Access Point Security

As of 1.3.0, Entities and Service Operations can be secured with Access-points. When an Access-point is assigned to an element, that element can be consumed via Data Services by the users only who has permission to that Access-point. Please refer to Personify Security Guide for more information.

Assigning Access Points

To assign an access point:

1. Check-out the element, if it is not already checked-out.

2. Bring the element to the Canvas, if it is not already on the Canvas.

3. Select the element so that the element properties are displayed in the Property Grid.

4. In Properties, select the ellipsis button on the AccessPoint line, as highlighted below.

5. Select an Access-point from the Access-point Maintenance Dialog.

Managing Access Points

To create a new access point:

1. From the File menu, select Manage Access-points.
The Access-point Maintenance window displays.

2. Click Create new Access-point, as highlighted below.

The Create New Access-point window displays, as shown below.

3. Enter the Access-point Code.

4. Enter a Description.

5. Click OK.

6. Click Close.

7. All Access-points you created will be stored in the central source control database.

With the current version of Personify (7.4.1 and earlier), these Access-points will not be automatically synchronized with the Personify database. It would be the responsibility of the Personify Security Administrator to manually add these Access-points to the Personify database, via PSM003 screen and assign permissions.

With Personify 7.4.1 Service Pack 1, Access-points from personify database that are marked Available for Data Services are available for use in the Access-point maintenance screen, but they are NOT automatically synchronized with the Personify database.

With Personify 7.4.2, the new Access-points created in the Access-point maintenance screen will be automatically synchronized with the Personify database. Personify Security Administrator would assign permissions as required via PSM003 screen.

Publishing Access Points

Access points will be published as part of the regular publishing routine. Additionally, WSD provides an option to publish only the Access-points without publishing the code. Access-points can be published using the following menu options, as highlighted below:

1. Build and Publish (Local),

2. Check-In, Build and Publish (Server),

3. Publish Access-points Only (Local),

4. Publish Access-Points (Server).