Seagate Info™ 7.5 Desktop User's Guide

Overview - Folders
Private folder icon.
Public folder icon.
In Seagate Info, a folder is the electronic equivalent of a file folder; it is a
container for holding objects (reports, queries, cubes, and/or programs) in
order to organize the Info Desktop. Folders appear on the left hand side of
the desktop in the Folder Tree and each folder is marked with a folder icon.
Seagate Info uses two kinds of folders:
1. Private Folders
Private folders are tools used to customize the desktop. Private folders
can not be seen, deleted, or used by anyone else on the system.
2. Public Folders
Public folders are folders that can be seen and used only by those
user groups who have the appropriate rights. Public folders are
designated by a hand under the file folder, indicating that it is
shared. The Administrator (and other designated users) can use
these to organize confidential or semi-confidential material.
NotethedifferencebetweenthePrivatefolderandPublicfoldericons:
Whilemanygroupscanbegrantedaccesstothesamefolder,the
individual who creates a public folder can specify a different set of rights
for each group as to what they can do with folder contents such as design
report objects, view instances of report, query or cube objects, or add/
delete folders, objects and instances. For example, a user may want to
create a folder with report objects and instances for specified user groups
whileothergroupscannotaccessthisfolder.Additionally,theuser
specifies that reports can only be viewed from this folder, meaning that
other rights like deleting the report or deleting the folder are not granted
to other groups. In this case, the user ensures that report is secure from
being deleted while allowing others the ability to view the contents of the
folder, including viewing instances created only by the user.
Related Topics
How to add a folder/subfolder to the Info Desktop, Page 23.
How to remove a public/private folder from the Info Desktop, Page 25.
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