Prizm Content Connect for SharePoint has two types of configurable settings. These setting either fall under the category of end user permissions or global settings. End user permissions include Digital Rights Management permissions and annotations permissions. Global settings control the interaction of behind the scenes components that implement document viewing.
Configuration of End User Permissions
There are three important characteristics of end user permissions that affect configuration:
- End user permissions are hierarchical
- End user permissions are applied to groups
- End user permissions can me modified by a user with the Manage Lists base permission
End user permissions are hierarchical - They can be set at the SharePoint site level and they will apply throughout the site. However, these settings can be overridden at the document library level, permitting a different configuration and behavior of DRM and annotations for individual document libraries.
End user permissions are applied to groups – They can be set for each SharePoint group. This allows different groups to have different permissions for various actions. For example, a moderator group may have permissions to save or copy documents, but a view-only group would not have permissions to save, copy, or print documents.
End user permissions can me modified by a user with the Manage Lists base permission – An end user that has the Manage Lists base permission will be able to modify end user permissions. User’s with this base permission are typically site owners and designers. There may be a scenario where a user has the Manage List permission for a specific document library, but not for a site. In this case, the user will be able to set end user permissions for the document library but not the site.
What are the Configurable Permissions?
Configurable permissions that relate to Digital Rights Management include:
- The ability to copy document content.
- The ability to save a document.
- The ability to print a document.
Configurable permissions that relate to annotations include:
- The ability to load annotations for a document.
- The ability to save annotations for a document.
- The ability to use the annotations toolbar to create annotations for a document.
How are Permissions Configured?
Permissions are controlled through two nearly identical SharePoint application pages.
The first application page is the Prizm Site Permissions page. This page permits configuration of DRM and annotations permissions, which apply throughout the site.
Example 1
The Prizm Site Permissions page:
The second application page is the Prizm Library Permissions page. This page permits configuration of DRM and annotations permissions that apply to a specific document library. Setting permissions with the Prizm Library Permissions page will override permissions for the document library, which were inherited from the site.
Example 2
The Prizm Site Permissions page:
Configuration of Global Settings
Global settings apply to PCC for SharePoint throughout the entire SharePoint farm. These settings affect how the behind the scenes components work together to implement document viewing. Global settings include the hostname and port of the PCC services, and the location of the tempcache folder.
Configuration of these setting can be done by a farm administrator using the Prizm Global Configuration page. This is an admin page that is deployed to SharePoint Central Administration.
Example 1
The Prizm Global Configuration page:
