Manage Functional Permissions

This pages describes the permissions granted to groups to perform the different functions in Pathfinder.

Select the Manage Functional Permission option from the System section.

An administrator can allow or deny permission to specific groups to perform certain tasks in Pathfinder.

Some tasks require very specific combinations of permissions to properly grant access to the functions.

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Functional Permissions

In this dialog window, you can assign functional permissions to groups.

To learn more about user groups and group permissions, go to: Manage Groups.

Select the functional permission you want to allow for the users groups by clicking on respective row under individual groups.

Click on the group name to select all functional permissions for that group.

The image here provides examples of functional permission combinations you can create for different groups.

Admin group: The administrator group permissions usually extend to all functions as users in this group have administrative privileges.

ICC: The infrastructure, component and cable group permissions allow users to manage infrastructure, component and cable definitions and instances from the online and local catalog. Recommended categories for this group: Component permissions, Tags and VLAN Permissions.

Network: The network group allows users to manage cable connections, IP network subnets, tags, VLANs and perform SNMP IP scans for network monitoring. Recommended categories for this group: Cable Permissions, Tags and VLAN Permissions, IP and Scan Permissions.

Misc.: Import/Export Permissions, Report Permissions and Misc. Permissions are enabled in the misc. group. These permissions do not impact the creation of your basic network in Pathfinder rather they provide additional functions to further manage your network, create reports, manage proxy settings, access external tools and mobile devices, define naming rules, create working orders, manage APIs, etc.

Permissions

The following table describes the functional permissions and their descriptions.

Permission	Description

Permission	Description
Manage Catalog	Allows users in group to create, edit and delete component definitions from the local catalog. For more information about the catalog, go to: Manage Catalog.
Manage Components	Allows users in group to create, edit and delete components instances in rooms and cabinets/racks from the local catalog. For more information about component instances, go to: Manage Component Instances.
Manage Infrastructure	Allows users in group to create, edit and delete infrastructure objects such as, locations, buildings, floors and rooms. For more information about infrastructures, go to: Add Location.
Can Change Proxy	Allows users in group to edit the proxy settings. from the options window. For more information about proxy options, go to: Proxy.
Can Use Online Catalog	Allows users in group to import component definitions and cable definitions from the online catalog. For more information about the online catalog, go to: Import Component Definitions.
Lock/Unlock Network Paths	Allows users in group to lock and unlock the network path connections created in the Pathfinder network.
Manage External Tools	Allows users in group to manage external tools such as putty, telnet, etc. Pathfinder has a few external tools integrated with the software for quick and easy access. You can also add more external tools to Pathfinder. For more information about external tools, go to: Manage External Tools.
Manage Line Connections	Allows users in group to create, edit and delete unassembled line cables instances from the local catalog. For more information about cable connections, go to: Cable Management.
Manage Mobile Devices	Allows users in group to manage the mobile devices connected to Pathfinder. For more information about mobile devices, go to: Mobile Devices.
Manage Naming Rules	Allows users in group to create, edit and delete naming rules. For more information about naming rules, go to: Manage Naming Rules.
Manage Network Paths	Allows users in group to manage network paths of the cable connection instances. For more information about network paths, go to: Manage Network Path Instances.
Manage Patch Connections	Allows users in group to create, edit and delete preassembled patch cable instances from the local catalog.
Manage SNMP	Allows users in group to Access the features of the SNMP module. For more information about SNMP, go to: SNMP Query.
Manage Work Orders	Allows users in group to access the features of the work order management module. For more information about work orders, go to: Manage Work Orders.
Export Data	Allows users in group to export data from Pathfinder to a file format. For more information about exporting data, go to: Import and Export.
Import Data	Allows users in group to Import infrastructure, cables, subnets and (if "Manage Catalog" is checked) component definitions.
Manage API keys	Allows users in group to manage API keys and the API functions. For more information about API keys, go to: API Keys.
Manage Reports	Allows users in group to access the report management module to create, edit and delete reports. For more information about managing reports, go to: Manage Reports.
Print	Allows users in group to only print reports.
View Reports	Allows users in group to view created reports.
Manage Phones	Allows users in group to manage the preloaded "Phones" tag in Pathfinder.
Manage Services	Allows users in group to manage the preloaded "Services" tag in Pathfinder.
Manage Subnets	Allows users in group to create, edit and delete networks, subnets and IP addresses. For more information about subnets, go to: Manage Subnets and IP Addresses.
Manage Tags	Allows users in group to manage tags in custom root groups. For more information about tags, go to: Tags Module.
Manage VLANs	Allows users in group to manage VLANs. For more information about VLANs, go to: Manage VLANs.

Permission Combinations

The following categorizes the permissions into categories based on their functional combinations.

Catalog Permissions	Description

Catalog Permissions	Description
Manage Catalog	Enable these permission to allow user group to create, edit and delete component and cable definitions in the online and local catalog.
Can Use Online Catalog

Component permissions	Description

Component permissions	Description
Manage Infrastructure	Enable these permission to allow user group to create, edit and delete infrastructure and component instances.
Manage Components

Cable Permissions	Description

Cable Permissions	Description
Manage Line Connections	Enable these permission to allow user group to create, edit and delete cable connection instances.
Manage Patch Connections
Manage Network Paths

Import/Export Permissions	Description

Import/Export Permissions	Description
Import Data	Enable these permission to allow user group to import and export files such as word, excel or pdf from and to Pathfinder respectively.
Export Data

Tags and VLAN Permissions	Description

Tags and VLAN Permissions	Description
Manage Phones	Enable these permission to allow user group to create, edit and delete tags and VLANs for components, ports, slots and IPs.
Manage Services
Manage Tags
Manage VLANs

IP and Scan Permissions

IP and Scan Permissions
Manage Subnets	Enable these permission to allow user group to create, edit and delete subnets, assign IP addresses to instances and monitor component information using MIBs.
Manage SNMP

Report Permissions	Description

Report Permissions	Description
Manage Reports	Enable these permission to allow user group to view, create, edit, delete and print reports.
View Reports
Print

Misc. Permissions	Description

Misc. Permissions	Description
Can Change Proxy	These permissions grant access the specific modules and settings in Pathfinder. These permissions are usually denied for users outside the admin group.
Lock/Unlock Network Paths
Manage External Tools
Manage Mobile Devices
Manage Naming Rules
Manage Work Orders
Manage API Keys

Security Module

API Keys