The Disable Points permission defines whether the user or User Group can enable and disable a point via the Enable Point and Disable Point actions. When a point is enabled, it is 'live' and is updated with new values as appropriate to its configuration; when a point is disabled, it is not updated. It is often useful to be able to disable points under certain circumstances, for example, during maintenance.
This permission is available for every database item, but tends to be used primarily for database points and pulse actions. With other types of database item, it enables users to disable the database item without that user necessarily being given the full Configure security permission. (Such a user can disable the database item, but is prevented from altering the rest of that item's configuration.)
Availability: Can be restricted via the Permission Restrictions settings