Changing the Access As identifier

The Access As identifier is used to indicate ownership and modification rights over various controlled system objects and metadata (including most IDO metadata).

As a rule, you should not change the Access As identifier; and we strongly discourage doing so, unless you are a business partner with a definite need to have your own Access As identifier. If that is the case, choose an identifier that clearly identifies you or your company as the owner of any objects that are created with your Access As identifier.

The procedure to change the Access As identifier for your system can only be performed by an authorized user with Site Developer or Vendor editing permissions.

Note: This procedure changes the Access As identifier permanently—or until you change it to something else. In certain rare cases, it might be necessary to change the Access As identifier temporarily, to accomplish a certain task involving the Access As identifier. If that is the case, see the topic Changing the Access As identifier temporarily.
  1. Launch the Access As form.
    If you are using a source control system, also check out the form.
  2. Go into the designer (Web Designer in the web client, Design Mode in the Windows client).
  3. Select the AccessAsEdit component.
  4. On the Component property sheet, expand the Behavior group of properties.
  5. Reset the Read-Only/Disable property to False.
  6. Save the form and exit the designer.
    Note: In the Web Designer, you must reload the form to see the change.
  7. In the Access As field, change the identifier value to whatever you want to use as your Access As identifier.
    Caution: 
    Do NOT use "Core" as your Access As identifier. Doing so can have disastrous results when performing an update or upgrade of any kind.
  8. Save the Access As form.
  9. Go back into the designer.
  10. Select the AccessAsEdit component.
  11. On the Component Properties sheet, change the Read-Only/Disable property setting back to True.
  12. Save the Access As form and exit the designer.
  13. Assuming you are using a source control system, check the form back in.
Until such time as you change the Access As identifier back to the original value, the system uses the new value you set using this procedure.
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