The Three States of Interaction

Objects in the console exist in three states: shown, hidden, and disabled. Objects in a shown state do just as the name implies. If a user has permission to manage these objects, they display in the console. If the object is a folder or a node, the parent objects also display.

By default, objects are hidden. Only by granting access do objects appear. Hidden behavior is determined by the following rules:

Actions: If an administrative user does not have permissions to perform the action, the action is not displayed.

Objects: If an object does not belong to a security scope assigned to the administrative user, the object is not displayed.

Nodes: Without access to manage items in the node, the node is not displayed. ...

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