VISTA Plus for MPE Administrator's Guide

Security
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Report Security Checking when Viewing
The following report security checking takes place when you attempt to view a report. If one of
these applies, you will be allowed to view the report:
• No security masks have been assigned to the report.
• You are the report creator.
• You have System Manager capability. The VISTAINI file’s $ALLOW-SM-SYS-
CAPABILITY option must be enabled.
• You are the Account Manager of the account where the report was created. The VISTAINI
file’s $ALLOW-AM-ACCT-CAPABILITY option must be enabled.
• You match the security mask and are assigned read capability.
In addition, the following report security checking takes place:
• If a routing list has been defined for the report, then you must be on the routing list. If the
report must be read in routing list order, then you will not be allowed to read the report until
the previous user has read it.
• If page security has been assigned to a report and user, you will only be allowed to view the
pages that you have been assigned.
• If columns have been defined and saved with a report (within window management), only the
assigned columns of the report will be displayed.
• If columns have been assigned to a report with a Logical View, the assigned columns will be
retrieved and displayed.
Report Security Checking When Deleting
The following report security checking takes place when you attempt to delete a report. If one of
these applies, you will be allowed to delete the report:
• You are the report creator.
• The report folder resides in your current group.
• You have System Manager capability and the VISTAINI file’s $ALLOW-SM-SYS-
CAPABILITIES option is enabled.
• You have Account Manager capability, the report was created in your logon account, and the
VISTAINI file’s $ALLOW-AM-ACCT-CAPABILITIES option is enabled.
• You match a security mask defined for the report and the delete capability has been enabled.