Add a User Category

Use the User Category Maintenance (XUC) program to add, change, copy, and delete a user category that you can use to grant access to selected programs for a group of users. See Background and Road Map for more information.

  1. Click Add. The program prompts User category.

  2. Enter a unique identifier (10 alphanumeric characters maximum) for the category you want to create. The program prompts Category name.

  3. (Optional) Enter a category name (30 alphanumeric characters maximum) for the category you created.

  1. Click Programs. The program displays a list of programs.

  2. Click Sel to the left of a program name to select it.

    OR

Click Range to select a range of programs.

    1. Enter data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

From program

Optional
8 alphanumeric

Select the first program you want to include in the range or leave blank to select a type of program.

To program

Optional
8 alphanumeric

Select the last program you want to include in the range or leave blank to select a type of program.

Program grp

Optional
2 alphanumeric

Select the code for a group of programs; for example, AP for accounts payable or WR for work centers and routings. You can restrict or grant access to all the programs in this group.

    1. Choose the appropriate options after you have selected a range of programs:

To

Do This

Add this range of programs

Click Add range. The program displays the selected range of programs.

Remove this range of programs

Click Remove range. The program removes programs in this range from the display.

Change a field

Click Modify.

Exit without adding or removing programs

Click Exit.

    1. Click Sel to the left of a program name to remove the check mark and thus exclude it.

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Display the list in reverse order

Click For/Rev. Click again to display the list in its original order

Review your options for this program

Click Prog opts. See Set Options for Reports and Inquiries.

Display the previous set of records in the file

Click Page up.

Display the next set of records in the file

Click Page down.

Display programs from a specific program

Click Restart. The program prompts Program name. Enter the first program you want to display or leave blank to begin with the first program in the file.

Display all programs or only selected programs

Click Selected/All.

Add or remove a range programs or select a type of program

Click Range.

Exit without selecting these programs

Click Cancel.

Accept the selected programs and exit

Click Exit. The program prompts User category. Enter another category or leave blank to exit.

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Add another user category

Click Add.

Delete the selected user category

Click Delete. See Delete.

Copy the selected user category

Click Copy. See Copy.

Display the selected user category

Click Select.

Display user categories from a specific category

Click Restart. The program prompts User category. Enter the first category you want to display or leave blank to begin with the first category in the file.

Print user category listing

Click Print. See Print.

Display the previous set of records in the file

Click Page up.

Display the next set of records in the file

Click Page down.

Exit the program

Click Exit.