Private and public libraries with identical structure displayed together?

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My customer would like to have for examplePrivate data in a restricted access library{financial documentscontractsprofitability data&nbsp;}&nbsp;Public data associated with these same accounts stored in a less restricted library{sla / metric reportingStatus reportscustomer work product....}&nbsp;private&nbsp; &nbsp;cust a&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; financials&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;zzz.xls&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; POs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; abc.doc&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; acc.pdf&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;change orders&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;def.pdf&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; qqq.pdf&nbsp;&nbsp;while in publicdirectory we havePublic&nbsp; &nbsp;cust a&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SOW&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;abc-112.xls&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Metrics&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;abc Metrics 1-1-19.pdf&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;abc Status 1-1-19.pdf&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Work product&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Plan 1-1-19 .pdf&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Qa Results 1-1-19.doc&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Results 1-1-19.xlsx&nbsp;and similar structure would be present in both libraries.&nbsp; Based on access to the libraries either both sets of data would be presented or only one.&nbsp;Combined view would look like below&nbsp; &nbsp;cust a&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; financials&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;zzz.xls&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; POs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; abc.doc&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; acc.pdf&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;change orders&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;def.pdf&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; qqq.pdf&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SOW&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;abc-112.xls&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Metrics&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;abc Metrics 1-1-19.pdf&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;abc Status 1-1-19.pdf&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Work product&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Plan 1-1-19 .pdf&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Qa Results 1-1-19.doc&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Results 1-1-19.xlsx&nbsp;&nbsp;Users would not even realize there are two libraries and based on privileges they would see one or both sets of data combined in what appears to be a single structure.&nbsp;

matt coats · Answer

Have you looked into folder-level permissions? I may be missing something in your ask, but it seems as though breaking permission inheritance for your private folders and giving only your private group access to them makes this possible.

jschnur · Answer

Folder level permissions are possible but this makes management nightmare. Using Libraries allows folks who have permission to create more folders inside the respective libraries with out administrative assistance while allowing all group members to get proper privileges to the directories.

Matt Coats

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