BIM360: Setting permissions on metadata level

[grzpat88]

Current situation: Pre-defined permission levels like

• view only
• view + download
• upload only
• view + download + upload
• view + download + upload + edit
• folder control

can be assigned on folder level to specific user, roles or companies. E.g.

• User A has:
  • "view + download" rights on folder A
  • "folder control" rights on folder B

• Role B has
  • "view + download + upload" rights on folder C
  • "view + download + upload + edit" rights on folder D

• Company C has
  • "view only" rights on folder E

Idea: At present the permission logic is static, solely based on a hierarchical folder structure. It would be desirable to additionally have a possibility to define certain permission rules based on the value of an attribute (classification).

Example: Allow "view + download" rights for a specific role, if file attribute XYZ matches the value "confidential". In this way companies could perform proper file classification and handling across different Autodesk products (BIM360, Vault, ...)

[Chad-Smith]

I generally agree with this, and have given it a vote. But I feel that the underlying way that files are stored needs an overhaul.

I have just logged a new idea for updating the folder file storage method in favour of metadata file storage. Doing so should make way to achieving metadata permissions.