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Managing Catalog Access

Overview

All components are stored in the Qarbine catalog. Interaction with the catalog is by a Windows File Explorer folder metaphor. What folders are visible varies by principal as defined by the Qarbine administrator. Each principal has a private folder. Permission cues are presented in various dialogs and in the Catalog Tool as shown below.

  

The visual cues and their permission mappings are shown below.

Icon Description
  Read and write access
  View only
  Run only
  Private

Access to some Qarbine features is dependent on the edition, release, and other factors.

Catalog Groups

A set of catalog folders can be aggregated into a Catalog Group. These definitions are shown in the tab highlighted below.

  

A catalog group is added by clicking

  

Fll in the new catalog group name

  

Click

  

A sample catalog group definition is shown below

  

The permission options and their icons are listed below.

Icon Description
  Read or write.
  View only.
  Run only.

Individual collections are added to the catalog group using the pop up menu option highlighted below.

  

A dialog is presented to choose an available collection (folder).

  

Click OK to add the collection. The default permissions are “edit”. The save icon will change to   to indicate that the changes have not yet been saved. Once saved the icon reverts back to   . To cancel the changes click the refresh    icon.

Once added you can remove the collection (folder) or adjust the permissions using the pop up menu shown below.

  

Catalog Collections

Catalog collections can be reviewed by navigating to the tab highlighted below.

  

The tab content provides statistics on the components stored in each catalog folder.

  

A new collection can be added by clicking

  

Fill in the properties in the dialog

  

The collection name MUST start with ‘qf_’. To save click

  

If the collection name does not start with ‘qf_’ then the following dialog is shown.

  

Access Permissions

The permissions to access a catalog collection (folder) is set within the catalog group definitions and principal permissions. A single collection may be referenced by multiple catalog groups and have varying permissions across them.