Viewing Users' Security Bits

If you use Role-Based Security, use the following procedure to display a grid that shows a merged view of all the security bits assigned to a user. You can identify which bits are assigned to the user because those bits have "Yes" in the Authorized column. Note that if a user has multiple roles assigned to them, this means they have all the "Yes" bits of their various roles combined, thus all their Yes bits will display in the grid. This procedure also explains how to search for specific security bits.

The Role-Based Security Maintenance grid is for viewing only, because in Role-Based Security, you cannot change individual security bits by user; you can only modify roles.

1. Display the Role-Based Security Assignments by User viewer.

   From the Eagle Browser, click System Management, Security Maintenance, Role-Based Security Maintenance.

   or

   From the Launch bar, enter RBS and press Enter.

2. Click Misc, and select View Bits. In the View User Bits dialog box, select the user whose bits you want to view (and the store, if applicable), and press Enter.

The bits included in the users' security profile display "Yes" in the "Authorized" column. The bits not included in the users' roles display "No" in this column.

3. To search for a security bit, enter a search word(s) in the Search field, and the system searches both the Description and Extended Description for the value you entered. The security bit(s) containing that value display in the grid. Note: Entering multiple words (partial or entire words) in the Search field executes an "and" search. For example, entering SPEC ORDER finds security bits that have a word that begins with spec (ie special or specify) AND also has a word that begins with order. In this example, the search would display an option that contains the words order and specify. Entering SPECIAL ORDER would not include that security bit, since it contains the word specify but not the word special.
4. To view a security bit when you know its bit number, click ID, enter the bit number, and press Enter.

Clicking Display after doing a Search in the Search field, or using the ID button will display the next user’s settings for that same subset of bits. Click Clear to reset if you want to see the full list of bits (i.e., to clear the search).