E-commerce permissions

To prevent users from accessing and modifying certain on-line store data, and to prevent them from configuring the store, you need to assign E-commerce Solution permissions.

The Kentico E-commerce Solution uses the following permissions:

• Read data - allows users to access orders, reports, customers, products, product options, discount coupons, manufacturers and suppliers.
• Modify data - allows users to create, modify and delete data; see Read data.
• Modify global data - allows users to create, modify and delete global customers, global products, global product options, global discount coupons, global discount levels, global manufacturers and global suppliers.
• Read configuration - allows users to access E-commerce Solution configuration, i.e. your on-line store settings, departments, shipping options, payment methods, tax classes, currencies, exchange rates, order statuses, product statuses, invoices and .

Example

To allow members of a selected role to edit site-specific manufacturers, you need to assign this role permissions in one of the following combinations:

• Read data + Modify data
• Read data + Modify manufacturers
• Read manufacturers + Modify data
• Read manufacturers + Modify manufacturers

Similarly, to allow the role members to edit global customers, you need to assign permissions in one of the following combinations:

• Read data + Modify global data
• Read customers + Modify global data

You can perform this configuration in the E-commerce Solution permissions matrix in the Permissions application.

Product permissions

Permissions described on this page affect E-commerce Solution objects only. If you need to restrict access to modifications of products, you need to distinguish between:

Products as stand-alone SKUs

The corresponding above-described permissions apply fully, i.e. you don't need any other permissions.

Products as SKUs + documents

You need to have:

• corresponding E-commerce permissions,
• document-related permissions.