System permissions grant access to Slate features and functions. Permissions can be customized to suit the needs of different user groups, and they can be updated as needed to reflect changes in organizational structure or business requirements....

Exclusive permissions are database-wide, administrator permissions. The name “exclusive” refers to the fact that these permissions cannot be inherited (as through a role), and must be granted to users explicitly. When you create a new user , ...

Custom permissions enable creating and maintaining a personalized set of permissions for users, roles, and objects in the database. This offers an added layer of security alongside the standard and exclusive permissions in Slate. This...

If you need to assign a permission to multiple users after your user accounts have been created, you can use the query tool to update accounts quickly and easily. Creating the Query Click  Queries / Reports  in the top navigation...

Summit 2023 Feature When a user attempts to access a function that they are not permitted to access, Slate denies them and displays a Forbidden error page that includes a link to appeal the denial and request access. User Perspective When a...

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Access to person and application records in Slate is granted through one of the Lookup permissions. These permissions allow a user to look up a record and read data as follows: Person Lookup grants a user access to the record, but the user may ne...

Users are granted access to records in datasets through the Dataset Lookup and Dataset Update permissions: In order for a user to search for a dataset record, the user must be granted the read permission of the associated query base . This le...

Population permissions allow Slate administrators to limit users’ access to records. With population permissions, users can be granted access to look up or update records that belong to a specific population , instead of being granted access to...

Using the Configurable Joins query bases, users can be granted access to query for records enrolled in a population granted through population permissions in query results. Queries built on the Configurable Join bases of Application by Population or...

You can assign users population-based Reader permissions. This lets you manage which records a user can access in the Reader. For example, population permissions can display Astronomy application records in the Reader only to Astronomy department...

When the Release Decisions permission is granted when assigning a population, the user will see only application records in that population in the decision groups when navigating through Release Decisions. For example, population permissions can be ...

Using Edit Restricted Access grants access only to specific users, roles, or permissions, and restricts other database users from that record. This feature is useful for a single record or a small number of records whose data m...