Creating access rights for content libraries

A content library is a storage that enables the Qlik Sense users to add shared contents to their apps.

The user who creates the content library automatically becomes the owner of that library. The library and the library objects can be shared with others through security rules defined in the QMC.

You create security rules to give access rights for the content libraries. Do the following:

1. Select Content libraries on the QMC start page or from the StartS drop-down menu to display the overview.

   Tip noteYou can apply a filter to a column by clicking ..

2. Select the content library that you want to create rules for and click Edit.

   The content library edit page opens.

3. Select Security rules on the Associated items tab.

   The security rules overview is displayed.

4. Click PCreate associated rule in the action bar.

   The Create security rule dialog opens.

5. Edit the security rule for administrative access of the content library:

   1. Edit the Identification properties:

   Name	Enter the name of the content library. Mandatory.
   Disabled	Select to disable the rule. The rule is enabled by default.
   Description	Enter a description for the rule.

   2. Create the conditions for the rule in the Basic section:

      • Select which actions the rule should apply for by selecting the applicable checkboxes.
      • Use the drop downs to create a condition that specifies which users the rule will apply to.
      • Click Pto add a condition. When using multiple conditions you can group two conditions by clicking Group. After condtions have been grouped you can ungroup them by clicking Ungroup. The default operand between conditions is OR. You can change this in the operand drop-down. Multiple conditions are grouped so that OR is superior to AND.

      Operands	Descriptions and examples
      =	This operand is not case sensitive and returns True if the compared expressions are exactly equal. Example:   user.name = ”a*” The user named exactly a* is targeted by the rule.
      like	This operand is not case sensitive and returns True if the compared expressions are equal. Example:   user.name = ”a*” All user with names beginning with an a is targeted by the rule.
      !=	This operand is not case sensitive and returns True if the attribute values in the compared expressions are equal. Example:   user.name=resource.name All resources with the same name as the user are targeted by the rule.

6. Click Apply.

   The dialog closes and the rule is added to the security rules overview.

   Tip noteThe security rule results in a corresponding security rule in the Security rule overview page.

You have now created the access rights for the selected content library.