Understanding partitions

In Security Center SaaS, a partition is an entity that defines a set of entities visible only to a specific group of users. Partitions help organize entities and control access to them. For example, a partition could include all areas, doors, cameras, and zones within a single building.

Partitions eliminate the need to create one-to-one relationships between users and the entities they can see in the system. If a user has no rights to a partition, the partition and everything it contains are hidden from that user.

Each partition is defined by the following:

List of members

Entities that belong to the partition, including areas, doors, cameras, cardholders, and users.

List of authorized users

Users and user groups that have the right to access the entities in the partition. A user's privileges determines their level of access (view, add, modify, delete). Exceptions to the basic privileges of a user can be configured for each partition the user has access to.

Note:

An authorized user of a partition is not necessarily a member of that partition. Likewise, a member of a partition doesn't necessarily grant user authorization.