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Saved Dynamic Users

Saved dynamic users have the following features:

• Like dynamic users, profiles specified in the signon exit, external security, or both, determine their session options.
• Unlike dynamic users, their user options are saved in the TPXADMIN2 database and can be modified by a user administrator or through self-maintenance.

Allowing saved dynamic users at your site gives you the convenience of dynamic users with the additional benefit of being able to administer them. User validation and profile selection for saved dynamic users can be determined at signon through interaction with an external security package. The default signon exit provides for this method of dynamic user management and almost eliminates the need for ongoing user maintenance in CA TPX.

To allow saved dynamic users at your site, set the Save Dynamic Users option to Y in the System Options Table (SMRT). With this option turned on, all users who sign on dynamically become saved dynamic users.

The Static User field in User Options can be set by a user administrator to change a saved dynamic user into a static user (or conversely). If a saved dynamic user becomes a static user, the profiles that were assigned when the user signed on are recorded in the user record and will be the user's profiles every time the user signs on. The user's profiles are no longer determined by the signon exit.