Prerequisites:

• See Taxonomy Prerequisites for details.
• User groups must exist. See Creating Groups for details.

You can grant all or individual groups Full Access or Read-Only Access permissions to child taxonomy categories. Configure each child category to inherit its parent category's security settings or use its own.

To configure security for a child category:

1. Navigate to Administration > Taxonomy.
2. Select the child category within the Taxonomy Tree.

   Tip: Click the parent category arrow to expand children.

3. Choose one of the following steps:
   • Select the Inherit security settings from parent category checkbox.

     Additional Info: The CMS selects the checkbox by default. If selected, the content item uses the parent category security settings. See Configuring Parent Category Security for details.

     

   • Clear the Inherit security settings from parent category and then click OK in the confirmation dialog.

     Additional Info: If cleared, the child category uses its own security settings rather than its parent settings. For example, the parent category may grant groups full access while the child grants groups read-only access, and vice-versa. You can configure the child's security settings per group to be less restrictive, more restrictive, or equal to its parent security.

     1. Optional: Select the Everyone user group. Click Remove.

        Note: The Everyone user group overrides all other settings in Security.

        

     2. Click Add. The Select Access Groups dialog displays.

        

     3. Select groups to add. Use CTRL+Click to multi-select groups.
     4. Click OK. The selections display in the User Group list.

        

     5. Select one of the following options in each group's Security Access Level drop-down list.

        Option	Description
        Full Access	Grants users with appropriate group permissions to access and apply the category.
        Read-Only	Grants users with appropriate group permissions to only view the category.

4. Click Apply.