E1: SEC: Frequently Asked Questions on Roles and Security (Doc ID 1087848.1)

Last updated on APRIL 09, 2024

Applies to:

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools - Version SP24 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

This document provides answers to frequently asked questions regarding the use of roles in Security Workbench.

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Purpose

Question 1: What is a Role, where is it defined and in which table is the role information stored?

Question 2: What is the purpose of the Sequence Number when adding a Role?

Question 3: How do you look up the order of the roles within the Role Hierarchy?

Question 4: Why, after upgrading from 8.12 to 9.0, some roles which had high sequence number in 8.12 now have low role sequence number in 9.0?

Question 5: What is a Role Relationship and where is it defined?

Question 6: Can I set up a role for a consultant who needs access to EnterpriseOne for a limited period of time?

Question 7: What is the meaning of the option "Include in *ALL" when setting up a role relationship?

Question 8: Is there a way to remove the *ALL role from appearing as an option during sign-on?

Question 9: How many roles can be assigned to a user?

Question 10: What is considered a Security Conflict and how is it resolved?

Question 11: How is Security applied with Roles?

Question 12: Why does *ALL Object Security at the Role Level Result in Security Conflicts?

Question 13: How does the changing of roles affect security after the user has initially signed on with *ALL?

Question 14: Security defined for a specific role is not applied when the user signs on with the *ALL role?

Question 15: Does the security set on a specific object always override the security set on *ALL objects within the same role?

Question 16: In Security Workbench, is it possible to merge the security information from multiple existing roles into a single role?

Question 17: What is the purpose of the JAS.INI setting UseRoleHierarchy?

Question 18: How can I produce a report that shows all users assigned to a role?

Question 19: How do I find the list of roles assigned to a user?

Question 20: Why does the user receive a security error when attempting to select the Delete/Remove Role action as they have already been defined with Delete Action Security?

Question 21: Why is a role still deleted when a secured user clicks on the Remove Role icon even though Application Security is defined and the user correctly receives the security error?

Question 21: Which tables are affected when a Role is deleted in P0092?

Question 22: How to rename an existing role?

Question 23: Can a new role be created and assigned as a sub-role to an existing role?

Question 24: How are role relationships deleted/removed?

Question 25: Why do roles get corrupted?

Question 26: If security tables (Ex: F9312, F95921, F98OWSEC, F0092, F00921, F00925, F00926) are updated directly at the database level via custom program or 3rd party tool, is it supported?

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