Owner and Guest Users

Overview

In iCreate, two permission levels are defined for editing vessel data: Owner and Guest. This page describes these permission levels and explains how ownership and access rights are managed.

Prerequisites

None

Owner and Guest User

Owner

Owner User is a user who has full editing permissions for the vessel data. In general, the Owner User is responsible for editing the vessel data and prevents other users from making changes to the same data simultaneously.

The current Owner User is displayed as shown in the figure below.

Figure 1. A No one has ownership

Figure 2. A Someone has ownership

Guest

Guest User is a user who has been granted editing permissions by the Owner User. When multiple users need to edit the same vessel data simultaneously, the user who wishes to become a guest can navigate to the vessel page and click Request Access. A request notification is then sent to the Owner User. Once the Owner User accepts the request, the user is added as a Guest User.

How to get ownership privileges

The Ownership can be obtained directly if no one has had ownership, but if someone has already obtained ownership, others cannot claim ownership. In this case, you will need to send an request to the person who has the ownership and obtain approval.

Get ownership when no one has had ownership

If no one has had ownership, you can directly claim ownership by clicking the Claim ownership.

Get ownership when someone has had ownership

You can send a request to the person who has the ownership by clicking the Request Ownership. The person who has the ownership will receive a notification and can approve or reject your request.

How to release ownership privileges

Ownership can be released in two ways.

The first method is automatic release. Ownership for all vessels is automatically released every day at 00:00 Japan Standard Time (JST). Any registered Guest Users are also removed at the same time.

The second method is manual release. By clicking Release Ownership, you can:

Transfer ownership to another user.
Release ownership without transferring it to another user.

Both options are available from the Release Ownership function.

Figure 3. A manual release of ownership privileges 1

Figure 4. A manual release of ownership privileges 2

Figure 5. A Transfer ownership to another user

How to get guest privileges

You can send a request to the person who has the ownership by clicking the Request Access. The person who has the ownership will receive a notification and can approve or reject your request.

Restrictions on editing vessel data

Owner and Guest Users

Users with either of these roles can edit the vessel data.

Users who are neither Owners nor Guest Users

These users cannot make any changes to the vessel data. However, they can view the data.