Admin Security Group

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Last updated: Jul 01, 2013
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Admin Functions are assigned to Security Groups to control specific processes within certain menu options.

Some of these Admin Functions set levels of security in their own right. For example:

  • Limit to Job Manger. In the Job Report Selection screen the Job Manager Lookup/Select will be disabled, thus REPORTING will be restricted to the Jobs to which the LOGGED ON USER is assigned as the Job Manager. In the Job Enquiry screen: DISABLES the JOB Selector
  • No Access to ??? Access is restricted to various functions.
  • No Change to ??? Changes to some Masterfiles are restricted.

Maintain Admin Functions

  • Select the Security Group that you want to maintain.

  • Displayed on the left are all those functions that have been included for this Security Group
  • Displayed on the right are all those functions that have not been included for this Security Group
  • There is detail at the bottom of the screen that provides an explanation of the highlighted Admin Function.
  • Where there is a conflict between to included functions the higher level of security will prevail.
  • To add an Admin Function to the selected Admin Security Group, highlight it (one or more) in the right hand panel and click the Add button.
  • To remove an Admin Function from the selected Admin Security Group, highlight it (one or more) in the left hand panel and click the Remove button.



View Form Parameters

When you are in a form you can access the Help/Form Parameters screen to view both the Control Parameters related to this form, and the Admin Functions that are available for this form and whether they have been granted.

This gives the user a clear understanding of the rights available, and the rights that have been granted for the specific form.

Admin Function to Set User Security

A User must have the Set User Security Admin Function granted to them before they can maintain the various Security Admin Functions for other users

Report Security Group

This function defines which Crystal Reports are available to each Report Security Group.

Select the Security Group and then by Report Type add or remove the reports you wish to make available. The reports displayed here must first be setup under the Report Maintenance menu option.

You can display 'All Report Types', or untick this checkbox and select a specific Report Type from the 'Selected report Type' dropdown.