General and assignment access rights

General access rights control access to basic actions, so most users have access to them.

Assignment access rights


Name	Function	Where used
Assign to	Allows users to assign or objects to themselves or other users Note: Users without this access right cannot assign or unassign objects.	CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Assign to CCMS Web: Move
EditUnassignedObjects	Allows users to edit objects without being assigned to the objects Note: Users without this access right can edit only the objects to which they are assigned.	CCMS Web: Edit
ManageWorklists	Allows a user to create worklists and to add or remove objects and members Note: Users without this access right can only view and work within the worklists to which they are a member.	CCMS Web: Worklists side panel > New Worklist

General access rights

Note: All users have the access rights in bold by default. To change the configuration for these access rights, add a new method with the access right name and configure it as needed.


Name	Function	Where used
AddToDictionaryJob	Allows users to add words to Spellchecker dictionaries, found in the dicts folder of the system configuration Note: Users without this access right can still use the Spellchecker, but they cannot add any new words to the dictionaries.	CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Spellcheck > Add to Dictionary
ApplyLabels	Allows users to add existing labels from a configured list to objects and to remove labels from objects Note: Users without this access right cannot add or remove labels on objects.	CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Apply Labels
Change Status	Allows users to alter an object's status Note: Users without this access right cannot change the status of objects.	CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Change Status CCMS Web: Move
Clone	Allows users to clone objects Note: A clone is an exact copy of the object. In DRM environments, the clone is created in the same branches as the original. Users without this access right cannot clone objects.	CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Clone CCMS Web: More Options menu > Clone
Compare	Allows users to compare two revisions of an object with each other in the Revision History view	CCMS Desktop: Revision History > Compare CCMS Web: More Options menu > Revision History > Compare
Copy ID	Allows users to copy the ID of an object	CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Copy > Copy ID
Copy Title	Allows users to copy the title of an object	CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Copy > Copy Title
Copy fullpath	Allows users to copy the repository filepath of an object. For example, /content/authoring/ uwd1628265108858.ditamap	CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Copy > Copy Fullpath
Copy reference	Allows users to copy an object's filename	CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Copy > Copy Reference
CreateMap	Allows users to create maps Note: Users without this access right cannot create maps.	CCMS Desktop: menu or toolbar > Create New Map CCMS Web: Hamburger menu > New Object > New Map
CreateResource	Allows users to create resource objects Note: Users without this access right cannot create resource objects.	CCMS Desktop: menu or toolbar > Create New Resource CCMS Web: Hamburger menu > New Object > New Resource
CreateTopic	Allows users to create topics Note: Users without this access right cannot create topics.	CCMS Desktop: menu or toolbar > Create New Topic CCMS Web: checked-out map > Add Topic icon
Delete	Allows users to delete objects, moving them to the Deleted cycle Note: Users without this access right cannot delete objects.	CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Delete CCMS Web: From the More Options menu (), select Delete
EditLabels	Allows users to add, edit, or delete labels in the master list Note: This option provides GUI access to the list of labels in the userproperties.xml configuration file. Note: Users without this access right cannot manage labels in the master list.	CCMS Desktop: IXIASOFT CCMS menu > Label Configuration
Edit Variables	Allows users to insert existing key definitions from a configured list into the currently locked map Note: This list is the keydefnames.xml configuration file. Note: Users without this access right cannot access the configured list of key definitions.	CCMS Desktop: Edit Variables
Insert Variables	Allows users using Oxygen XML Editor to insert key definitions that are defined in the context map as a key reference	CCMS Desktop: > Right-click > Insert variable from map
ImportImage	CCMS Desktop: Allows users to create a new image object Note: It does not affect the user's ability to import an image using File > Import. That option is available unless it is hidden using the eclipseui.xml configuration file. CCMS Web: Allows users to create a new image object by importing it within a checked-out topic	CCMS Desktop: toolbar orRight-click > Create New Image Object CCMS Web: Oxygen XML toolbar > Insert a reference to an image
ImportTopic	No effect. Note: The option to import a topic using File > Import is available unless it is hidden using the eclipseui.xml configuration file.	CCMS Desktop: File menu > Import Topic
Lock	Allows users to lock and edit objects Note: There is no Edit access right. The Lock access right serves that purpose. Note: Users without this access right can open and view objects, but cannot make any updates or modifications.	CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Lock or Edit CCMS Web: Edit
Open	Allows users to open and view objects	CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Open
Open with	Allows users to open and view objects in a selected editor Note: The editor must be associated with the object type using Eclipse's File Association preferences, which are completely separate from the operating system's file associations.	CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Open with
Properties	Allows users to view the File Properties dialog for an object Note: This access right does not affect the availability of the Properties view, which displays completely different information about the object.	CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Properties
Redline Compare	Allows users to compare a map in the Authoring cycle with a published version or snapshot of the map using the redline compare function Note: This produces a PDF showing the differences between the two maps.	CCMS Desktop: Compare With > Redline with
Remove as Droppoint	Allows users to remove drop points from a map Note: Drop points only persist while a map is open in DITA Map view.	CCMS Desktop: DITA Map view > Right-click > Remove Drop Point
Restore	Allows users to recover deleted objects, moving them from the Deleted cycle to the Authoring cycle.	CCMS Desktop: For object in Deleted cycle,Right-click > Restore
RevertTo	Allows users to revert an object to one of its previous revisions Note: Users without this access right cannot revert an object to a previous revision, but they can view previous revisions using Revision History.	CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Revision History > Revert to CCMS Web: More Options menu > Revision History > Revert to
Revision History	Allows users to view the revision history of an object	CCMS Desktop: Right-click > Revision History CCMS Web: More Options menu > Revision History
Set As Droppoint	Allows users to define drop points in a map, where users can insert topics and other maps	CCMS Desktop: DITA Map view > Right-click > Set Drop Point
Show Preview	Allows users to view a very basic, unstyled HTML output preview of objects Note: Users without this access right cannot generate an HTML preview of objects.	CCMS Desktop: Right--click > Show Preview
Spellcheck	Allows users to check the spelling in objects, such as topics and maps, using Spellchecker	CCMS Desktop: For an object Right-click > Spellcheck
Snapshot	Allows users to create a snapshot of a map Note: Users without this access right cannot create snapshots.	CCMS Desktop: For a map Right-click > Create snapshot CCMS Web: More Options menu > New Snapshot
ViewDependencies	Allows users to view the dependencies of an object	CCMS Desktop: Right-click > View Dependencies CCMS Web: More Options menu > Dependencies