1. Creating a Security Framework for Customers
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Step 1: Create a Security Framework for Users
Not all of your portal users are the same, meaning that they need to access or be restricted from certain data in your portal. To control what your users can see and do in your portal, create Security Roles for your different user types.
- For example, Andy is an employee and he's in charge of managing the portal, so he needs to be assigned an Administrator Security Role that gives access and edit permissions to all data.
- Meanwhile, Samantha is a customer and she needs to be assigned a Client Portal User Security Role that only gives her access to her own Help Tickets and company information.
What if your users need access to data that belongs to other portal users? Magentrix allows you to configure the following permissions for the following communities:
- Employee Users
For internal users like employees, you can organize permissions for data created by users with a Manager Hierarchy. This allows you to specify a Manager for users and set up Read, Create, Edit, or Delete permissions for data belonging to their superiors, peers, or subordinates.
- Community Users
For community users like customers, you can control access to data through Accounts and Contacts. For multiple client users who are from the same company, you can give them access to all the help tickets associated with their company’s Account. Or, if you have a customer with multiple levels, such as a company’s headquarters and its branch locations, you can set up a security hierarchy to further manage access. See Understanding Security for External Users for more information.
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