How To: Create a New Warehouse Manager User

This is for guidance only

Overview

When creating a new user with a specific role, it is necessary to define both permissions (what they can do) and a profile (what they can see). Here is an exemplar of how a new Warehouse Manager User might be created and set up. As a rule, it is best to start by setting permissions and access to the minimum levels possible for the role in question. Extra permissions and access can then be enabled if and when required. In this scenario our Warehouse Manager will have a greater level of permissions than a Basic Warehouse user to enable him to print off pick sheets and delivery notes and delegate them to the Basic Warehouse Operative in order for them to fulfil their duties. The Warehouse Managers duties will usually include tracking stock so they will need access to adjust to stock in the system, they will also work with Suppliers and oversee the deliveries so they will need the permissions for Suppliers, Supplier Returns, Customer information and Sales invoices. In our example, our Warehouse Manager's access to the system is still fairly restricted in order to safeguard the integrity of the data and keep the system as simple to use as possible.

Creating New User

1. Open a System Data screen (show me how).
2. Double click on [ Others | Users ].
3. Press Alt+E or click to enter edit mode.
4. Press F3 or click to add a new item.
5. Enter the details of the new user (see Users for a description of the grid columns).
6. Press Ctrl+S or click to save the new user.

Setting User Permissions

User permissions can be found by User Permissions from the right-click context menu and set these as required.

Below is a screenshot of typical settings that might be used for a Warehouse Manager user - these may need to be adjusted to suit specific business requirements. For example note that the Hide Buy Price has not been given as a permission or the Upd.Sensit.Data.

In the above scenario our Warehouse Manager has supplier returns and not customer returns active. However in some businesses he may require customer returns, so both would need to be enabled.

Creating User Profiles

1. Right click on the grid and select 'Define Profiles'.
2. Select 'Yes' to the information dialog displayed.
3. Click on to add a blank profile to the bottom of the Profiles grid.
4. In the Profile Management dialog add a name for the profile and select it.
5. In the Screens' tab, drag and drop screens required for the profile from the Available Windows grid into the Enabled Windows grid.
6. Untick the Visible Tabs and Visible Detail Tabs that are not required for the profile for every enabled screen.
7. In the Command Window tab, check the Command Window options that are required for the profile.
8. In the Invoice Mgr tab, check the stages that are required for the profile.
9. In the CRM Types Tab check all the CRM Types that will be blocked for this profile.
10. Click on 'OK'.

For user profiles such as Customer Services that need to view the [ Customer | Detail | Customer Service | Sales Orders/Invoices ] screen, they need to be given the User Permission to Open Sales Summary but without the ability to view Sales Summary screens in their User Profile.

Below are screenshots of typical settings that might be used for a Warehouse Manager user - these may need to be adjusted to suit specific business requirements

See Also

• System Data screen