Owners and User IDs

Each Entire Operations user is assigned a user ID for the purpose of security, profiling, message switching and logging.

Each user ID is associated with a user profile which contains authorizations. A user profile can be modified by an authorized user (e.g. the system administrator).

Owner names enhance security and ease of use by grouping user IDs and associating job networks to these group names. A user can be authorized to use several owner names: switching owner names means selecting another group of job networks, which can then be maintained.

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Users, Owners and Job Networks

The following figure provides an example of the relationship between users, owners and job networks:

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All three users may maintain networks belonging to the owner Payroll, while User 3 is also authorized to access networks belonging to owner Finance.

For more detailed information, see the sections Entire Operations User IDs and Owner in the User's Guide.