Permissions

The website allows you to control who has access to the website and is used in conjunction with the Authentication Scheme.

When a user accesses the website, Perceptive Enterprise Search scans the list of permission rules checking if the given user has permission. Perceptive Enterprise Search scans from top to bottom looking for a match for the current user, the match may be either a direct hit on their user name, or the user may be a member of the specified group. The first match is used to either allow or deny access to the user. If no matches are found for the user, they are granted access.

The order of the permissions is very important. For example, if the very first rule is Deny all users, followed by Allow administrators group, no one will have access to the website because everyone would match the first rule. To achieve the desire outcome in this scenario, it is imperative that the deny is the last rule in the list, as shown below.