Oracle Apps Sys Admin - Users and Responsibilities

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Author : Exforsys Inc. Published on: 2nd Sep 2005 | Last Updated on: 24th Feb 2009

Oracle Apps Tutorials : Sys Admin - Users and Responsibilities

This tutorial provides you with a conceptual overview of users and responsibilities, covering the following topics: Creation of User, Creation of Responsibilities and Assigning Responsibilities to Users.

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Overview

Users and Responsibilities are created in oracle applications in order to control the access to the data. Users are assigned a set of responsibilities through which they can retrieve or modify certain set of data. Responsibility is a grouping of access in a logical manner. Accounts payable responsibility would contain all the privileges to create invoices, make payments etc. All the users from the payables department would be given this responsibility. You can create users, responsibility through system administrator responsibility in oracle applications.

Creation of User

Navigation – System Administrator ->Security -> User -> Define

Figure 1. Create User Navigation

Follow the above the navigation path and click on Define. You will see following screen in front of you.

Figure 2. Create User

Fields

UserName		Give the username in this field.

Password		Enter desired password twice in this field. You would be required to change the password when you login first time with this username.
Description		Provide brief description of the user in this field.

Password Expiration		Days No. of Days after which the password will expire for the user. Accesses No. of Accesses after which the password will expire for the user. None The password will never expire

Person		You can attach employee to this user. This is used for HRMS applications

Customer		To attach customer to this user.

Supplier		To attach supplier to this user.

Email		Provide email address for the user. Its use to send notifications to the user through oracle applications.

Fax		Fax number for the user.

Effective Dates		From and To dates between which the user would be active.

Responsibilities		List of responsibilities assigned to the user.