Article - CS236180

Understanding ThingWorx Platform Permissions

Modified: 30-Aug-2024   


Applies To

  • ThingWorx Platform 6.0 to 9.6
  • Windchill Navigate (formerly ThingWorx Navigate) 1.5.0 to 9.2
  • ThingWorx Manufacturing Apps Family 8.0.0 to 8.5.1

Description

  • Overview of ThingWorx Visibility, Design Time, and Runtime Permissions
  • How to edit/grant users permission to Entities
  • Non-admin user cannot modify Entities or execute services
  • Only Administrator seems able to view or modify certain Entities and execute services
  • How to apply permissions to a specific Entity type instead of one-by-one
  • How to update Collection Permission for an Entity type?
  • Having trouble getting a new user to view a single mashup or all Mashups
  • Is permission needed for the inherited Thing Template, ThingShape when instance entity thing is referred by Mashup?
  • How to give permission to a particular user for creating Menus Stream and other entities without adding them to the administrator group
  • No Visibility permission for Administrators group
  • How to determine the correct permissions to grant to users 
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