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Sawmill Newsletter   August 15, 2009

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Sawmill 8.0.9 shipped on June 6, 2009. This is a minor "bug fix" release, and it is free to existing Sawmill 8 users.  It is recommended for anyone who is experiencing problems with Sawmill 8.0.8 or earlier. You can download it from http://sawmill.net/download.html .

Sawmill 7 users can upgrade to Sawmill 8 for half of the license price; or if you have Premium Support, the upgrade is free. Major features of Sawmill 8 include support for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases, real-time reporting, a completely redesigned web interface, better multi-processor and multi-core support, and role-based authentication control.

This issue of the Sawmill Newsletter describes how to create a user who has access to administrate only a single profile.


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Tips & Techniques: Giving Access To Administrate A Single Profile

[Note: RBAC, which is the topic of this newsletter, is available only in Sawmill Enterprise.]

With Enterprise licensing, Sawmill supports the Role-based Access Control (RBAC), which makes it possible to configure access permissions in greater detail than is possible with Professional. For instance, in Professional, each user can either administrate everything, or they can view reports from only a particular set of profiles. But often, it is useful to create a user who can not only view reports for a profile, but can also administrate that profile, changing log filters, reports, etc.

To create a single-profile administrator, start in the Roles page of Admin:



In the Roles page, click New Role, enter "Profile Manager" as the name of the new role, and check the boxes to allow Access/View of Profiles, and Access/View and Edit of Scheduler. This gives users in this role the right to see the Profiles list, and to edit, but not add or delete, scheduled tasks. If a profile has a scheduled database update, users in this role will be able to edit when it occurs:



Moving on to the Reports tab, check everything. This gives users in this role the ability to do all the reporting actions:




Then go to the Config tab, and check everything. This gives this user full administrative access to configure their profile(s):



Click Save Changes, and now you have a created a role which gives its users administrative access to their profiles, but not full Admin access to top-level Sawmill actions (like creating/deleting profiles, modifying users and roles, creating scheduled tasks, and editing the licensing). The only remaining step is to create a user in the Users section of the Admin menu, choose the profiles they have access to, and choose Profile Manager as the role:



That's it--you have created a user who can access only a single profile, and who can configure that profile however they want, but cannot do general administration of Sawmill.


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This newsletter describes a specific use of Sawmill's RBAC feature. Sawmill's RBAC functionality is extensive, and can be used to create very detailed authentication and access controls. If you need assistance with configuring access control in your Sawmill installation, or with any other Sawmill tasks, our Sawmill Experts can help. Contact sales@sawmill.net for more information.



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