How to Restrict users from Creating and or Selecting WorkSpace and WorkSet in Promis.e CONNECT


 Product(s):Promis.e CONNECT Edition
 Version(s): 10.00.XX.XX to 10.07.XX.XX
 Environment: NA
 Area: Power Platform Support
 Subarea:NA

Background:

By default, the user can Create WorkSpace and WorkSet Select, and also they can change the WorkSpace & WorkSet according to their preference. This can be restricted by Administrators by setting the below variables. 

Steps to Accomplish

1. Using Windows Explorer go to the location "C:\Program Files\Bentley\Promise CONNECT Edition\Promise\config\appl". Here create a new *.CFG file like WorkSpaceWorkSet_Control.cfg as shown in below image by copy-pasting existing any existing *.cfg file from the same folder and rename it. 



2. Now open the CFG file in Notepad (Run Notepad as an Administrator by right click and select "Run as Administrator") and delete all the existing details and the configuration "ELEC_DISABLE_WORKSPACE_WORKSET_CONTROLS = TRUE" and Save the file.

3. To restrict the users from not creating WorkSpace and or WorkSet set the Configuration Variables below.

For WorkSpace MS_CONFIGURATIONOPTS = DisallowCreatingWorkSpace
For WorkSet MS_CONFIGURATIONOPTS = DisallowCreatingWorkSet

Alternatively, this can be specified in the Per User configuration by adding the details in Persoanl.ucf file located in "C:\Users\(Current Username)\AppData\Local\Bentley\Promise\10.0.0\prefs"

4. To restrict the users from not Selecting WorkSpace and or WorkSet set the Configuration Variables below

For WorkSpace MS_CONFIGURATIONOPTS = DisallowSeletingWorkSpace
For WorkSet MS_CONFIGURATIONOPTS = DisallowSelectingWorkSet

Alternatively, this can be specified in the Per User configuration by adding the details in Persoanl.ucf file located in "C:\Users\(Current Username)\AppData\Local\Bentley\Promise\10.0.0\prefs"




See Also

communities.bentley.com/.../how-to-remove-the-ability-to-create-workspaces-and-worksets-from-the-user-interface


communities.bentley.com/.../controlling-access-to-workspace-workset-selection

 Original Author:Satish Saptasagar