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Introduction

CA-E/DB nn.n volser            MAIN FUNCTION MENU             mm/dd/yy  NDVRU000
USER ===> EDBADMIN            DICTNAME ===> SRCNDVR           MODE ===> UPDATE


OPTION ===> 2

             1  - SIGNIN/SIGNOUT FUNCTIONS
             2  - AUTHORIZATION FUNCTIONS
             3  - LOCK FUNCTIONS
             4  - ENTITY AND ENTITY CHANGE HISTORY
             5  - CCID AND CCID CHANGE HISTORY
             6  - STATUS AND STATUS ASSOCIATIONS
             7  - USER AND USER CHANGE HISTORY
             8  - DICTIONARY AND DICTIONARY HISTORY
             9  - MANAGEMENT GROUPS AND CCIDS
            10  - ENDEVOR/DB CONTROL FUNCTIONS
            11  - ENDEVOR/DB SIGNON FUNCTION
            12  - RETURN TO IDMS/DC

AUTHORIZATION FUNCTIONS (option 2 on the Main Menu) enables the user to browse Pre-Authorizations. By default, all CA Endevor/DB users can modify all dictionary entities. There are situations, however, which warrant special consideration and control over exactly who has access to what. For this reason, Pre-Authorization is assigned by the Security Administrator when:

• Restricting certain user populations to modifying specific dictionary entities.
• Protecting critical or sensitive entities from being modified by the general user population.
• Restricting user access to a project group (CCID).
• Assigning status setting privileges to specific users.

There are three types of Pre-Authorization:

• No Pre-Authorization -- Users are not restricted on an entity basis when performing dictionary modifications.
• Limited Pre-Authorization -- Users are restricted to entities to which they are pre-authorized and may also modify entities that are not pre-authorized to any others users.
• Full Pre-Authorization -- Users can only modify entities that have been pre-authorized to them.

To browse the established pre-authorizations, fill in an option value of 2 on the Main Function Menu and press Enter. (If, at this point, you are unfamiliar with CA Endevor/DB screen-handling, refer to Chapters 1 through 3 before reading further.)

When you press Enter, CA Endevor/DB returns the Pre-Authorization Functions submenu:

CA-E/DB nn.n volser        PRE-AUTHORIZATION FUNCTIONS        mm/dd/yy  NDVRU200
USER ===> EDBADMIN            DICTNAME ===> SRCNDVR           MODE ===> UPDATE


OPTION ===>

  1  - BROWSE PRE-AUTHORIZATIONS          2  - ADD PRE-AUTHORIZATIONS
  3  - DELETE PRE-AUTHORIZATIONS          4  - MODIFY PRE-AUTHORIZATIONS

ENTITY:                                               (IF OPTIONS 1 - 4 )
   NAME      ===>
   TYPE      ===>
   VERSION   ===>

USER         ===>                                     (IF OPTIONS 1 - 4 )

CCID         ===>                                     (IF OPTIONS 1 - 4 )

As the screen indicates, there are four operational options available through authorization processing: BROWSE, ADD, DELETE, and MODIFY preauthorization. As an CA Endevor/DB user, you are allowed only to browse pre-authorized entities, users, or CCIDs. For more information about updating pre-authorizations, refer to the CA Endevor/DB for CA IDMS Administrator Guide.