The Farm Centric view is displayed by default when you first display the DeliverPoint dashboard and presents farm-wide information in an organized, efficient manner. DeliverPoint uses the concept of Incremental Data Disclosure (IDD) throughout the tree view. By clicking the plus signs (+) to the left of a SharePoint object, the user is presented with information only after they have expanded that part of the SharePoint hierarchy. This method of displaying permission across the SharePoint farm improves performance; thereby only a subset of the farm’s SharePoint objects are queried and loaded into the interface at any given time.
The Farm Centric view consists of a root node called Server Farm 
. Under this node, all Web Applications 
within the farm are pre-populated.
When the user clicks, the plus sign (+) to the left of each Web Application, known as expanding, the managed paths 
created within that Web Application are displayed. Clicking + on a managed path, all site collections 
contained within the managed path are displayed. Enumeration continues in this manner, one layer per click, stopping at the individual site level, also known as the web level. Therefore when a user expands a site collection, the top-level site of the site collection is displayed 
and then expanding the top-level site, all sub sites 
within that site collection are displayed.
*Note that those nodes that inherit permissions from parent nodes have their icons dimmed in the interface. Those nodes that have unique, assigned permissions have their icons actively colored (not dimmed). This is how users can visually tell where permission inheritance is inherited or is broken in any given site collection. If a site has lists, folders, or list items with unique permissions, the web icon will have a slash 
through it.
When you select a SharePoint object in the tree view, then the Commands Ribbon tab is displayed, which you can then use to report or complete permission related tasks.
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