjusted in the POV when playing a storyboard. See below the different entity filters for a light userLight User: 

Entity POV FilterHow the Storyboard worksWorks
One entity

The storyboard will play the reports for this specific entity. The Year and the Period dimensions can be adjusted by the Light User.

One or multiple entities with all its descendantsThe storyboard will play the report for the entity that was selected when the report was added to the storyboard. In case the selected entity does not belong to the structure given access to via the POV filter the first entity in the POV filter for the Light User is used in the report and cannot be adjusted by the Light User. The Year and the Period dimensions can be adjusted by the Light User.
No entity accessThe storyboard will play the report for the entity that was selected when the report was added to the storyboard.

Setup

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Light User = user  user who does NOT have the 'Access Menu and Full POV' permission. The manage Users function will be needs to be used by the security admin to create the Light User. Once the light user is created with its own POV security filter any Regular User can give access via a storyboard to a Light User. Just simply share a storyboard with the user. The difference of the 'can assign the Access Menu and Full POV permission (Regular User) or remove the Access Menu and Full POV permission (Light User) in the permission section of User Groups and Users. Regular Users can share storyboards with a Light User.

The difference between the Access Menu and Full POV ' permission are as follows;permission is:


License Type
NOT Allowed Permissions
Allowed User Groups*
Light User
  • Access Menu and Full POV(new permission)
  • Lock Comments
  • Unlock Comments
  • All permissions under Designer Permissions
  • Edit Data Warehouse Metadata
  • Edit MDX
Only user groups with Min Required License** = Light UserRegular User
  • All permissions under Designer Permissions
  • Edit MDX
Only user groups with Min Required License** = Light User / General UserReport Builder
  • Admin permission under Designer Permissions
Any user group, except those with Min Required License** = AdminAdminNo LimitationAny user group
Users WITH "Access Menu and Full POV"
Permission		Users WITHOUT "Access Menu and Full POV"
Permission

In CXO -CockpitSoftware:

  • have Access to the Menu to open reports.
  • View Home Report.
  • Viewing When viewing a report : can change any POV (following the current rules).
  • Can create storyboards, share them and have any role on storyboards ***.


In CXO -CockpitSoftware:

    do NOT have
    • NO access to the Menu to open reports
    • Do not view Home Report
    • .
    • NO Home Page Report.
      • Home for these users will be the 'My Storyboards' Panel
    • (
      • , when clicking on the Home function
    • ),
      • they will be reverted
    • there
      • here.
    • If
      • When the user has no shared Storyboard,
    • show in
      • the panel
    • a sentence as
      • will show: "You do not have any shared
    • storyboard
      • storyboards yet".
    • Viewing a report:
        • can
          • Can change ONLY the Period and Year POV (following the current rules).
        • can
          • Can't change any of the other POV, i.e. the POV will be frozen on the first option (the first option will be determined following the current rules)
        • Can't create storyboards, can have only
          • .
        • Storyboards:
          • Cannot create storyboards.
        Only 'Viewer' role
        • on storyboards shared with them

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    The different license types are as follows;

    • for shared storyboards.

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    Refer License Types.