# Designtime Security Tool

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designtime-security-tool/3175>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 12, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designtime-security-tool/3175 "2011-08-12T16:54:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@Jonathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jonathan)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designtime-security-tool/3175/1 "2011-08-12T16:54:16Z")

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What happen to the designtime security tool that was available in FactoryPMI. I am trying to navigate in my designer and I don’t want to change the security on components back and forth.

Thank you,

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designtime-security-tool/3175/2 "2011-09-08T18:09:35Z")

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We got rid of it because it caused people massive problems serializing components in their restricted state. We no longer suggest that you test your security settings in the Designer - you should test them in a running client. In fact, security settings don’t take effect anymore in the Designer’s preview mode. Use the manual publish system to separate a “Staging” client from a “Production” client.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@Jonathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jonathan)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designtime-security-tool/3175/3 "2011-09-08T18:31:36Z")

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ok, thanks i will give the staging a try.