Configuring Security for Child Categories
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:
- Navigate to Administration > Taxonomy.
- Select the child category within the Taxonomy Tree.
Tip: Click the parent category arrow to expand children.
- 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.
- Optional: Select the Everyone user group. Click Remove.
Note: The Everyone user group overrides all other settings in Security.
- Click Add. The Select Access Groups dialog displays.
- Select groups to add. Use CTRL+Click to multi-select groups.
- Click OK. The selections display in the User Group list.
- 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.
- Optional: Select the Everyone user group. Click Remove.
- Select the Inherit security settings from parent category checkbox.
- Click Apply.