Termbase objects can be held on an SDL MultiTerm component or on an SDL MultiTerm server. Termbase objects held on a server are called server-based. Access rights only affect server-based objects.
When changing access to server termbase objects, be aware of the Access Requirements for Users and the Access Guidelines for MultiTerm Components.
An administrator with access to a server-based termbase has unrestricted access to the server termbase objects.
The access level affects which user accounts can access the object. You specify the access level of a server-based termbase object by creating it at one of the three access levels:
Public Access level – all users can read and run these.
Role Access level – only members of the specified role can access these.
User Access level – only the specified user can access these.
The access level of a termbase object cannot be changed after creating the termbase object.
Also, for Role access level objects and for User access level objects, you cannot change the role or the user that is allowed to access the server termbase object. However, you can Duplicate a Termbase Object and specify that the duplicate is created at another access level.
Access to import and export definitions require more rights than access to other server termbase objects.
To use an import or an export definition, a user must belong to a role that has import or export rights. In addition, the user needs access rights to the import/export definition termbase object.
Access rights to server-based termbase objects depend on the access level of the object:
A user who is in any role in a termbase can read server termbase objects with Public Access level.
Only members of the role where the termbase object with Role Access level was created can access that object.
Only the creator of a termbase object with User Access level can access that object.
You specify the access level for a termbase object when you create the termbase object in SDL MultiTerm Administrator.
To access termbase data, in addition to the appropriate access to the termbase entries, the user of a MultiTerm component also needs minimum access rights to some termbase objects. These additional access rights are as follows:
To view termbase entries, a user of a MultiTerm component needs access to at least one Layout. All the users assigned to a termbase have access to the default layouts in the Public Objects branch of the termbase tree. If you delete the default layouts, make sure that you provide access to a layout that allows the users to view termbase data.
To edit termbase data, a user might need access to an Input Model:
If the user is in any role that has Must use input model the user needs access to at least one input model.
If none of the roles that the user belongs to has the Must use input model, the user does not need read access to any input models.
access rights to termbase entries
access requirements for client components