Edit session scopes in the Portal

You can change the active scopes for your current session via the User settings in the Portal.

Requirements:

Note: The owner of objects and users with administrator rights can see objects even if they are restricted by scopes.

Note: Once you have logged in to the Portal, your default scopes are initially active. If you log out, your session scopes will be discarded. See Types of scopes.

Note: In addition to the active session scopes, a user's perspective on individual objects and versions is also controlled by evaluation logics. See Object-specific evaluation of scopes.

See also: User settings

Add session scopes via editor

You can add session scopes under Model scope via the respective editor.

Requirements: The option Respect model scope hierarchy is disabled in the database properties. For more information on the model scope hierarchy, see Classification and hierarchies of scopes.

Instructions:

  1. Open the User settings in the Portal:

  1. Under Model scope, click next to the field in which you want to change scopes:

  2. Click in the active field to see all selectable scopes

    Note: The scopes that you can select can be found at UserAdministration. See chapter Assign scopes to a directory object.

  3. Click on the respective entry to add the desired scope:

  4. To edit the scopes of another class, click on next to the corresponding field and make the changes

  5. Click on Apply to apply the change:

    Note: Click on next to the field to discard the changes you have made there.

Removing session scopes via editor

You can remove session scopes under Model scope via the respective editor.

Requirements: The option Respect model scope hierarchy is disabled in the database properties. For more information on the model scope hierarchy, see Classification and hierarchies of scopes.

Instructions:

  1. Open the User settings in the Portal

  1. Under Model scope, next to the field in which you want to change scopes, click on

  2. Click on next to the scope you wish to remove:

  3. Click on Apply to apply the change

    Note: Click on next to the field to discard the changes you have made there.

Edit session scopes via list

You can remove session scopes under Model scope via the respective list.

Requirements: The option Respect model scope hierarchy is enabled in the database properties. For more information on the model scope hierarchy, see Classification and hierarchies of scopes.

Instructions:

  1. Open the User settings in the Portal

  2. To view subordinate scopes, click on

  3. Select the scopes for the current session:

    Note: Uncheck the box if you do not want the respective scope to be taken into account for the current session.

     

  4. Click Apply to apply the scopes