Managing Perspectives
As we saw in the previous section, it is possible to limit access to Pimcore features by configuring users and roles. We also mentioned, at the end of the previous section, that there is a feature in Pimcore that allows you to obtain the same result, namely the perspective. While the preceding is completely true, there is one important difference to keep in mind: while using permissions on users and roles restricts access to data, perspectives are not intended to be used to restrict access to data. So, although the end result may seem similar, they are two very different things in terms of security. Our advice is to use both, so as to have a perfect result both from the administrative backend side as well as from the security side.
So, let's see how we can create a perspective. The simplest way is to use the bundle developed by the Pimcore dev team. This bundle provides an editor for Pimcore that allows us to do the following:
- Add/remove/edit custom...