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Qfile Access

You can apply security to qfiles in CA OLQ. By specifying restrictions on CA OLQ qfiles in IDD, you can:

These restrictions are defined in IDD, but take effect only if CA OLQ security is turned on in the primary dictionary, as described earlier in this chapter.

Sharing qfiles:

In CA OLQ, only the user who creates a qfile has access to that qfile. You can allow users to share qfiles through IDD. It is more efficient to share qfiles than to have duplicate qfiles for many users. Use the following statement to assign a user access to a particular qfile:

ADD/MODIFY/REPLACE QFILE ...
 INCLUDE USER user-name ...
 REGISTERED FOR PUBLIC ACCESS ...
 PUBLIC ACCESS IS ALL

Note: For more information about this statement, see the CA IDMS IDD Quick Reference Guide.

Executing qfiles:

You can allow and disallow qfile execution on a user-by-user basis through IDD with the statement:

ADD/MODIFY USER ...
QFILE IS ALLOWED/NOT ALLOWED

Saving qfiles:

You can allow and disallow saving qfiles on a user-by-user basis through IDD with the statement:

ADD/MODIFY USER ...
QFILE SAVE IS ALLOWED/NOT ALLOWED

Accessing through qfiles only:

You can limit a user's access to CA OLQ to only executing qfiles with the IDD statement:

ADD/MODIFY USER ...
QFILE IS ONLY

Accessing menu mode:

If your intention is to allow a user to only access CA OLQ through qfiles, you must explicitly deny that user access to CA OLQ menu mode. You disallow access to menu mode through IDD:

ADD/MODIFY USER ...
MENU MODE IS NOT ALLOWED