Setting User Options

User options control user access to Applications Manager features such as the Hide feature in the Output window. They are assigned to users on the Options tab of the Users window.

The Applications Manager user options control user access to specific features. By default, no user options are assigned to a new user.

A User with several user options assigned

When you initially install Applications Manager, the script automatically creates the following Applications Manager users.

Assigning Options to a User

To assign options to a user:

  1. From the Options tab of the Users window, select the values you want to use.
    User Option Description

    Select Requestors

    Allows the user to:

    • Select all currently defined users from the Requestor list box on the on the Requests window.
    • Select all currently defined users from the Requestor list box on the Schedule tab for jobs and process flows.
    • Edit and delete user definitions (if the user has the necessary user group access).
    • Query for users as requestors for History Queries. To query for requestors, you must have the users you are querying for in a user group with Edit authority.

    Edit Other Users' Tasks

    Allows the user to:

    • Take actions (KILL, DELETE, etc.) on tasks in the Backlog run by other users. To take an action on a task, users also need the task's job/process flow definition in one of their user groups (with or without Edit authorization).
    • Edit tasks in the Backlog run by other users. To edit all the details for tasks in the Backlog, users also need access to the objects assigned to the job/process flow.
    • View all tasks in History, regardless of who submitted them.

    Create Procedure SubVars

    Allows the user to use database procedures when defining substitution variables.

    FTP Output Files

    When assigned, the user will have access to the File Transfer option when printing from the File Viewer window.

    Hide Files on the Output Window

    When assigned, the user will have access to the Hide button on the Output window.

    Show Read-Only Prompts

    When assigned, the user will be shown read-only prompts on the Submit and Task Details windows. Without this option, prompts without Allow Changes set will be read-only.

    Take Actions on Agents

    Allows the user to start, stop, idle, resume, or reset the automation engine or any agent from the Explorer window. The user does not need user group access to the agents.

    Set Task Name Suffixes

    Allows the user to add a suffix to job/process flow names when requesting them. This will prevent the requests from satisfying any predecessors since the name is changed.

    Receive RmiServer Error Broadcasts

    When this user is logged into Applications Manager, any RMI errors will be displayed in a pop-up window as they occur. Additionally, if any RMI errors occurred since the last time the RMI server was started, the last ten errors will be displayed in a pop-up window each time the user logs on.

    If you have the DBA user group, you can clear the RMI errors without stopping the RMI server by selecting Clear RMI Errors from the View menu on the Applications Manager Desktop.

    Select Queues For Requests

    The user can select a different queue when submitting tasks on an ad hoc basis.

    View SYSOUT Device Output Files

    Displays output that is assigned to the SYSOUT output device on the Output window if the user does not have the View Other Users' Output user option described below.

    View Other Users' Tasks

    Allows the user to view all tasks in the Backlog and History, but not edit them.

    View Other Users' Output

    Output from all users will be listed in the Output window for this user.

  2. To accept the values, click OK

Assigning Users to User Options

In additions to being part of user objects, user options are a special object type that you can add to user groups like any other object to give all users in the user group those user options. You cannot add, edit, or delete user option objects like other Applications Manager objects.