Revoke or Change Shared Data Discovery Dashboard Access

This applies to: Visual Data Discovery

Users with appropriate access can revoke Viewer, Commenter, and Editor access from shared dashboards if needed.

If you or your users revoke a recipient's access to a dashboard, the recipient still has READ access to the visuals and DATA ACCESS to the source. See Shared Access - Viewers .

Revoke dashboard viewer, commenter, or editor access:

  1. Log in as a user who can share dashboards. Your user account must meet one of the following conditions:

    To revoke an access level:

    • Access as the OWNER of a dashboard - the user who created it and has READ, WRITE, and DELETE permissions for it.
    • Access as the EDITOR of a dashboard - the user who can edit and has READ and WRITE permissions for it.
    • In a group with the Administer Dashboards privilege.

  2. Open the dashboard you need from the list of available dashboards.

  3. Select Share Dashboard . The Share [Dashboard Name] work area opens.

  4. Use the Search box to find one or more existing users in the Existing Access list. Select the remove icon () next to the user's name to remove their access to the dashboard.

  5. Select Save to save your changes.

Change dashboard access:

  1. Log in as a user who can share dashboards. Your user account must meet one of the following conditions:

    To change a user's access level:

    • Access as the OWNER of a dashboard - the user who created it and has READ, WRITE, and DELETE permissions for it.
    • Access as the EDITOR of a dashboard - the user who can edit and has READ and WRITE permissions for it.
    • In a group with the Administer Dashboards privilege.

  2. Open the dashboard you need from the list of available dashboards.

  3. Select Share Dashboard . The Share [Dashboard Name] work area opens.

  4. Use the Search box to find one or more existing users in the Existing Access list. Select the user's new access level, Viewer, Commenter, or Editor.

    All users can see comments associated with widgets in your dashboard when comments are enabled. See Manage Widget Comments for more information on working with comments.

  5. Select Save to save your changes.

When you revoke a user's access to a dashboard, they can no longer access the dashboard, but may still have access to shared visuals and sources.