Maintaining Objects of Type User/Owner

This document covers the following topics:

User/Owner Maintenance Menu

The User Maintenance menu is called with function code M and object code US in a Predict main menu or the command MAINTAIN USER. 

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Plan   4                 - (US) User Maintenance -                 Profile HNO

 Function                              Function

 A  Add a user                         L  Link children
 C  Copy user                          S  Select user from a list
 M  Modify user                        R  Rename/Merge owner
 N  Rename user                        E  Purge owner
 P  Purge user                         
 D  Display user                       

Function .........

User ID ..........                                     Attributes......*
Copy ID ..........
User name ........
Owner ............
Restrictions ....*   Profile HNO,used                  Association.....*

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Note:
Parameters not listed here are described under Global Attributes.

Parameters
Function Executes one of the maintenance functions.
Standard maintenance functions are described in the section Maintenance in the Predict Reference documentation. The functions Purge user and Edit owners of a user are described in the section User Maintenance, Rename/Merge and Purge owner are described in the section Owner-Specific Maintenance Functions.
User ID Identifier of the Predict user object. Must start with a letter, and can be up to 8 characters long. See also section Naming Conventions.
User name Name of the user. If the user name is unique, it can be specified instead of the user ID.
Owner Owner ID. If the owner ID is unique, it can be specified instead of the user ID.
Association For function Link children: objects of this type are to be linked to the user. Valid values: user-defined.

Add/Copy/Modify a User Screen

The screen is displayed for the Add a user function. The Copy and Modify screens are similar. 

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                                   - Add a User -
    User ID ......... USR-123
    Name ............
    Keys ..                                                            
   Zoom: N
    First Owner ID ..
   
    Business information
      Function ..                                 Phone ......
      Title .....                                 Extension ..
      Organiz ...                                 Mail code ..
      Usage .....     (ACC,UPD)
    User address
      Street ....                              No ....
      Zip Code ..                              City ..
      State .....
      Phone .....
   
    Abstract     Zoom: N
   
   
   
      Additional attributes ..* N          Associations ..* N

Note:
Parameters not listed here are described under Global Attributes.

Parameters
User ID ID of the user object.
Name The name of the user.
First owner ID The first owner to which the user belongs can be specified. More owners can be added to the owner list:

  • by entering Y in the Owner field of the Additional attributes window.

  • with the Edit owners of a user function in the User Maintenance menu.

For a complete description see Keywords and Owners in the Predict Reference documentation.
Business Information Various attributes describing the user's position within the organization, telephone number and access privileges (parameter Usage with values ACCess or UPDate). The attributes are used for documentation purposes only.
User Address Various address data for the user.

User Maintenance

Purge User

The following rules apply:

  • If you confirm this function with DELETE, the following objects are deleted:

    • the user

    • all links to child objects

    • all links from parent objects

    • all sets created by this user

    • the workplan of the user

    • the Predict and LIST XREF profiles of the user

    • the filter definitions of the user

  • A user will not be deleted with the DELETE option if

    • he is the only user in the user list of an owner and

    • this owner is assigned to an object where the option OWNER=FORCE has been defined in the metadata administration for this object type.

  • If you confirm this function with SCRATCH, the following objects are deleted additionally:

    • All Owners assigned to the user are removed from the linked objects.

  • A user will not be deleted with the SCRATCH option if

    • this would lead to all owners of an object being deleted and

    • the option OWNER=FORCE has been defined for this object type in the metadata administration.

Edit Owners of a User 

>                   > + US: HNO                          L: 1      S: 2
 ALL          Owner ID                  Others related
    --------------------------------- - User - - Object -              

    HNO                                 2          2                   
      
    RAW                                 0          7                   
      
    
   
   
   
   
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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Meaning of Columns
Owner ID ID of owner.
Others related
User Number of other users which are related to this owner.
Objects Number of objects except users which are related to this owner.