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Viewing Users |
This help file applies to an out-of-date version of MainBoss.
The most recent version of MainBoss is MainBoss 4.2.4.
This help file does not exist in MainBoss 4.2.4, but the index for that version can be found here.
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You view user authorizations with Administration | Users. The window contains the following:
Details section: Shows the list of current users.
Scope: Click this heading to sort the list by scope (domain name or computer name). Click again to reverse the order (from ascending to descending or vice versa).
User: Click this heading to sort the list by the user's login name. Click again to reverse the order.
Description: Click this heading to sort the list by description. Click again to reverse the order.
Enable Filter: Lets you set up a filter to select which records should be shown in the table. For more information, see Table Filters.
New User: Opens a window to create a new user record. Fields in the new record will either be blank or assigned default values (as specified in the Defaults for User section).
Only someone with SQL Server Administration privileges can register new users with SQL Server. You will receive an error message if you try to add a new user but do not have appropriate permissions.
Edit/View/Restore: This drop-down button offers several possible actions:
Edit: Opens an editor window to let you edit the selected record.
View: Opens an editor window where you can examine the selected record.
Restore: Restores a deleted record. This button is only active if the viewer is in All mode and if you've selected a deleted record. When you click Restore, MainBoss will open a window that lets you examine the contents of the deleted record. If you save the record and close the window, the record will be restored to the Active list.
Delete: Deletes the record that's currently selected.
Print: Prints information about users. For more information, see Printing User Records.
Evaluate Security As: Lets you see the effect of the selected user's security roles. See below for more details.
Refresh: Updates the list to reflect any recent changes.
Search: Lets you search through the list of records for a particular record. For more information, see Searching for a Particular Record. The Search button has an accompanying drop-down list containing the following:
Find Next: Uses the same search condition(s) as your most recent search and finds the next record in the table that matches the condition(s). If the search reaches the end of the table without finding a matching record, it goes to the start of the table and continues the search.
Find Previous: Same as Find Next except that it goes backward in the table. If the search reaches the start of the table without finding a matching record, it goes to the end of the table and continues the search.
Defaults for User section: Shows any defaults to be used when creating new user records.
Edit Defaults: Opens a window to let you change the displayed default values.
Refresh: Updates the list to reflect any recent changes.
Evaluating Security Roles: When you assign security roles to a user, it can be difficult to figure out the effect of those roles: what the user can and can't do with the roles you've assigned.
To make it easier to see the effects of a person's security roles, you can use the Evaluate Security As button. If you select a user in the Users table, then click this button, your MainBoss session changes to have the same security permissions as the selected user. If certain types of data are invisible to that user, they'll become invisible to you too; if certain buttons are disabled, they'll be disabled for you too.
Evaluate Security As is a very powerful feature. It is only available to people with the Administration security role.
Evaluate Security As gives you the same security roles as the selected user, but it does not change who you are. In particular, you keep your own set of assigned requests, work orders and purchase orders.
Note: If you use this feature to evaluate the security roles of someone who doesn't have Administration or AdministrationView, the first thing that will happen is that you lose permission to see Administration | Users. This may look as if you're being told that you don't have permission to use Evaluate Security As; however, it really means that the person you're evaluating doesn't have that permission.
Once you've examined what the user can and can't do, you can return to your own security roles by going to the Session menu and clicking Reset to user YOURNAME security.
For more information on user records, see Users. For more information on creating or editing user records, see Editing User Records. For how to print user records, see Printing User Records. For general information on table viewers, see Using Table Viewers.
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