any way to block access to Tempo?

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Hi, 
 If we are using sites and don't want the user to be able to access tempo (assuming they know the URL), is there a way to do this? 
 
 Thanks, 
 Gary

Jamal Case · Answer

Unfortunately this is not possible. One thing you can do is create a landing page for that user/group and have some verbiage that says they don't have access to tempo. Also, they shouldn't have user rights to reports, records,actions....etc

aloks0189 · Answer

Hi garym this functionality is not available till Appian v17.4, but yes I agree, we should have some options to disable the access to tempo, and Appian should look into providing this feature. 
 
However if we set proper security to the end user, then it doesn't make any difference to them, because they can't view anything in tempo, where they don't have permission to, except news tab which is an additional one, which we can't integrate in site. 
 
I believe, this might be one of the strong reason, behind providing access of tempo to the end user, in case if they want to have a look into the news events.

jamesm881 · Answer

I had a thought... I'm not a website manager, so I don't know exactly how feasible this may be, or if it would work with Appian Cloud. 
 
But I was thinking about a project I was on. During Appian Deployments, we would set up a maintenance page to redirect end-users and mitigate system usage during deployment. Appian was still up, but anyone hitting suite/temp received a simple "Site is under scheduled maintenance, please come back later". 
 
So this got me thinking, why not just do that, except permanent? Instead of a site maintenance page, you could probably just redirect to the main Appian Site, or perhaps just a directory of the sites on your platform. 
 
Again, I'm no website guru, and don't even know if this is feasible on cloud, but as many have reported, it's not possible to do this with Appian itself. You'll need some kind of 301 redirect or DNS forwarding, or something outside of Appian that will manage traffic for your sites. Here's a couple resources I found, which may provide more information and possible solutions. 
 
AWS Redirect one Domain to another: aws.amazon.com/.../ 
 
301 Redirect: blog.hubspot.com/.../what-is-a-301-redirect-and-why-should-you-care.aspx

thomasf · Answer

You will not be able to prevent a user from accessing tempo.

bhushanc · Answer

You can set User Start Page from Admin settings but currently you cannot disable the access to /tempo interface.

aloks0189 · Answer

I don't think it's possible to disable tempo access as of now. There is no way to do that.

any way to block access to Tempo?

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