I believe if you add “initiate import jobs” permission to the group, although 
the option will not show up when viewing the resource, you can click on 
"Create/Background Jobs” menu and download a PDF that way. However that’s 
probably still granting more permissions than you want. I believe that now that 
there are other types of batch jobs, “import” applies to all batch jobs. Yes: 
it’s often difficult to figure out what permission you need to turn on for a 
particular use case. Another alternative is to enable the aspace-public-formats 
plugin and then you can download PDF from the public web server.


In general: Yes — I’ve had problems with the ArchivesSpace permissions system. 
In some places it doesn’t grant even read permission to things that you don’t 
have permission to change. I believe that’s the case for repository 
information.  I know there are more — I’m sorry I haven’t been keeping a list 
of the issues as they come up. Another issue is that users can’t change their 
own passwords — they need an admin to set them.

— Steve.



On Mar 7, 2017, at 3:30 PM, Eric Milenkiewicz 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

Hi All,

We have provided reference staff with Viewer access to our ASpace instance 
(1.4.2), however they cannot access any of the export options namely “Print 
Resource to PDF.” This would be extremely helpful in reference interactions 
pertaining to in-process/partially processed collections that are not yet 
available through the public interface. The export option does not become 
available until the “Advanced Data Entry” level which provides more privileges 
than we would like to grant here. And exports aren’t listed as one of the 
Manage Groups functions that can be toggled on/off.

I’m curious to hear if others are facing similar issues and if there are any 
workarounds/planned improvements in this area? Thanks.

Best,

Eric Milenkiewicz
Manuscripts Curator
Special Collections & University Archives
UCR Library
951-827-4942

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