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Sharing Layers

Let other users access a Layer​

If User Access Control is enabled, a Layer is only visible to its creator (owner) by default. For the Layer to be visible to other users, you can share the Layer with a User Group.

Sharing a Layer enables other users to view the Layer and use its underlying data source to build a new Layer. However, only you and administrators can edit, delete, rename, and move a shared Layer that you created.

You can also build a Layer that is based on a data source that another user has shared with a group that you belong to.

Note

If User Access Control is not enabled, all Layers can be viewed and edited by all users.

Share a Layer​

To share one of your Layer with other users:

  1. Click the top Layers icon. In the dropdown, open the folder containing the relevant Layer.

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  2. Hover over the Layer, click its Options icon, and then click the Share Layer icon that appears below it.

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  3. In the Share Layer window, select one or more user groups in the list and then select Share.

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Unshare a Layer​

To unshare one of your Layers, so that it can only be accessed by you and administrators:

  1. Click the top Layers icon. In the dropdown, open the folder containing the relevant Layer.

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  2. Hover over the Layer, click its Options icon, and then click the Share Layer icon that appears below it.

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  3. In the Share Layer window, deselect all user groups in the list. Select No Value Selected and then select Share.

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Note

If a Layer is unshared, the corresponding data source will remain shared. Layers can also be unshared by administrators in the Management module.