Disable export for select user groups

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Ryan

August 25, 2015 11:34

I had a request to disable the exporting of data for select users. There currently is no built in solution for this. What I did as a work around was to create separate user groups with _noexport included in the name. I then used API to query the user groups. If the user was part of a _noexport group then it disables exporting. Unfortunately you have to include this on each widget you want to have selective export security on.

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
//CREATED BY: Ryan Wiltshire
//CREATED DT: 08/24/2015
//PURPOSE : Disable export functionality if the user is not in the appropriate group
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

function setupSecurity(){

console.log('Verifying Export Rights...');

//get all of the groups the user is part for comparison
$.getJSON("/api/users/loggedin", function(user){
//console.log('User : ' + user['_id']);
$.each(user['groups'], function(ugKey, ugValue) {
//get the group details
$.getJSON("/api/groups/"+ugValue, function(groups){
//console.log(groups['name']);
if(groups['name'].indexOf("_noExport") > -1 || groups['name'].indexOf("_noexport") > -1 || groups['name'].indexOf("_NoExport") > -1){
disableExport();
return;
}
});
});
});

}

function disableExport(){
//Show disable in the console log
console.log('Exports Disabled');

// remove export to csv in the widget editing window
widget.on('beforewidgetmenu', function(e,args){
args.items.shift();
})

// remove export to csv in the dashboard view mode
widget.on('beforewidgetindashboardmenu', function(e,args){
args.items.shift()
})
}

widget.on('ready', function(se, ev){
setupSecurity();
})

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  Ilan Shichor August 25, 2015 17:17

  Thanks Ryan for this useful post!

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  Santhosh Prabhakaran October 23, 2017 07:45

  Hi Ryan,

   

  Very useful feature to have.  Unfortunately, this seems broken and does not work on 6.6.1.12014.  Need help - kindly update the script.

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  chitranjan verma September 24, 2018 20:52

  The script is working only for Admin users. Is there a way to make it work for all types of users, like , Viewers, etc.

  Thanks

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  Tripti Jaiswal May 29, 2019 07:56 (Edited May 29, 2019 07:57)

  Script is not working in Version: 7.4.1.10044 .Kindly update the script.

   

  Regards

  Tripti

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  Ido Darnell October 02, 2019 11:11

  Hi All,

  Glad to announce, we've developed a new plugin which enables one to determine which export options will be available per widget for viewer users, this can be selected/deselected from within the widget editor UI:

  

   

  We have also developed a custom dashboard export plugin to provide the option to enable/disable the ability to export complete dashboards to PNG or PDF.

   

  Contact us for a live demo!

  info@qbeeq.pl

  Sisense Partner of the year 2019!

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