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User group profiles

What individual users see and do when they log on to the WUI can be controlled by the user group profile to which they belong. This gives WUI administrators the ability to tailor the WUI to the needs of various groups of users. You can, for example, use the view editor to create a new WUI menu containing only operations views and make this the default menu for a group of users. This would provide a simplified operational WUI for users who only need to carry out this kind of task.

A user group profile can contain the following information:

If a profile does not have some of these values specified; for example if the default menu value is blank, the corresponding WUI parameter value specified in the JCL is used. This is also the case for any invalid values set in the profile, for example if the specified default menu does not exist.

User group profiles are created and managed using the user editor, which can be accessed by administrators with the necessary authority from the WUI navigation menu.

To facilitate this CICSPlex® SM uses an object called a user group. User group objects, like view and menu objects, can be imported and exported using the COVC transaction.

User group profiles can be used only if security is active in the WUI. A user group object relates to a user group name in the external security manager (ESM). When a user signs on to the WUI the signon procedure gets the accessor environment element (ACEE) from the ESM for the user. The ACEE is used to retrieve the user's default group. The default group name is then used to obtain a corresponding group object in the WUI. If there is no corresponding group object found in the WUI cache when the user signs on, the default values specified in the WUI parameters in the JCL are used for that user.

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In the ESM user groups can contain only the following characters:

User group profiles can be used only if security is active in the Web User Interface. A user group object relates to a group name in the external security manager (ESM). When a user signs on to the Web User Interface the user group object is assigned in different ways depending on the SIGNONPANEL Web User Interface system parameter.

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The Web User Interface supports user group names that contain only the following characters: Depending on the ESM in use, not all of these characters can be specified in a group name.

Use of * (X'5C') in a user group name causes some restrictions if the COVC EXPORT function is used. See the description of the Name field in 'Exporting view set or menu definitions' for details.

In order to manage user group profiles an administrator needs update access to a new ESM facility profile named EYUWUI.wui_server_applid.USER where wui_server_applid is the application ID of the WUI server to which this profile relates.

Creating and managing user group profiles

Setting up a new user group involves the following steps:

  1. Creating a new user group profile in the WUI using the user editor.
  2. Creating a user group with the same name in the ESM.
  3. Setting the user group as one or more users' default user group in the ESM.

This section describes how to create and manage user group profiles in the user editor. The user editor is also used to create user profiles.

The hyperlink that launches the user editor appears in the Special section of the navigation frame. A signed on user can see a user editor hyperlink only if he or she has at least update access to the ESM facility profile EYUWUI.wui_server_applid.USER where wui_server_applid is the application ID of the WUI server. Clicking on this hyperlink launches a new browser window.

When you launch the user editor you can choose to edit user groups or users. Figure 24 illustrates the relationships between the screens in the user group section of the user editor.

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From the User Group screen you can open  Create Group, Edit Group  or Delete Group screen. Create Group and Edit Group links to the Edit Profile screen.
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Using the user editor is straightforward. For example to create a new user group profile follow this procedure:

  1. Navigate to the Create Group screen:
    1. Click User editor in the navigation frame to open a new CICSPlex SM Web User Interface User editor window.
    2. Click User Groups to open the User Group Editor screen. This screen gives you options to create, edit or delete a profile
    3. Click Create to open the Create New User Group screen.
  2. Name the new group profile:
    1. Type in the name of the new group. Names are restricted to a maximum of eight characters. As in the ESM, the allowed characters are A-Z (upper case) 0-9, #, $ and @.
    2. Click OK. This confirms the operation and opens the Edit User Group Profile screen.
  3. Type in the user group details. You need to provide some or all of the following information. Any fields that you leave blank or complete incorrectly revert to existing defaults.
    Warning record count
    Maximum number of records displayed without a warning message. Values can be in the range 0 to 99999999.
    Default main menu
    Enter the name of the default main menu.
    Default navigation menu
    Enter the name of the default navigation menu.
    Default context
    Default 8-character context setting.
    Default scope
    Default 8-character scope setting
    Default CMAS context
    Default 8-character CMAS context setting
    Default CMAS context
    Default 8-character CMAS context setting
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  4. Click Save to create the new profile or Abandon to cancel the operation.
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Before using a user group, there needs to be a matching user group name defined in the ESM.

To edit a group, click on Edit in the User Group Editor screen to open the Edit User Group screen. Select an existing group and click OK. This opens an Edit User Group Profile screen containing details of the selected group. Make your changes and click Save to update the profile.

To delete a group, click on Delete in the User Group Editor screen to open the Delete User Group screen. Select an existing group and click OK to open the Confirm User Group Delete screen. Click OK again to confirm the operation.

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