When you upload data to ThoughtSpot, you can share it with others.

If you upload a spreadsheet, you can share Can View or Can Edit privileges with other people, who can further share them with others.

Understand data sharing

Data that you upload from a Web browser is only visible to you and to the administrator. You can share the entire uploaded table, or only some of its columns.

By default, if you share only some table columns, users with access to those columns cannot see the other columns’ data in their searches. However, the data can become visible if a worksheet or pinboard that also contains those columns is shared with these users.

If you want to prevent other users from revealing your excluded columns, you can ask your administrator to enable a stricter behavior.

You can share data from the Data tab, or from within the table, worksheet, or view that you want to share.

Share from the Data tab

To share a table, Worksheet, or View from the Data tab, follow these steps. You can also share multiple objects at a time from the Data tab.

1. Click Data on the top navigation bar.

2. Hover over the dataset you want to share and select it by clicking the empty checkbox that appears.

3. Click Share.

   

4. If you are sharing a table, select Entire Table or Specific Columns. To use Column Level Security (CLS), select Specific Columns, and only share the columns the users or groups should have access to.

   

5. If you select Specific Columns, select the column(s) you want to share, and add the users or groups you want to share the column(s) with. Use this option for Column Level Security (CLS). If you select Entire Table, skip to step 6.

   Note: You cannot click multiple columns at once. You must input the users or groups with whom you want to share for each column.

6. Click + Add users or groups and select the users and groups with whom you want to share.

7. Specify permissions.

Share from within the dataset

To share a table, worksheet, or View from within the dataset, follow these steps.

1. Navigate to the dataset you want to share.

2. Click the More menu icon , and then click Share.

   

3. Select the users or groups with whom you want to share.
   You can only share the entire dataset. You cannot share individual columns. To share individual columns, share a table from the Data tab. You cannot share individual columns for Worksheets or Views.

4. Specify permissions.

Specify permissions

1. Configure the level of access by selecting from the dropdown list. You can select:
   • Can View to provide read-only access. This enables viewing the data source’s data, as well as defining worksheets based on that data.
   • Can Edit to allow modification. This enables renaming, modifying, or deleting the entire data source and adding or removing its columns.

   

2. Click Add.

3. Click Done.

4. The Share settings updated notification appears on the bottom of your screen.