Security - Propagation

Security - Propagating

Propagating security will roll down the current default security settings to existing items. There are three options on how this operation will behave:

Option One: Overwrite. Default security will overwrite all existing security. (Example: if you are on a department page, all security for that department with be overwritten.)

Option Two: Add and Update. New security groups and users will be added, and existing settings will be updated to default security settings. Existing settings that are not in the propagation will be unaffected.

Option Three: Add New Only. New security groups and users will be added, but existing settings will remain the same.

Option 2 will add new items and update any overlapping items. Option 3 just adds new items and doesn't update overlapping items. Here's an example:

Current:

User A - Read, Update, Delete

User B - Read, Delete

New Security to Propagate:

User A - Read

User C - Read, Update

After Option 1: (overwritten)

User A - Read

User C - Read, Update

After Option 2:

User A - Read (this is overwritten)

User B - Read, Delete (this is untouched)

User C - Read, Update (this is added)

After propagating with option 3, you would have:

User A - Read, Update, Delete (this is NOT overwritten)

User B - Read, Delete (this is untouched)

User C- Read, Update (this is added)