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User Access Control Tasks

To control and maintain user access to the Encyclopedia, or to generate reports on user activity, you can use these options, available from the User Access Control menu.

Maintain User Definitions

Adds, changes, or deletes CA Gen users. When added as a user, you are authorized to access the Host Encyclopedia.

Maintain Group Definitions

Adds, changes, deletes, copies, or maintains CA Gen groups.

Control Model Access and Owner

Grants, revokes, or changes model access or changes model owner.

Control Subset Access

Grants or revokes access to a model subset.

User Access Reports

Generates CA Gen user access reports. These reports are discussed in the chapter on Reporting from the Host Encyclopedia.

User Access History

Lists activities pertaining to user access, including the date and time of the activity, and the user ID of the person who performed the activity.

To reach the User Access Control menu, you must first access the Host Encyclopedia. Use the following procedure:

Follow these steps:

  1. From the Main menu, select option 1 for Host Encyclopedia functions and press Enter.
  2. Select option 1 for User Access Control. Press Enter.

As shown in the following illustration, CA Gen has six User Access Control options:

User Access Control COMMAND ===> Select one of the options below, then press enter. __ 1. Maintain user definitions 2. Maintain group definitions 3. Control model access and owner 4. Control subset access 5. User access reports 6. User access history F1 = Help F3 = Exit F12 = Cancel