If necessary, you can secure a local process. A local process is any process that you add to the navigation bar. (You might add processes to the navigation bar to give users access to programs or views that are not included by default. For more information about local processes, see Adding a Process to the Navigation Bar.) You secure a local process by defining a local privilege and associating that privilege with the local process. Local privileges function just like role privileges. You assign local privileges to roles as needed to give users access to the corresponding processes.
This section explains these topics:
• | Overview |
• | Creating a Local Privilege |
• | Associating a Local Privilege with a Process |
Securing local processes consists of these tasks:
1 | Add local processes. You add the local processes that you want to make available to users, if you have not already done so. (For instructions, see Adding a Process to the Navigation Bar.) Note that users can add their own processes (if they have the GEN Customize Launcher role privilege). However, these processes are not secured with privileges since they are available only to the user who added them. |
2 | Create local privileges. You create a local privilege for each local process you want to secure. (For instructions, see Creating a Local Privilege.) |
3 | Associate local privileges with processes. You associate the local privileges to the local processes. (For instructions, see Associating a Local Privilege with a Process.) |
4 | Assign local privileges to roles. You assign the local privileges to roles as necessary to give users access to the local processes. (For instructions, see Add a privilege to a role.) Users who have rights to the privilege and who belong the applicable preference group will have access to the process. |
1 | Start the Local Privilege Manager process. |
The default location of this process is the Administration\Security Menu folder on the navigation bar.
Horizon displays the List Local Privilege Manager window.
2 | Click New to display the Edit Local Privilege Manager window. |
3 | Complete these fields in the window: |
Field |
Action |
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Privilege Number |
Displays the ID assigned to the privilege. |
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Description |
Enter a description of the privilege. The description identifies the privilege in Horizon. Enter a clear description that will help you remember what process it applies to. (For example, if you are adding a privilege to secure a process that launches Microsoft Word, you might enter “Launch Microsoft Word”.) If you want local privileges to appear together in privilege lists, include a prefix (for example, “LOC”). |
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Choose the security level you want for the privilege. The security level you assign to a privilege determines the roles to which it can be assigned. You can choose from these levels:
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Associating a Local Privilege with a Process
To associate a local privilege with a process
1 | Start the Preference Group Manager process. |
The default location of this process is the Administration folder on the navigation bar.
Horizon displays the Preference Group Manager window.
2 | In the Preference Group drop-down list, choose the preference group that contains the local process you want to secure. |
3 | Under Customize, choose Launcher, if it is not already selected. |
4 | Click Modify. |
5 | Click the Navigation Bar tab. |
6 | On the left side of the tab, highlight the local process. |
7 | Click Privilege. |
8 | Choose local privilege you defined for the process. |
9 | Click OK. |
10 | Click OK again to save your changes. |
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