Can a specific agent be hidden from design?

I had several comments in various documents of a database that I did not create. Several days later these comments where missing. I looked at the document and the field was deleted from the document so I know that the document was just not simply edited by someone.

I did a search using Configurator in TeamStudio and found an agent that deletes this comment field! When I looked at the list of agents (I have manager access) I could not see these agents in Designer. How could this be? Can a specific agent have the design hidden?

At first I thought that TeamStudio was finding a private view so I did an experiment where I create a private view in a database and another user with manager access searched the database. I was able to find the agent via TeamStudio search but not the other user.

Subject: Can a specific agent be hidden from design?

In the security settings of the agent, could someone have set the “default access to viewing and running this agent” to a specific role that you might not have as manager of the database? That would hide the agent from you in designer. That’s happened to me.

Hope that helps.

Subject: RE: Can a specific agent be hidden from design?

Agree with other posts…

But another thought… sometimes the private agents don’t show up in designer until you create a “blank” private agent, then viola! Ten thousand private agents appear.

Subject: RE: Can a specific agent be hidden from design?

I had the same problem,

I have database manager rights but can’t see private agents of others persons.

I tried to create a private agent with a manager id and after all all private agents appeared in Designer.

Subject: Can a specific agent be hidden from design?

If its not a shared agent, only the userid that created it can view it.

Subject: RE: Can a specific agent be hidden from design?

It is a private agent that I created. :frowning: I created it almost a year ago and can’t remember why.

The agent was not showing in the agent list. When I created a new agent using the R5 client, the agent in question appeared.

I must have accidently run this agent at some time but can’t remember doing it. What I don’t know is how long this agent was “missing” and if it was “missing” then how could I run it?