Protected Categories Overview

Description

In a normal Emplifi Agent setup, anyone with administrative privileges can edit any category. Protected Categories provide a method for you to secure individual categories from being edited by certain users.

This functionality is achieved through a set of inter-working security functions, and is tied to the "Access Restricted" flag on the Category Definition screen.

Setting Up Protected Categories

You must begin by adding a security function named "w_maint_category-restrict" to the system. Until this is done, the Access Restricted flag is essentially ignored on all categories.

Once this security function is added, anyone that does not have it in their security role is not allowed to modify the Access Restricted flag on any category.

When a category is flagged as restricted, a new security function is automatically added to the system with the following format:
w_maint_category-company_id-category_id

This function is also added automatically to the “FULLACCESS” security role.

Any user that does not have the given “Maintain Category – Access” function in their security role is not allowed to modify the given category in any way.