Share agents and manage visibility

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Share agents in Optimizely Opal to control who can find, run, and edit them. Use sharing to grant collaborators specific access levels. Every agent has one owner and a visibility setting. Visibility is either Private (only you and the people you invite) or Organization (anyone in your organization). When you share with specific people, you grant each person Can view or Can edit access. If you are the owner of the agent, you can grant Can manage and Make owner options as well.

Visibility states

A new agent is Private by default. Each agent has one of the following visibility states:

  • Private – Only you can find and run the agent. The agent header displays a Private badge.

    Agent details header a agent where the Private visibility badge is highlighted.
  • Shared – Only you and the people you invite can find and run the agent. The agent header displays a Shared badge.

    Agent details header a agent where the Shared visibility badge is highlighted.

    Organization – Anyone in your organization can find and run the agent. The agent header displays an Organization badge.

    Agent details header for an agent where the Organization visibility badge is highlighted.

Access levels

When you share an agent, you assign Can view or Can edit. The agent's creator is the Owner. Opal provides the following access levels:

  • Can view – Can open and run the agent.
  • Can edit – Can change content and share with others.
  • Can manage – Can change content, share access, and remove the agent.
  • Owner – Has full control of the agent. Each agent has one owner. To transfer ownership, select Make Owner for another person.
Only the owner can grant Can manage access or transfer ownership with Make Owner. Users with other access levels do not see these options.
Screenshot of the Share with a person's access menu open, showing Can view, Can edit, Can manage, and Make Owner.

Open the Share dialog

The Share dialog displays who has access and the current general access setting. To open it, complete the following steps in Opal:

  1. Go to Agents > Your Agents.
  2. Click the agent to open it or click More (...) > Edit Agent.
  3. In the agent details header, click Share.

Specialized agent

Screenshot of a specialized agent with the share highlighted.

Workflow agent

Screenshot of a Workflow agent with the Share highlighted.

Share with specific people

  1. Open the Share dialog. See the Open the Share dialog section for instructions.
  2. In Share with, enter a person's name or role.
  3. Select the person from the suggestions. Repeat steps 2–3 to add more people.
  4. Select an access level from the Access drop-down list. See Access levels for what each level allows.

    Screenshot of the Share dialog Share with field with a name entered and two names selected.
  5. Click Send. An Access granted message displays.

The people you added are listed in the Who has access section with their access level.

Screenshot of the Share dialog showing the Access granted message and the added people under Who has access.

Change or remove access

In Who has access, manage the people an agent is shared with:

  • To change someone's access, select a different level from their access drop-down list.

    Screenshot of changing a person's access level.
  • To remove someone, click Remove for that person.

    Screenshot of the share screen with remove highlighted.

Click Save after making your changes.

The owner is labeled Owner and does not have an access drop-down list.

Set general access

In the General access section, choose who can reach the agent beyond the people you invited:

  • Only invited users – Only the owner and invited people can access the agent. With no one else invited, the agent is Private. When you invite specific people, it becomes Shared.

    Screenshot of the General access section with Only invited users selected.
  • Anyone in your organization – Everyone in your organization can access the agent, which makes it an Organization agent. Choose the organization's access level:
    • Can view – Can open and view this resource.
    • Can edit – Can change content and share with others.

      Screenshot of the General Access section with Anyone in Optimizely World Organization selected and Can view highlighted.

Copy a share link

Click Copy link in the Share dialog to copy a link to the agent. The link follows the agent's access settings, including general access and the access granted to specific people. If you remove someone's access, the link no longer works for them.

Screenshot of the share dialog with the Copy Link highlighted.

Next steps

  • See Manage agents to find agents by visibility and manage them.
  • See Create a specialized agent or Create a workflow agent to build agents you can share.

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