laua vs. 9.0 Data Security

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Peter Wilmot
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    Anybody have any ideas on this?  In laua security, we had the system code AC for Data Security tied down to specific activities for specific security classes. For example, activity 41279901 was secured using the combination of "company/activity group range", "company/activity range" and "security code/activity range". This would have looked like this:

    From Company      To Company         From Process Level       To Process Level             Access Level

                  1*                           1*                   41279901**                         41279901**                   All Functions

                  1*                            1*                  41200#                                  41200#                          All Functions

                 7068##                7068##           41279901**                          41279901                     All Functions     

    *Company, **Activity, #Activity Group, ##Security Code

    Now, how do we accomplish this in 9.0 Security?  We know it's on the Elements and the Element Groups but what's the combination?   Even Lawson doesn't  seem to know.  The closest we have so far is by securing the ACACTIVITY and ACBILL files, using Elements and Element Groups.  That all works except the drop down doesn't list all of the available activities.  Anybody have any ideas?  It will be most appreciated. 

     

    John Henley
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      You should be able to accommodate this with Lawson 9.0 security. One change is that you can finally abandon the pain of having the security number associated with the activity group masquerading as a company number, etc.

      If I were doing it, I'd three different elements/element groups: Activity, Activity Group/Activity, Activity Group/Activity/Company. The reason I would use three is performance. You could easily do it all with one--Activity--and pass it via IsElementAccessible, and have the rule defined for Activity look up the Activity Group and Company. However, in some cases, e.g. ACACTIVITY, you already have all three elements, so no need to look them all up again.

      Now, having said all that, securing all of this, and getting it correct, is going to be a royal pain.

      P.S. Shame on Lawson for not being able to explain this to you.
      Thanks for using the LawsonGuru.com forums!
      John
      Peter Wilmot
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        John,   Thank you for taking the time to reply.  I'll give it a shot.  What we have right now works except the drop down list doesn't show everything that is availalbe.  But I am working on what you sent.  I appreciate it.