Process Permissions
by Andrew Stevens
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Overview

Vivantio uses permissions to control what users of the main application and callers on the portal can see and do. This is done by creating roles and then setting up the permissions for those roles against each system area and its included tickets, CRM, Assets, Articles, Reports and Dashboards. 

You can find more about controlling data permissions here (ITSM only). 

Guidance

Navigate to the Admin Area > System Areas > Select the System Area you wish to apply the Permissions e.g. Ticket > Permissions > Process Permissions

Process permissions based on roles set in User Management can be applied to Tickets, Clients, Locations and Callers and Access Control applies to Reports. When a role has been created in the Roles Tab within the User Management menu option of the Admin Area, navigate to the Process Permissions or Access Control tab, select the appropriate role and tick the boxes for which processes should be available to that role. To find out more about creating roles and setting default permissions click here

 

For the User, the Processes are automatically hidden based on the available permissions for the given record. When viewing a list of items (e.g. a queue/list/sub tab), all possible processes will be shown, as the exact processes available to the user cannot be determined until selections have been made.

 

 

 

Process Permissions - Definitions

 

Reassign Reassign a Ticket to a new Group and/or Owner (Licenced User)
Add Note Add a note to the Ticket History
Update Priority Change the Priority of a Ticket
3rd Party Log Log the Ticket as being actioned by an external company
3rd Party Comp Record the 3rd Party assistance as complete
Close Close the Ticket
Edit Edit the Ticket (e.g. Description/title etc)
Delete Delete the Ticket
Accept Accept a Ticket (usually part of the Triage process)
Add Add a new Ticket
Update Status Change the Status of a Ticket, e.g. place On Hold
Link to Ticket Link to a parent tickets
Promote Promote a Ticket to another type, e.g. Promote an incident to a problem
Merge Merge Tickets together, e.g. when a caller has created two tickets on the same topic
Unmerge Reverse the merging of two identical Tickets
Add Attachments Add files to a Ticket
Delete Attachments Delete files attached to a Ticket
Link to Asset Link an Asset to a Ticket
Unlink from Asset Unlink an Asset to a Ticket
Edit Category Change the Category of a Ticket
Update Attachment Update an attachment on a Ticket
Start Workflow Start a workflow manually
Choose Different Workflow Change a Workflow (this can result in the accidental deletion of tasks!)
Remove from Ticket Remove Workflow from Ticket
Send Survey Send a Survey
Complete Survey Complete a Survey

 

To Add Permissions

- Tick the box of the role you wish to add process permissions

- Click Edit

- Select the tick boxes for which you would like the role to be assigned permission to

- Click Save

 


 

 

To Edit Permissions

- Tick the box of the role you wish to edit

- Click Edit

- Make your changes to the Permissions

- Click Save

 

 

 

To Delete Permissions

- Tick the box of the Role you wish to delete permissions from

- Click Edit

- Click Remove icon next to the Permission you wish to delete

- Click Save

 

 

 

 

Reviewed: 08 March 2023