In the Blue Marble Desktop, there are a number of tools for an administrative level user to set restrictions on the interaction of regular users with the application. These tools can be employed individually or together allowing an Administrator to have as much or as little control as they wish.
The Administrative Settings allow you to:
Set a Password on a workspace to lock the Administrative Settings
Set restrictions on adding, modifying, or deleting entries in the Geodetic Datasource
Lock the location of the Geodetic Datasource files
Hide specific objects in the Geodetic Datasource from users
Change the name of objects that appear to users
Set custom Datum Shift Envelopes to help users pick appropriate datum shifts
Disable Envelope filtering on Datum Transformation selection for power users
Enable validation checks on the Datasource files and:
Prevent the application from loading an invalid Datasource
Alert users of possible invalid Datasource
NOTE: This section of the Getting Started Guide assumes a high level of knowledge of Geodetics and is geared towards Administrative level users. Users that have password protected locked workspaces from an Administrator, will not be able to complete this lab.
Objective: In this lab, you will set up various Admin Settings, apply them, and then undo the settings. This lab covers things like setting a Password for the workspace and locking settings in place that can only be undone via re-entering the password. Care should be exercised while completing these steps.