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General Rights

These rights apply globally, that is, outside of a project.

Right

Description

Superuser

A superuser has all rights to everything in VSys, effectively bypassing security altogether. A "Standard user" must be assigned specific rights to be able to perform any actions.

Inherit additional rights from

Checking any other users' names here gives this user the rights he's specifically assigned plus all of the rights of these other users. The rights are not copied from the other users right away, and changes made to the source users affect this person the next time he logs in.

Security management

If granted "Access", this user can access the Security Manager and make changes.

Projects

Access to all/Set individually

If "Access to all", user has full rights to all existing projects. Otherwise the user has only those rights given to individual projects.

Create new

Allows creation of new projects. Note: newly-created projects default to having the creator as an owner, and that owner has full rights to the project in the process.

 

General data entry

Credit volunteer hours, mark bad phone numbers/e-mail addresses, edit groups, enter training results, bad e-mail handler.

People

Create: create a new person from scratch.
Edit: open an existing person (globally) and modify her data.
View: open an existing person (globally) to view her data.
Delete: remove someone globally from the system.

Rights to people are the sum of the user's rights via People, People by type and People by group, with rights determined dynamically based on the types and groups of the person in question.

Remove a person's ban

This right is required to un-ban a banned volunteer.

Groups

Create: create a new group from scratch.
Edit: modify a group's properties.
View: open an existing group's properties to view them.
Delete: remove a group without affecting the people within it.

Note: rights to groups do not imply rights to the people within them.

Reports

All types of reports.

Credentials

Print name tags/credentials.

Kiosk tools and setup

Defining kiosk setup options, greetings, etc.

Manage lists

Create, edit and delete lists globally.

Mandates

Access to the Mandates Manager.

Letters/Mail merge

Use any of the mail merge tools, including mailing labels and the mail merge via export file tool.

E-mail robot

Use the E-mail robot to send letters already merged and saved.

Background check handling

All of the items on the Applicant screening panel plus the ability to edit and create interview records in the Profile Editor.

Setup jobs, Setup jobs by job group

Access to job definitions and setting up job slots. A user's rights here are the sum of his rights to setup jobs in general and the job group in question.

Assign people to jobs, Assign people to jobs by job group

Assign people to job slots, make slot or non-slot job assignments or edit existing assignments. A user's rights here are the sum of the rights to jobs in general and jobs for the job group of the assignment in question.

Import data

The Interactive File Importer and General File Importer.

Export data

Basic exporter tool.

Bulk entrant value updater

Access to this tool globally. Note: if a user has access to the Bulk entrant value updater, what he does with that tool is not restricted by his security rights.

Awards

Access to the Awards Manager.

Memberships

Access to the Membership Manager.

Backup data

Back up this database. Note: any user can run backups from the database selector tool at startup if it's visible, since VSys Security is not enabled by that point.

Setup

Design custom application forms, define custom fields, system preferences, skills, locations, job preferences, jobs and job groups, contact flags, volunteer types, volunteer sources, special requests/needs, custom sports, project groups, training courses, letter types, interview types, interviewers, name setup options, certification defaults, placeholder people naming, object renaming, background check/certification hints, setup databases.

Encryption setup

Create/manage encryption keys. This right should not be given to most users!

Data maintenance

Rebuild lookup indices, check for duplicated IDs, purge old trace records, check for zip/postal code updates, etc.

Web synchronization

Access to the web synchronization tools.

Auto update

Access to the auto-update tool. Note that you can also disable this with the NoAutoUpdate=1 value in the General section of the VSys.ini file.

There's no access right for "Restore data", because it's not possible. When it comes time to restore data, VSys can't read the database in order to check the user's security rights. To prevent someone from restoring to your database, either prevent them from deleting tables (Oracle and SQL Server only), or put the value NoRestore=1 into the database's section in the VSys.ini file.

See Also

User Security Rights

Custom Application Forms Rights

Certifications

Project Rights