Creating a Page Group

4-4 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Portal ■ Section 4.3.1, Assigning Page Group Privileges ■ Section 4.3.2, Controlling Who Can Apply a Different Style to a Page ■ Section 4.3.3, Specifying a Page Group Contact

4.3.1 Assigning Page Group Privileges

You can specify who has access to a page group and how much access they have. Access privileges work incrementally, starting at the global privilege level. For example, you can grant the global privilege View on the object type All Page Groups to the group Site Wide View, then explicitly grant the Manage All privilege on a particular page group to user Rose Doe, who is also a member of Site Wide View. All members of Site Wide View can see the page group, but Rose Doe is the only group member who can do everything else to the page group. For more information about global privileges, refer to Appendix B, Page Group Object Privileges and to the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Portal. For information about controlling access to the individual pages in a page group, see Section 17.5, Securing Pages . This section contains information about specifying who can access a page group in what way. It includes the following subsections: ■ Section 4.3.1.1, Granting Access to a Page Group ■ Section 4.3.1.2, Changing Access to a Page Group

4.3.1.1 Granting Access to a Page Group

To grant a user or group access to a page group: 1. Log in to Oracle Portal.

2. Click the Build tab to bring it forward.

3. From the Page Groups portlets Work In drop-down list, choose the page group to

be edited. By default, the Page Groups portlet is located on the Build tab of the Portal Builder page.

4. Click the Configure link.

5. Click the Access tab to bring it forward.

6. In the Grantee field, enter the name of the user or group needing access.

Optionally, click the Browse Users or Browse Groups icon and select from the list provided. Working with Page Groups 4-5 7. From the list of privileges, choose the level of access to grant to the user or group. For a list and description of page group privileges, see Section B.2, Page Group Privileges .

8. Click Add.

9. Click OK.

4.3.1.2 Changing Access to a Page Group

To change a user or group’s access to a page group: 1. Log in to Oracle Portal.

2. Click the Build tab to bring it forward.

3. From the Page Groups portlets Work In drop-down list, choose the page group to

be edited. By default, the Page Groups portlet is located on the Build tab of the Portal Builder page.

4. Click the Configure link.

5. Click the Access tab to bring it forward.

6. In the Change Access section, find the relevant user or group.

Note: Oracle Portal uses the Oracle Internet Directory for identity management. The Oracle Internet Directory serves as the repository for users and groups. In the Oracle Internet Directory, groups are uniquely identified by their distinguished name DN. Each group has a unique DN, though many groups can share a common name, in the same way that two people can share a common name, yet have completely different lineage such as John Smith and John Doe. When working within the portal, groups created from within that portal are displayed simply with their common names. However, when the portal references a group from some other location in the Oracle Internet Directory—such as a group from some other portal associated with the same Identity Management Infrastructure—the DN of the group is displayed to distinguish it from the portal’s locally defined groups. Note: If you grant a user Manage All privileges on a page group and that user subsequently creates a new page within the page group, even if you remove the user’s privileges, he or she will always be able to access the page through its URL and edit the content and add new content.