[jira] [Commented] (NIFI-2966) Add policy resource descriptors to Admin Guide listing of policies

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ASF GitHub Bot commented on NIFI-2966:
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GitHub user andrewmlim opened a pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/2710

    NIFI-2966 Add policy resources to Access Policies tables in Admin Guide

    

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    https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/2710.patch

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    This closes #2710
    
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commit 7e68b74e92d1d63c27663c38236b299ebaba0975
Author: Andrew Lim <an...@...>
Date:   2018-05-16T18:13:45Z

    NIFI-2966 Add policy resources to Access Policies tables in Admin Guide

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> Add policy resource descriptors to Admin Guide listing of policies
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: NIFI-2966
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-2966
>             Project: Apache NiFi
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Documentation &amp; Website
>    Affects Versions: 1.0.0
>            Reporter: Andy LoPresto
>            Assignee: Andrew Lim
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: authorization, beginner, documentation, policy
>   Original Estimate: 1h
>  Remaining Estimate: 1h
>
> While ideally a user/admin would never have to examine the {{$NIFI_HOME/conf/users.xml}} or {{$NIFI_HOME/conf/authorizations.xml}} files, in my development and debugging, I have had to on more than one occasion. It would be helpful to list the actual policy resource descriptor (e.g. {{/provenance}}, {{/flow}}, {{/tenants}}) in the table in the [Admin Guide|https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/administration-guide.html#global-access-policies] listing these policies. When the provenance policy was missing for both of my defined users, I could not add it through the UI, so I had to manually edit the {{authorizations.xml}} file, but I did not know the resource descriptor a priori, so I had to search the code base for it. 
> I envision simply adding an additional column to the table and adding the descriptor, including a placeholder if necessary (e.g. {{/data/process-groups/}}_root-process-group-id_). 



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