Hierarchy and Tenancy

Tenancy

A way of assigning assets to a given entity.

Identify the three tenants

• Company
• Policy
• System/appliance

All records other than Universal Records have one or more of these tenant relationships assigned.

A record assigned to a Company belongs to that company A record assigned to an Accountability Policy is available to all Member companies A record assigned to an Appliance is available to all tenant companies A record with none of the above relationship is available to all companies everywhere.

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old stuff; too specific

The Console uses a hierarchichal structure to establish record relationships. The Console also supports "multi-tenancy" -- multiple "Company" entities on a DrawBridge, which have access to all items available at the System level, as well as unique sub-records.

Console Record Hierarchy Outline

• System
  • Category
  • Access Policy
  • Company1 Tenant 1
    • Person
      • Remote Device
    • Local Device
    • Category
    • Access Policy
  • Accountability Policy
    • Person
    • Member Company
  • Company2 Tenant 2
    • Person
      • Remote Device
    • Local Device
    • Category
    • Access Policy