Function security
Use of each mass maintenance function is controlled by function security. You must assign the appropriate level of function security for each operator that is responsible for performing mass maintenance of database records. Security should be defined for the appropriate operators for these functions:
- SA Mass Maintenance Utility Report
Function acronym: SAAMU
- SA Mass Maintenance Administration
Function Acronym: SAAMM
- SA Mass Maintenance Set Deletion Report
Function Acronym: SAAMD
- The menu function for each database table. If an operator does not have the security to access a function, such as Customer, the related table, ARSC, is not available in the Table Name field when creating a set in SA Mass Maintenance Administration. Limit an operator's access to only those menu functions the operator is maintaining.
For the SA Mass Maintenance Utility Report, you must have a security level of 3. If this level of security is not assigned, an error occurs each time you perform an operation in SA Mass Maintenance Administration that generates the report.
This table shows the security level that is required for these functions to perform each mass maintenance operation:
| Operation | Required function | Required security level |
|---|---|---|
| Creating a set | Menu function for database table and SA Mass Maintenance Administration | 3 |
| Inquiring on a set | SA Mass Maintenance Administration | 2 |
| Changing data in a column | Menu function for database table and SA Mass Maintenance Administration | 3 |
| Changing data on a single extraction record | Menu function for database table and SA Mass Maintenance Administration | 3 |
| Exporting extraction records | Menu function for database table and SA Mass Maintenance Administration | 3 |
| Importing existing records | Menu function for database table and SA Mass Maintenance Administration | 3 |
| Importing new records | Menu function for database table and SA Mass Maintenance Administration | 4 |
| Deleting a record from the database table | Menu function for database table and SA Mass Maintenance Administration | 5 |
| Deleting an extraction record from a set | SA Mass Maintenance Administration | 5 |
| Performing the final update | SA Mass Maintenance Administration | 3 |
| Resetting the error status | SA Mass Maintenance Administration | 3 |
| Deleting a set | SA Mass Maintenance Administration | 5 |
| Deleting multiple sets | SA Mass Maintenance Administration and SA Mass Maintenance Set Deletion Report | 3 |
Sub-function security is not observed in SA Mass Maintenance Administration. When data columns are extracted from database tables, the data columns are not associated with a sub-function. Each operator's level of function security for the main function for the database table applies to both the main function and sub-functions in SA Mass Maintenance Administration.
See information about operator function security in the online help.