Hierarchy and Tenancy

Tenancy

A way of assigning assets to a given entity.

Tenancy Type	Owner	Scope
Company	The associated Company	Just that Company
Accountability Policy	The associated Accountability Policy	Available to all Member Companies
System/Appliance	The Main Company on that DrawBridge	Applies to all tenant Companies on that DrawBridge
Universal	None	Available to all tenant Companies everywhere

In other words:

IdentifyThe Tenancy Type of a record can be determined by looking at the threeassociation tenants

relationship(s):

• Company
• Policy
• System/appliance

All records other than Universal Records have one or more of these tenant relationshipsrelationship assigned.associations:

• 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 ana System/Appliance is availableapplies to all tenant companies
• A record with none of the above relationship is available to all companies everywhere.

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  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

      Hierarchy

      • LocalDevice
        Category
        Access
        Policy
        Person
        Member
        Company2

        Priority	Record/Permission	About
        1	Accountability Policy
        2	System
        3	Company

        Tenant 2
        • Person
          • Remote Device
        • Local Device
        • Category
        • Access Policy