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Security Fields

You use this function (within the Operator Maintenance program) to configure the level of access an operator has to editing and viewing fields within SYSPRO.

List of fields

Accounts Payable

Field Description
AP Supplier check print name  
AP Supplier bank branch  
AP Supplier bank account number  
AP Supplier EFT bank account type  
AP Supplier EFT user defined field 1  
AP Supplier EFT user defined field 2  
AP Supplier EFT statement reference  
AP Supplier pay by EFT  
AP Bank EFT payments allowed  
AP Bank Total posting for EFT runs  
AP Bank next EFT number  
AP Supplier placed on hold Controls whether an operator can access the Supplier on hold field when adding or maintaining a supplier within the Supplier Maintenance program.
AP Supplier bank Controls whether an operator can access the Bank field when adding or maintaining a supplier within the Supplier Maintenance program.

Accounts Receivable

Field Description
AR Credit limit  
AR Credit terms  
AR Credit checking method for customer Controls whether an operator can access the Credit Checking fields when adding or maintaining a customer within the Customers for Branch program.

Assets

Field Description
AS Assets financial fields

Controls whether an operator can change financial information Within the Assets program. This includes the Purchase date, Purchase period, Purchase year, Deposit paid and Total tax paid fields.

In addition, the operator will be unable to process acquisitions which alter quantity (Asset Acquisition).

AS Assets identification fields

Controls whether an operator can access the following fields in the Purchasing Details pane of the Assets program:

  • Registration
  • Engine number
  • Chassis number
  • ID/Serial no
AS Assets integration fields

Controls whether an operator can access the following fields in the Assets program:

  • Branch
  • Cost center
  • Group
AS Assets owner Controls whether an operator can access the Owner field on the Asset Details pane of the Assets program.
AS Assets depreciation fields

Controls whether an operator can access the Depreciation code,Suspend depreciation and Residual value fields in the Assets program.

Customization

Field Description
Company date and temporary date  

Inventory

Field Description
INV Text technical spec Controls whether an operator can edit technical specification text against a stock item.
INV Text sales order Controls whether an operator can edit sales order text against a stock item.
INV Text purchase order Controls whether an operator can edit purchase order text against a stock item.
INV Text job narrations Controls whether an operator can edit job narration text against a stock item.
INV Text inspections Controls whether an operator can edit inspection text against a stock item.
INV Text dangerous goods Controls whether an operator can edit dangerous goods text against a stock item.
INV Inventory receipts: Total cost  
INV Show costs in Iventory/WIP queries

Controls whether stock item costs are displayed in the Inventory Query and WIP Query programs for the operator. In addition, cost values are not printed on the Stock Take Variance report and the unit cost for bought out items is not printed on the Advanced Trial Kitting (Legacy) report.

[Note]

Take care that you do not deny an operator access to the viewing of costs in Inventory Query while allowing the same operator the facility to maintain stock codes. In this scenario, the operator will still be able to view details of BOM Costs held against the item.

INV Show costs in stock code maintenance

Controls whether an operator can access the cost fields of the Stock Code Maintenance and Warehouses for Stock Code programs.

Be careful that you do not deny an operator access to the viewing of Costs in stock code maintenance, while allowing the same operator the facility to maintain stock codes. In this scenario, the operator will still be able to view and change details of BOM Costs held against the item.

INV Show costs in purchase order receipts

This option applies specifically to the Purchase Order Inspection, Purchase Order Receipts and Inventory Journal Zoom programs and enables you (within this program), to:

  • suppress the display of Costs and prices
  • prevent the operator from changing the cost basis
  • prevent the operator from receipting an item which has a cost multiplier greater than 1 (the option to apply the cost multiplier is not displayed)
  • suppress the price, order value, and outstanding value when the operator selects to zoom on purchase order lines
  • prevent the operator from printing the inventory journal for the receipt online.
INV Show costs in requisitions This enables you to suppress the display of the unit cost, unit of measure and total cost of an item when this operator enters or maintains purchase order requisitions.
INV Show costs in inventory browse

Controls whether an operator can view the following fields when browsing on either the inv warehouse or InvFifoLifo tables:

  • inv warehouse table

    • UnitCost
    • LastCostEntered
    • OpenBalCost (1-12)
  • InvFifoLifo table

    • UnitCost (1-3)
This field applies to e.net only.

Purchase Orders

Field Description
PO LCT established rate

Controls whether an operator can change the exchange rate when automatically or manually establishing the exchange rate against a Landed Cost Tracking shipment.

Additionally, the operator is prevented from changing the exchange rate using the Shipment Maintenance program.

The operator is not prevented from viewing the exchange rate.

PO Receipt All apportionment GL code Controls whether an operator can change the Ledger code to which the non-merchandise amount is posted when using the PO Receipts With Apportionment program.

Sales Orders

Field Description
SO Salesperson code Controls whether an operator can access the Salesperson field within the Sales Order Entry program.
SO Non-stocked back order quantity Controls whether an operator can change the back order quantity for a non-stocked line during processing in the Sales Order Entry program.
SO Print from preview option Controls whether an operator can print a sales order document using Standard or SRS document printing from the print preview screen.

For Standard printing you must also enable the Print from previewed document option from the Preferences+Print Options screen of the S/O Document Formats program.

SO Operator details order intake query Controls whether an operator can see operator names in the Sales Order Lines pane of the Order Intake Query program.

All orders are displayed, but the operator code is only displayed against orders added, changed or cancelled by this operator.

When selecting Operators in the Filter by Key pane, all orders not generated by the current operator are grouped together under a blank operator.

SO Tax status

Controls whether an operator can access the tax information from the Sales Order Header Information screen.

When denied, the operator cannot change the tax status of orders to be processed, or enter a tax exemption number.

SO Customer company tax registration no Certain tax authorities require the customer's tax registration number to be printed on an invoice. Controls whether an operator can access the Customer company tax reg no field within the Sales Order Header Maintenance program.
Counter Sales payment code cash in/out

Controls whether an operator can change the payment code when processing transactions where cash is paid out of the cash drawer, or taken into the cash drawer using either the Counter Sales or Point of Sale Entry programs.

[Note]

This does not prevent the operator from either taking cash in or paying cash out, but from changing the payment code.

Work in Progress

Field Description
WIP Show rates in labor posting

Controls whether the rates associated with a work center and/or the employee rate indicator are automatically displayed when processing a transaction using the Labor Posting program.

[Note]

This option does not deny the operator access to the Browse functions for the Work center or the Employee rate indicator fields.

You can prevent an operator from browsing on the employee rate indicator by denying the group to which the operator belongs access to the Browse on Employee Rate Descriptions program (see Groups - Security Access function).

Notes and warnings

Editing and viewing considerations

  • Although an operator who has been denied access to editing a field can still view that field, an operator who has been denied access to viewing data in a field will be unable to view or edit the data.

Role-based considerations

Hints and tips

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Application Help Pane

Application Help Panes provide step-by-step instructions for various functions within the program, including a brief overview of what the program does, what setup options are required and how to personalize the program. The intention is that the pane provides information that is uncluttered and easy to navigate.

You can embed an Application Help Pane:

  • in the main SYSPRO menu

  • in any program with panes, if not using roles

  • when adding a role layout in Design Mode.