5.2

Review Permissions
You can review the permissions that include a specific administrator or group, a specific role, or a specific
folder.
Procedure
1
Select View Configuration > Administrators.
2 Review the permissions.
Option Action
Review the permissions that include
a specific administrator or group
Select the administrator or group on the Administrators and Groups tab.
Review the permissions that include
a specific role
Select the role on the Roles tab and click Permissions.
Review the permissions that include
a specific folder
Select the folder on the Folders tab.
Manage and Review Folders
You
can use View Administrator to add and delete folders and to review the desktop pools and desktops in a
particular folder.
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If you want to delegate the administration of specific desktops or pools to different administrators, you
must create folders to subdivide your desktops or pools. If you do not create folders, all desktops and
pools reside in the root folder.
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After you create a folder to subdivide your desktop pools, you must manually move desktop pools to
the new folder. If you decide to change the way your desktop pools are subdivided, you can move
desktops pools from one folder to another.
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Remove a Folder on page 46
You can remove a folder if it does not contain inventory objects. You cannot remove the root folder.
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You can see all of the desktop pools in a particular folder in View Administrator.
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Review the Desktops in a Folder on page 46
You can see all of the desktops in a particular folder in View Administrator. A desktop inherits the folder
from its pool.
Add a Folder
If you want to delegate the administration of specific desktops or pools to different administrators, you must
create folders to subdivide your desktops or pools. If you do not create folders, all desktops and pools reside
in the root folder.
You can have a maximum of 100 folders, including the root folder.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, select Inventory > Pools.
2 From the Folder drop-down menu on the command bar, select New Folder.
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