Security Actions Overview

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A user can be created by the system administrator or other authorized users and assigned access to certain actions. Complete Time Tracking Pro has default settings for security actions for new users. All non-default security actions for a new user can be selected by the system administrator or authorized users if required. Default actions can also be disabled.

 

The user security actions can be changed at any time by the system administrator or other authorized user and will take effect at next log in for the selected user.

 

Default Security Actions

The following security actions are selected by default for a newly created user.

Time Tracking - all except Record Time To Group Category
Configure Categories - all
Edit Recorded Time- all
Reports - Single-User Reports only
Program Options - non administrator functions only

 

All other actions will not be selected by default but can be selected during the user configuration process or modified at a later date.

 

Description of Security Actions by Category

The following Actions can be enabled or disabled for a particular user by the system administrator or other authorized users:

 

Manager

View Hourly Rate and Billing Amounts - Allows as user to see the hourly rate set for each category and the billing amounts recorded in the reports.
View recorded time from other users - Allows a user to have access to other users recorded time information. The user must also be assigned the appropriate view, add, modify, delete or report actions.

For example: A user with View Recorded Time from Other Users access and View access for Edit Recorded Time will be able to view the recorded time for any user.

 

Time Tracking is the process which allows users to record time to categories. This can be done using the following actions:

Automatic Time Recording
Manual Time Recording

 

General

Record Time to Group Category - this will allow a user to select a Group category to record time to when a specific subcategory is not applicable.
View and Define Category Codes
Display and Set Hourly Rates

 

Configure Categories allows a user to define categories to track their time to. This can be done using the following actions:

View
Add
Modify
Delete

 

Edit Recorded Time allows a user to add, modify and delete recorded time using the Edit Recorded Time window. This can be done using the following actions:

View
Add
Modify
Delete

 

Configure Users allows a user to add new users, modify or delete existing users and user security and passwords.

View Users
Add Users
Modify Users
Delete Users
Change User Passwords
View User Security Actions
Modify User Security Actions

 

Reports allows a user to view, print, copy to the clipboard, and export to file recorded time and optionally billing amounts.

Preview and Print
Data View
Export To File
Weekly Time Sheet Report
Summary By Date Report
Summary By Date By Category Report
Summary By Date By User Report
Details By Date Report
Summary By Category Report
Summary By Category By Date Report
Summary by Category By User Report
Details by Category Report
Summary By User Report
Summary By User By Date Report
Summary By User By Category Report
Details by User Report
Full Details Report

 

System

Backup Database
Restore Database
Server Status

 

 

Important: For all Security Action Categories that have a View option, a user must be given access to view in order to have access to add, modify, delete or any other Security Action option in that category. However for Reports a user must have access to any one or more of Preview and Print, Data View or Export To File to access the Reports window.

 

 

See also:

Configuring User Security Actions

Selecting Users

Adding Users

Changing User Details and Passwords