erwin Evolve 360 Current - User Guide

Communities

Communities are a defined set of users identified as group of individuals or teams, that work together to achieve a common goal.

By default, an object will not have any communities and therefore visible to all users.

In Evolve 360, Communities are of two types. These community types control the access of communities to concepts within the platform.

Public – visible to every user

Private – visible only to those within it and will be hidden from users who is not a member

How to create a new Community?

To create a new Community,

          1. Go to profile and then select Communities.

          2. A screen appears with the list of communities on the left-hand side and its details on the right-hand side upon selection of community.

          3. To create a new community, click on  button at the bottom of left-hand side screen.

          4. Enter the details in the form on the right-hand side of the screen.

i.Set the Community to be either Public or Private.

ii.Enter the Name for your new community.

iii.Choose an Administrator from the list of users.

i❖.Select the members you wish to be a part of community.

          5. Click on Save to finish.

How to Add/Remove users to an existing Community?

1.Go to profile and then Communities.

2.Select the community from the list appeared on the left-hand side of the screen, then its details will be shown on the right-hand of the screen.

3.Click on Members, check the box against the name of the user you wish to add or uncheck the box to remove the user.

          4. Click on Save to finish.

How to restrict a view to single Community or set of Communities?

An administrator has the access to restrict a view to a certain community or set of communities.

To restrict a view,

1.Go to application editor of the view you wish to restrict.

2.Go Configure and select View Display Control.

          3. A screen will be shown up with the details.

i.Select the Communities you wish to restrict the view to by clicking on their names.

ii.Select the Data Source to include with the context.

iii.Click on Apply.