---
title: "Sharing a Model"
description: "Once you have built a model, you will probably want to share it with others. By default, only you have access to your model, so you'll need to specify how you want to share it with others."
source_url: https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/xp-a---extended-planning-and-analysis/working-with-models/sharing-a-model-folder/sharing-model
language: en
last_updated: 2023-08-16
---
# Sharing a Model

## Overview

Once you have built a model, you will probably want to share it with others. By default, only you have access to your model, so you'll need to specify how you want to share it with others.

## Inviting Other Users to View, Edit, Or Propose Changes

To invite others to view, edit, or propose changes to a model, open the **three-dot menu** on the top right of the spreadsheet view and choose **Share**.

If you only want **certain people** to be able to access your model, enter their e-mail address in the **Invite new users** dialog, and select the level of access you want to grant them. This option requires this group of people to have their own xP&A account.

Dialog to share a model

The following options are available:

- **Full access**: Users can share and edit spreadsheets and dashboards
- **Can edit**: Users can create, edit, and share models (in the spreadsheet and the dashboard) as well as create proposals, and review and accept [proposals](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/xp-a---extended-planning-and-analysis/working-with-models/propose-changes-to-model.md) made by other users on the model.
- **Can create change proposals:** Users can [suggest](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/xp-a---extended-planning-and-analysis/working-with-models/propose-changes-to-model.md) changes to spreadsheet values or dimension items
- **Can view**: see the model dashboard only

If your model is **linked** to other models, you will be prompted if you would like to:

- Apply the sharing settings for **all** connected models at once
- Only apply the sharing settings to the **current** model. For example, you might want to only share a summary P&L, but keep sensitive data within the headcount model private (i.e. salaries).

If you regularly share your model/s with the same group of people, you can share directly with your **team**(e.g. Finance Team), or **organization**(e.g. Company X).

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**Notes**:

- If a user is a **Viewer**, they will only ever be able to view the model dashboard.
- If a user is an **Editor**, they will have whatever access you grant them to the specific model or view, see also [Creating and Editing Users for the Lucanet CFO Solution Platform](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/administration/user-management.md).
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## Sharing Views of a Model

If you only want to share **part** of your model, you can create a **view** and share just that view.

**Note**: You need **Full/Admin access** to the model in order to share views.

To share a view:

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Navigate to the desired view and click **Share**.

Option to share a view

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On the **Share** tab, start adding the desired users. Choose if the users can view or edit (see following table).

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#### Can edit

- User can make live edits to anything visible to them in the view.
- When you share a view with someone else with **edit** access, they are only allowed to make certain edits to the model. In general, they can only update the variables and dimensions that are visible, and they cannot make any structural changes to the model. Here are the changes that are allowed:

#### Can view

- User can view [model dashboard](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/xp-a---extended-planning-and-analysis/viewing-and-visualizing-data/using-dashboards.md) only, edits are not permitted.
- If someone has access to a model and to a view within that model, they will be able to see both.
- See [Filter types](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/xp-a---extended-planning-and-analysis/viewing-and-visualizing-data/using-views.md) for the best way of setting up your view to ensure what is visible is exactly as intended. We suggest previewing your view before you share it, if there is sensitive info.

#### Can create change proposals

- User can [suggest](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/xp-a---extended-planning-and-analysis/working-with-models/propose-changes-to-model.md) spreadsheet values and dimension items within a view

#### Can create change proposals from the dashboard

- User can [suggest](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/xp-a---extended-planning-and-analysis/working-with-models/propose-changes-to-model.md) spreadsheet values and dimension items within a view via the dashboard

## Embedding Your Model

You can embed your model on your own website, blog, or 3rd party tools like Notion and Medium. To get the embed code of a model:

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Open the model.
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Click **Share** at the top right.
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Share your model via public or private link.
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Click **Copy code**.

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## Publishing via Public or Private Link

You can also share models via a **URL**, which is useful if you do not want someone to have to create an account to view your model/dashboard.

Navigate to the **Publish** section in the **Share** dialog and publish your model. Once published, copy the model's link, and send it to people.

People with this link can view the model dashboard only.

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**Notes**:

- **Public** links are easy to guess, so unintended viewers may come across your model.
- **Private** links require a unique token in the URL for added security, so you can be sure that only people you send it to will be able to view the model (unless they decide to send it to other people).
- **Privately** published **linked** models are not accessible via the same link, unless they share the same token. If you would like all linked models to be accessed from the **same private link**, simply enter the same token when publishing each linked model. You can use the xP&A-generated token, or enter your own one.
- When sharing via public or private link, you can give viewers the ability to **clone** your model to use themselves. This is useful for things like **templates**.
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## Additional Settings

On the **Settings** tab, you have the following options:

- **Allow cloning as a template**: When sharing the model with other users, the users can duplicate this model to use it as a template. For more infromation, see [Cloning a model](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/xp-a---extended-planning-and-analysis/working-with-models/cloning-a-model.md).
- **Allow access to spreadsheet (read-only)**: Activate this option if you want to allow other users to view your underlying model spreadsheet, without letting them edit it.

Additional settings when sharing a model