Adding members

Users must be added as members to at least one workspace.

Before you begin

Important: To add members to a workspace in IBM® Rational® Focal Point™, you must either be a workspace administrator, or have the Members workspace permission.
You must also be a workspace administrator to set anything besides the default value for the Access attribute. Users that have the Members permission must be able to access a display view to see the newly added member. When you create a member, you can edit the attributes that are editable in the display view.

To add members to a workspace:

Procedure

  1. On the navigation bar, click Members > Members. The Members frame is displayed.
  2. Click Add Member.
  3. Search for the user by entering the name in User contain or User does not contain.
  4. Select the user to add as member in the workspace.
  5. Click Next.
  6. In the next frame, select if you want to copy or inherit My Views, My Home and Permissions from other members:
    • -: To add the user without access to any views.
    • Copy: To add the user and copy the My Views, My Home and Permissions attributes from an existing workspace member or the specified folder.
    • Inherit: To add the user and inherit the My Views, My Home and Permissions attributes from a folder or an existing workspace member. When you select inherit, the new workspace member gains access to all views and home page contents of the selected member. The views and home page of the inheriting member are also updated when they are modified for the member it inherits from.
  7. Select the folder in Members where you want to add the members.
  8. Click Finish. The users are added as workspace members.

Results

You can inherit from any member, as long as you do not create a circular inheritance. In this case, the member is still added to the workspace, but you need to manually edit Inherit From later if you want the member to inherit from someone else.

You can also inherit from a parent folder. When you select Parent Folder for a new member, the member gains the same access as the selected parent folder.

Remember: My Views and My Home are inherited in several steps. This means that you inherit another member's views, home page, inherited views, and My Home.

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