Information Systems:InfoNet User Authorities

InfoNet runs in a browser, which means it can be accessed from anywhere that has an internet connection.

The user signs on with their System i user ID and password (which is validated against the i user profiles), but what they can see in InfoNet is controlled by the file WEBPRDD / INUSERP, which is maintained through Admin / User Authorities. Note that this maintenance can only be done by I.T or administrators (Nancy and John).

This controls the functions the user is allowed to do, and the information they can see.

Once a user has access, they can configure their own displays for partner and item maintenance.

File INUSERP has 299 flags; 141 of which are used by the two programs above (Change User Authorities, and Change Web User). The fields are named INFLAG001 to INFLAG299. To keep track of what each does, I go into the source of this file, and change the text; but I do NOT compile it – if I did, every InfoNet program would have to be recompiled.