The Data sources interface allows you to easily manage all the data sources created on the Resource Portal. You can download or delete data sources, search for any specific data source, or even sort the header information alphabetically or by the latest date by clicking on the specific header.

To Download Data Sources

1. On the Types tab of the Documents page, click Data Sources.
2. Click the Download button to save the data source on your system. The downloaded data source is saved as a .dsc file.

To Delete Data Sources

1. On the Types tab of the Documents page, click Data Sources.

2. Click the Delete button next to the data source that you want to delete. Then, in the Delete Document dialog box, click the Ok button to permanently delete the data source from Admin Portal.

3. To delete multiple data sources at the same time, click Show Check Box button present at the top right portion adjacent to the search bar. It will enable the multi-select option.

4. Select the data sources that you want to delete and click the Delete selected documents button present at the top right portion adjacent to the Hide Check Box button. To select all the data sources at once, click the first check box at the top, adjacent to the Name header.

   

To Edit Data Source Permissions

1. On the Types tab of the Documents page, click Data Sources.

2. Click Show Check Box button present at the top right portion adjacent to the search bar.

3. Select the data source for which you want to edit the permissions or categories.

4. Select the Edit document permissions button to edit data source permissions
   

5. In the Permissions dialog that appears, set the Action option to any of the following options based on your requirements.

   • Add New Permission – Lets you define new sharing permissions for the selected documents.
   • Remove Existing Permissions – Removes the existing sharing permissions assigned to the selected documents.
   • Remove Existing And Add New Permissions – Removes the existing sharing permissions assigned to the selected documents, and lets you define new permissions for them.

   

6. Select the sharing permission which you want the roles to have on the selected documents -

   • Read - Permits the role(s) to view the document.
   • Read/Write - Permits the role(s) to view and edit a document.
   • Execute - Permits the role(s) to schedule reports and dashboards.
   • Full Control - Permits the role(s) to view, edit, execute a document, and re-share the document to another role.
     Note that if the shared document has references to other documents, the referenced documents will be granted Read permission (except for Datasource type documents, which will be granted Execute and Read Permissions).

   

7. Click OK.

To Edit Data Source Categories

1. On the Types tab of the Documents page, click Data Sources.
2. Click Show Check Box button present at the top right portion adjacent to the search bar.
3. Select the data source for which you want to edit the permissions or categories.
4. Select the categories icon to edit data source categories
   
5. Click OK.