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Managing Cloudera Data Explorer (Hue) permissions

Permissions for Data Explorer applications are granted to groups, with users gaining permissions based on their group membership. Group permissions define the Data Explorer applications visible to group members when they log in to Data Explorer and the application features available to them. There is a fixed set of Data Explorer permissions. You cannot add or modify permissions. However, you can apply permission to group(s).

  1. Sign in to the Hue UI as a superuser.
  2. From the left assist panel, point your cursor to the user profile icon and click Manage Users.


    The User Admin page is displayed.
  3. From the User Admin page, go to the Permissions tab.
    The Permissions page displays the list of all the available permissions.
  4. Click a permission that you want to assign to a group(s).
    The Edit [permission name] page is displayed.
  5. Select the group(s) on which you want to apply the permission and click Update permission.
    The “Permission information updated successfully” message is displayed.