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Setting up permissions for the Special Events tab

Typically, a user with operator-level read permissions on a weekly schedule would see all the schedule tabs but would not be able to edit the schedule. However, this optional procedure configures permissions for the Special Events tab to allow operations users write access only for managing special events.
Prerequisites: A weekly schedule exists with operator-level read permissions on all tabs of the scheduler view. You are logged in as an admin-level user.
The permission change described here applies only to the schedule’s Special Events tab. It does not alter permissions for the other schedule tabs and properties.

Perform the following steps:
  1. Open Slot Sheet view for the schedule component.
  2. Right-click the Schedule slot and select Config Flags
    The Config Flags window opens.
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  3. Click to deselect the Hidden check box and click OK.
    Once the schedule slot is no longer hidden, you can expand it in the CategoryBrowser and make changes to the schedule component.
  4. To display the CategoryBrowser view, in Services, double-click CategoryService, expand and the schedule component’s child CompositeSchedule to expose specialEvents and perform the following:
    1. Click to deselect the Inherit option.
    2. Click to clear the assigned category.
    3. Click to select a different category—one that a user could have operator write permissions on, such as Category 3, as shown here:
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    4. To continue, click Save in the Workbench toolbar.

    The child specialEvents CompositeSchedule is now assigned to a different category than that of the top-level schedule component.

  5. If you have an operator role already configured with read and write permissions, skip to the next step to assign the role to a user, otherwise, to configure the role now perform the following steps:
    1. To add the new role, expand Config > Services, double-click RoleService, click New and click OK.
    2. In the second New window, type Operator in the Name property and click Image icon located to the right of Permissions.
    3. In the Permissions window, click to select the following operator-level permissions: User (default category 1), click R, and for Category 3 click R, W, (as shown here), and click OK.
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    The framework creates operator role (with necessary permissions). You can now assign the role to one or more users.
  6. To assign the role to a user, under Services, double-click UserService, select a user in the User Manager view, click Edit, then scroll down to Roles click the check box to select the Operator role and click OK.
    The user now has read access on all of the tabs on this scheduler view and write access only for managing events on the Special Events tab.
Once logged in to the station, the user can manage that schedule’s special events as needed.

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  • Weekly schedules (Parent Topic)

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