Sharing a Layer
If User Access Control is enabled, a Layer that is created in Horizons is only visible to the owner—the creator of the Layer. For the Layer to be visible to other users, you can share the Layer with a User Group. Sharing a Layer enables another user to view your data source and build a new Layer based on it.
The Layer and the underlying data source are shared. Only you (and an administrator) 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.
If User Access Control is not enabled, a Layer that you create is visible to and editable by all users.
To share a data Layer
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In Explorer, in the Layer drop-down, select the Layer to share.
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Click the Layer Options icon for the required Layer.
- Click the Share Layer icon.
The Share Layer window opens.
- Select the user group or groups to share the Layer with and click Share.
The Layer sharing permissions are saved.
To unshare a data Layer
- In Explorer, in the Layer drop-down, select the Layer to unshare.
- Click the Layer Options icon for the required Layer.
- Click the Share Layer icon.
The Share Layer window opens.
- Select the No Value Selected instead of a User Group and click Share.
The Layer sharing permissions are saved.
When un-sharing a Layer, the corresponding data source is not un-shared. Layers can be un-shared by a project’s Administrator in the Management module.