Creating a data security group

You can create a data security group.

About this task

To create a data security group:

Procedure

  1. Open the Applications Manager and select the application that you want.
  2. From the tree in the application rules side panel, choose Security > Data Security Groups. The Data Security Groups window displays in the work area.
  3. Choose the Create New icon. The Data Security Details window displays.
  4. Enter information in the applicable fields. Refer to Table 1 for field value descriptions.
  5. Choose the Save icon.
    Table 1. Data security details window
    Field Description
    Group ID Enter the data security group name.
    Description Enter a brief description of the data security group.
    Enterprises
    Default Enterprise Access Select Default Enterprise Access to restrict users who belong to this data security group to be able to only view the Enterprises belonging to the default Enterprise access list.
    Restrict Access To A Specific List Of Enterprises Select Restrict Access To A Specific List Of Enterprises if you want to create a list of Enterprises that users associated to the data security group can view.

    Choose the Create New icon from the Accessible Enterprises table and search for the applicable Enterprises in the Organization Search pop-up window. Choose the Create New icon to add an Enterprise.

    Choose the Delete icon to remove an Enterprise from the Accessible Enterprises list.

    Note: The restricted list always includes the primary Enterprise of the organization you are configuring the data security group for.
    Document Types
    Default Document Type Access Select Default Document Type Access to allow this data security group to only be able to view the document types belonging to the default access list. The default access list is based on the document types associated with a particular business application.
    Restrict List To A Specific List Of Document Types Select Restrict List To A Specific List Of Document Types if you want to specifically determine the document types the data security group has access to.

    When you select this option select the business application whose associated document types you want to set access rights to from Applications.

    Then select if you want to allow Access To All Document Types For This Application or Restrict Access To A Specific List Of Document Types. If you select the latter, the Accessible Document Types table displays displaying all of the accessible document types available for the business application. Select the Accessible check boxes for the applicable document types.
    Ship Node
    All Nodes Select All Nodes to allow this data security group to access all ship nodes participating in the organization of the configured Data Security groups organization.
    Note: The HUB User (Organization = DEFAULT) has access to all the ship nodes.
    User's Ship Node Select User's Ship Node to allow this data security group to access only the ship node to which the user belongs.
    Restrict Access To Specific Nodes Select Restrict Access To Specific Nodes if you want to create a list of ship nodes that users associated to the data security group can view.

    Choose the Create New icon from the Accessible ShipNode table and search for the applicable ship nodes in the Node Search pop-up window. Choose the Create New icon to add a ship node.

    Choose the Delete icon to remove a ship node from the Accessible ShipNode list.