OpenWGA 7.6 - OpenWGA Concepts and Features

Access levels are "packages" of access rights predefined by OpenWGA for common user types. They are ordered in ascending rights order where every higher level contains the rights of the previous level plus some more that are specific for the current level.

The following access levels are defined:

Access level	Value	Added Authorisation	User type
NOACCESS	0	The user has no access to the application and its resources.
READER	10	The user may read the applications resources but not modify any data.	Data consumer, like simple website visitor
AUTHOR	20	May create new pages and modify contents he is author on (either being author, owner or a coauthor), also according to editing rights on page, content type or language definition May not delete any document	Guided data contributor with reduced rights
EDITOR	30	May create, edit and delete any page, according to editing rights on page, content type or language definition May optionally delete documents	Normal, independently working data contributor
CHIEF EDITOR	40	May create, edit and delete any page, independent of editing rights on page, content type or language definition May optionally delete documents May edit archived content versions Can determine workflows, reader and editor rights on pages Can manage workflow definitions, website areas, content types and language definitions	Leading data contributor with full functional competence for the website
MANAGER	90	May create, edit and delete any page, independent of editing rights on page, content type or language definition May optionally delete documents May edit archived content versions Can determine workflows, reader and editor rights on pages Can manage workflow definitions, website areas, content types and language definitions Can edit unique names on documents Can use pages of any content type at any position, independent from a content types positioning setting Can change content types on pages	Technical administrator of the application

The authorities of access levels regarding documents in a matrix:

	Content documents		Pages		Language defs, Content types, Website Areas, Workflows
	Edit	Delete	Edit	Delete	Edit	Delete
READER
AUTHOR	Own ones only		Only create
EDITOR	X	X	X	X
CHIEF EDITOR	X	X	X	X	X	X
MANAGER	X	X	X	X	X	X

Notes about the matrix:

The "edit" authorisation also contains the right to create the related document, unless other stated
Edit and deletion rights can additionally be restricted by more granular authorisation settings, for example for specific areas, content types, languages or a special page hierarchy branch