Object Protection

Information

• In the object protection data fields, information on the record is saved, e.g. by whom/when it was created or changed, or, according to the license, whether it is a standard record or an individual record.
• A data table does not have to contain object protection data fields.

Details

• If a data table has object protection data fields
  • they must be defined in the following order and with the following parameters.
  • the DB pos. of the first object protection DI (Created on) must be in the Pos. OS field.

Data item	DI Python ID	SQL ID	Column type	DB length	DF length	Status
Created on	created_on	OS_CREATED_ON	Date	4	8	6
Modified on	modified_on	OS_MODIFIED_ON	Date	4	8	6
rwdu	rwdu	OS_RWDU	Object protection for "rwd” output	2	4	6
Created by	created_by	OS_CREATED_BY	Alpha, Gross	20	20	6
Modified by	modified_by	OS_MODIFIED_BY	Alpha, Gross	20	20	6
Owner license	owner_license	OS_LICENSE	Alpha, Gross	4	4	6
OPC	opc	OS_OPC_BY	Alpha, Gross	8	8	6
Owner	owner	OS_OWNER	Object protection for "rwd” output	2	4	6
Group	group	OS_GROUP	Object protection for "rwd” output	2	4	6
Any	any	OS_ANY	Object protection for "rwd” output	2	4	6

Data Fields of Object Protection

Created by (creating user)

When you create a record, the ID (code) of the logged-on user is automatically entered in this field.

The creating user is also the owner of a record.

Created on (creation date)

When you create a record, the creation date is automatically entered in this field.

Modified by (modifying user)

When you modify a record, the ID (code) of the logged-on user is automatically entered in this field.

Modified on (modification date)

When you modify a record, the modifying date is automatically entered in this field.

OPC (object protection class)

The content of this data field is set to the user object protection class of the creating user.

In case an entry has been made for the user and the data table in question in the User: Object Protection/Data Table module, the OPC field from this entry is used.

An object protection class can belong to several users. Doing so, several program users are combined in a so called group.

The object protection class is not related to the user class of a user.

Owner

Specifies what actions are permitted for records if the user created them himself / herself:

• r = read
• w = write/change
• d = delete

The protection characteristics are shown as follows:

• rwd = reading, writing, and deletion permitted
• rw- = reading and writing permitted
• r-d = reading and deletion permitted
• r-- = reading permitted only
• The w and d rights must always be specified together with r, since a record must be read to be changeable/deletable. Hence, to specify "delete only" it is necessary to specify r-d and not merely --d.

group

Specifies what actions are permitted for the record if the user's object protection class matches the object protection class entry in the record.

Values analogous to owner.

any

The authorization for any will apply if the user is not the creating user for the record and does not have the same object protection class as that for the record.

Values analogous to owner.

rwdu

Owner License

Upon creation of a record, the current license is entered automatically. You can distinguish standard records from individual records by their license.