@Rupesh_Raghani NiFi was not designed to provide a completely blank canvas to each user. There are important design reason for this. NiFi runs within a single JVM. All dataflows created on the canvas run as the NiFi service user and not as the user who is logged in. This means that all user's dataflows share and compete for the same system resources. Another user's poorly designed dataflow(s) can have an impact on the operation of another user's dataflow(s). So it is important for one users to be able to identify where backlogs may be forming even if that is occurring in another user's dataflow(s). With a secured NiFi, authorization policy control what a successfully authenticated user can see and do on the NiFi canvas. While components added to the canvas will always be visible to all users, what is displayed on the component is limited only stats for unauthorized users (no component names, component types, component configurations, etc). So an unauthorized user would be unable to see how that unauthorized component is being used and for what. The unauthorized user would also not have access to modify the component, access FlowFiles that traversed those components (unless that data passed through an authorized component somewhere else in the dataflow(s)), etc. Besides resource usage, another reason users need to see these place holders for all components is so that users do not build dataflows atop one another. It is common for multiple teams to be authorized to work within the same NiFi. It is also common to have some users who are members of more than one team. For those users, it would be very difficult to use the UI if each teams flows were built on top of one another. Most common setup involves an admin user creating a single Process Group (PG) on the root canvas level (top level - what you see when you first log in to a new NiFi). Then each team is authorized only to their assigned PG. So team1 user logs in and there PG is fully rendered and non authorized PGs are present by non configurable and no displayed details. team1 is unable to add components to canvas at this level and must enter their authorized PG before they can start building dataflows. When you enter sub-PG, you have a blank canvas to work with. Hope this helps with your query. Matt
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