User Security

Owned by Kim Beck
Last updated: Jan 10, 2017 by Stephane Cyr (Unlicensed)
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Beginning with version 6.53.00, you will be able to control User Security by giving user permissions based on menu entries.

Enabling User Security

1) To enable User Security, go to "Supervisor", "Run Specific Program" and enter "USERWIZ" for User Wizard.  *NOTE - the user that you are logged in as will become the Administrator.



2) You will be prompted with the following screen:


3) If you press the 'Continue' button and you currently do not have a password for the user, you will be prompted to enter one before you can continue.


4) Once you have created a password or already had a password, you will be prompted to confirm that you wish to enable User Security.


5) Now that User Security has been enabled, go to "Supervisor", "User Maintenance" and edit a user.  There is a new push button, "Set user permissions". 


6) The following screen will be displayed with tab entries across the top; one for each of the menu items.  When you first turn on User Security, all users are given full access to everything (as they are currently set up today).  You will need to go through each menu item selecting if the user has Add, Edit, Delete or View capability or in some cases, just general access.  There are push buttons at the bottom of the screen to allow you to 'Select All' and 'Unselect All' for either the current tab or for all tabs.


You also have the ability to copy one user's permissions to another user by pressing the Copy button in the tool bar.


Since most user's will not have the ability to edit their own user record, we have added a new option to the menu to allow them to change their password.  It can be found on the "About"' tab.


There is also a new option on the "User Maintenance" screen which will allow you to clear a password and upon login, the user will be prompted to create a new password.  This will be useful if a user has forgotten their password.


If you need to disable User Security, go to "Supervisor", "Run Specific Program" and enter "USERWIZ" for User Wizard.  *NOTE - the user must be an Administrator to do this.