Quick BI supports collaborative data source permissions, including Edit and Use. You can grant these permissions to control how users interact with shared data sources.
Background information
Organization administrators, permission administrators, workspace administrators, or resource owners can perform the following operations:
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indicates that this user type can perform the operation only after being authorized. -
indicates that this user type cannot perform the operation, and authorization is not available.
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User type |
Edit |
Usage |
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Member in the workspace |
Developer |
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Analyst |
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Visitor |
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Member that is not in the workspace |
Developer, analyst, or visitor |
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Note the following about collaborative permissions:
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Edit permission: A developer with this permission can create, edit, replace, or delete a data source.
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Use permission: A developer with this permission can create datasets based on the specified data source.
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After you enter theQuick BI控制台, you can configure collaborative authorization for data sources in your workspace. 
Grant a user the permissions to edit a specified data source
Permission administrators can grant a developer edit access to a data source only when Specified Developers or All Workspace Developers is selected for Editing Permission.
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On the Data Sources page, find the data source that you want to manage and click the Collaborative Authorization icon on the right side of the data source. In the Collaborative Authorization panel, configure Editing Permission and grant the permissions.
For example, set Editing Permission to Specified Developers, and grant Developer B the Edit permission, as shown in the following figure.
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Developer B can log on to the Quick BI console to access the target resource and edit the data source.
Grant a user the permissions to use a specified data source
When Private is selected for Editing Permission, permission administrators can grant a developer the Use permission on a data source.
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On the Data Sources page, find the data source that you want to manage and click the Collaborative Authorization icon on the right side of the data source. In the Collaborative Authorization panel, configure Editing Permission and grant the permissions.
The following figure shows that Private is selected for Editing Permission and Developer B is granted the Use permission.
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Developer B can log on to the Quick BI console to access the target resource and create a dataset based on the data source.
