User Assignment

User Assignment lets you select and manage members of the current group.

Name name of the user
Access a user's highest access privileges
Default (Default Flag) default flag
UIC a user's ID code
Profile name of a user profile
Manager Manager flag
Password a user's password (encrypted)
Logins number of unsuccessful login attempts

Form opens a user's User Data form
Group Assignment displays the groups of which a user is a member

User Name

Name of the user

attribute master attribute for user (T_USER)
type, entry string, entry required
max. no. of characters 20
selection tool recursive widget (list with existing users)
multilingual field no

You can only enter (or select) names of existing users.

Access

The highest access privileges a user has to the group's data

attribute relation attribute for group -user (T_GRP_USR)
type, entry string, entry required
max. no. of characters 1
selection tool menu with all access privileges
multilingual field no

Entry:

(empty)
the user has no access to the group's data

r
read only, the user may only read the group's data

w
write, the user may only read or write to the group's data

d
delete (default), the user has complete access to the group's data

o
owner, the user has complete access to the group's data, and can also modify access, ownership and group settings for all records owned by members of the group

More information: -> User's access to group data

Default

Default flag

attribute relation attribute for group -user (T_GRP_USR)
type, entry logical
max. no. of characters 1
selection tool no
multilingual field n0

Setting the Default flag defines the group as the user's default group. When DataView starts, the user is automatically a member of the default group. A user can have only one default group.

Entry:

not set (default)
group is not the user's default group

set
group is the user's default group

More information: -> Default groups and changing groups

UIC

A user's ID code

attribute master attribute for user (T_USER)
type, entry Integer, display only
max. no. of characters 5
selection tool no
multilingual field no

The UIC is a unique ID for the user. When a user is selected, the UIC is displayed automatically.

Profile

Name of a user profile

attribute master attribute for user (T_USER)
type, entry string, display only
max. no. of characters 20
selection tool menu with existing profiles
multilingual field no

The profile is used to shield selections or buttons from a user. When a user is selected, a profile assigned to the user is automatically displayed.

Manager

Manager flag

attribute master attribute for user (T_USER)
type, entry logical, display only
max. no. of characters 1
selection tool no
multilingual field no

The Manager flag awards manager privileges to a user. When a user is selected, DataView automatically displays whether or not the user has manager privileges.

More information: -> Managers and end users

Password

A user's password (encrypted)

attribute master attribute for user (T_USER)
type, entry string, entry optional
max. no. of characters 20
selection tool no
multilingual field no

Supplied automatically by DataView, if the user already has a password. (-> Toolbox, Change Password).

More information: -> Passwords

Logins

Number of unsuccessful login attempts

attribute master attribute for user (T_USER)
type, entry Integer, display only
max. no. of characters 5
selection tool no
multilingual field no

The field monitors unsuccessful attempts to login as a user. After the user logs in successfully the value is reset to zero.

Form

Opens a user's User Data form and displays the user record in the header form.

Group Assignment

Opens a user's Group Assignment form displays the membership of the user to groups.