Workflow Manager Users Guide

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Padlocks - Overview of Padlocks

General Information
A padlock in WorkflowManager functions as a security tool used to keep certain information available to only selected individuals or groups in the office. For an individual to access files located behind a padlock, security permissions (keys) must be granted to that individual. It is similar to needing a key to open a locked door. Typically, levels of permissions are set by the person who added the padlock or by the company's Network Administrator.

Anyone can apply a padlock to a digital file if there are no other padlocks already applied to restrict this operation. Padlocks apply only at the folder level, meaning, you cannot apply a Padlock to only a digital item. You would have to apply a padlock to the folder in which the digital item you wish to keep private is stored. Rarely does an individual keep just one item locked in his or her personal file cabinet; usually, he or she keeps the entire folder that contains the private contents locked up.

The levels of padlock security that you incorporate for your projects is most likely determined by the nature of your industry, the office environment, and the size of the workforce. More than one padlock can be assigned to a folder and more than one level of key can be established for a padlock.

Levels of Permissions
The levels of padlock permissions that are available in the Edit Padlock screen of WorfklowManager are as follows:

  • No permissions - An individual that is not granted any level of permission cannot view, edit or delete the folder or its contents to which the padlock is applied.
  • Visible - This is the lowest form of authority. Someone with visible authority can only view the hierarchy of client folders, sub-folders and digital items. They do not have permission to open any sub-folder or item. This can also be established inside the folder so users or groups know something is in the folder but they cannot view it.
  • Read - With read authority, you can view any item in the folder. You can open sub-folders and documents to view the information in them. Someone with Read permission, however, will not be able to add or edit the folders and documents in the digital file.
  • Write - If you have this authority, you can write, edit and make other changes to the folder such as add or import items to the folder, and edit any items in the folder.
  • Delete - You can delete items from the folder that you have determined no longer necessary if you have this authority.
  • Administrative -If you have administrative authority, you are virtually "immune" to padlocks. You hold a "skeleton key" and have authorization to read, write, edit, and delete the folder and its contents. In addition, you have the authorization to grant any level of permission to others. This is the highest level of security permission granted.


The Padlock Editor also allows you to create padlocks and edit the colors of the padlocks to enhance the visual coding impact. Establishing padlocks at the administrative level allows you to set up the padlock name, and the user or groups allowed using the digital file. With administrative power, you can edit and delete padlocks for which you have administrative rights. The administrative level also grants you the authority to change padlock permissions, or to allow additional users the authority to change padlock permissions.

How padlocks and permission keys and contacts interact
Basically you cannot have one without the other. Every padlock needs a key and every key with its permissions levels needs to have at least one contact attributed to it. A visual representation lists the padlock at the top of the hierarchy, followed by the key, followed by the contact.

The addition of a new padlock automatically creates a key, labeled "Master Key". By default, this key is granted the highest level of permissions-- "Administrative". It is mandatory that each padlock have at least one key (with at least one contact) that holds "Administrative" permissions. While the default permissions settings for the Master Key can be changed, it is most logical to continue to use the Master Key for the "Administrative" level of permissions.