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Shared and unshared Activeboards

When you create Activeboards, only you and users with the User Resources permission can see them in the Activeboards area. To make them available for other users, you need to share them.

Once they are either marked as shareable or actually shared, an icon appears next to the Activeboard’s name, both at the top bar when open and in the Activeboard manager.

The sharing process can be reversed by removing all assigned roles and making them non-shareable.

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Who can share Activeboards and with whom?

Whether you are the owner of the Activeboard, a user who has been granted edit access to it, or a user with User Resources permission, you can share Activeboards with other roles.

Unless you have the User resources permission, the roles with which you can share an Activeboard are limited to those that are also assigned to yourself, and the acope of access you can grant them is defined by their permissions (see table below for the details).

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If you have these permissions

You can share with:

Scope of access

Roles...

...with permissions

View

Edit

Activeboards (View)

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Activeboards (Manage)

Roles assigned to yourself

Activeboards (View)
Activeboards (Manage)


User resources

All roles in the domain

Activeboards (View)
Activeboards (Manage)



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User resources permission

With this permission, you can see and manage all Activeboards in the domain without previously getting them shared. This default access cannot be revoked or modified during the sharing process.

Scope of access

Having a role with the manage version of the Activeboards permissions does not forcibly grant you Edit access when an Activeboard is shared with you. It simply means that you have the potential to receive such access, but it's up to the user sharing the Activeboard to determine your level of involvement.

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Making an Activeboard shareable

You need to make an Activeboard shareable first by clicking the ellipsis menu at the top left and selecting the Make Activeboard visible option. Enabling this option makes the Activeboard in question eligible to assign both in the Administration → Roles Management area and the Share with roles menu (see section below).

This option appears only with the Edit mode activated, and only for the owner, users who were granted edit access, or users with the User resources permissions.

Sharing Activeboards

There are two different methods to share Activeboards and they are compatible and complementary. This means you can use one or the other at will and still get the same result, which is visible in both interfaces.

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How can both sharing methods be used together?

One example is that an admin can grant manage access to Activeboards from the Administration area, and users with the roles receiving such access can further share it from the Activeboards area.

In this way, admins can hand responsibility for sharing Activeboards to other roles in the domain who are more aware of specific operational needs.

Sharing from the Activeboards area

In this area, you can share Activeboards by clicking on the ellipsis menu at the top left and selecting the Share with roles option. This option is enabled after activating the Make Activeboard visible option explained above, and is available as long as you are the creator of the Activeboard, were granted edit access, or have the User Resources permission.

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Click the ellipsis menu at the top left then select the Share with roles option.

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You will see a window that shows the roles you can share the Activeboard with (see table in the section above to know about eligible roles).

You can use the search field at the top to help you find the desired role. Once you find the role you’re looking for, check the View or Manage boxes as desired.

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Grayed-out boxes

  • Greyed-out, unmarked boxes indicate that the role cannot be granted that scope of access.

  • Selecting the Edit box will also render the View box marked and greyed-out.

  • Roles with the User resources permission will have both view and edit marked and grayed-out by default, and will display a help button with a tooltip explaining why.

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Click Apply when you finish in order to apply the changes. A notification pops up to let you know the specified roles are now able to see the Activeboard.

Share from the Administration area

If you have the required permissions (see Managing roles), you can access this area and edit a role to assign it Activeboards in the Activeboards tab. There are some particularities to consider:

  • Unless the target role has the User resources permission, this tab only displays Activeboards that have been shared or made shareable in the domain (see related section above).

  • This tab will be enabled only if the target role has at least the Activeboard (view) permission.

  • The sharing possibilities explained in the table above also apply to this method.

Check the Assign resources to a role article to know more about the whole process.