Understanding permissions in collections

Back in Chapter 5, Building Your Data Model, we were introduced to permissions. In that chapter, we learned how to set permissions for databases, database tables, and even database table columns. This was largely to control what types of users can create questions on certain tables or databases. In addition to these data permissions, Metabase offers permissions at the collections level as well. Let's learn how to apply them.

Setting collection-level permissions

There are two ways to set collection-level permissions. Let's see them both.

The first way to set collection-level permissions is similar to the data-level permissions we learned about in Chapter 5, Building Your Data Model. To do this, start in the Admin Panel:

1. From the top bar, click Permissions.
2. Next to the Data permissions tab, find the Collection permissions tab and click it.

You'll see a grid that is 1 row by N columns, where N equals the...