| # The current modeling version The model items you create are stored in versions. Therefore, a complete business model must be constructed in one version, or in combination with versions derived from the original version. Subsequently, existing model items you want to add to a version must be copied to this version to modify them. This is done through the Copy Version Data to Other Version (tgbrg1200m000) session, as described in Chapter 13 Model Item Management. If a model item is only present through the derived-from version structure, you must copy that model item to your current modeling version. To do this, on the appropriate menu of the session you are working in: Click Copy Current Modeling Version With this functionality, model items can be transferred to your current modeling version quickly and easily. Model items can only be modified in your current modeling version. Authorization mechanism The authorization mechanism stops changes being made to model items by unauthorized users. The authorization mechanism consists of the following three components: Version authorization (applies to all components). Status authorization (only applies to the repository). Model item authorization (only applies to the repository). Authorization mechanism for model item modification Version authorization First, you need authorization for the version in which the model items occur. Note If no specific ERP Enterprise users have been specified for a specific version, every ERP Enterprise user is authorized for that version. Status authorization You must be authorized for the status of a model item; however, this is not mandatory. To define the statuses you want to use, use the master data in the Statuses by Model Item (tgbrg5107m000) session. To regulate the authorization for a model item linked to this particular status, you can link ERP Enterprise users or tools roles to a status. A tools role specifies the authorizations of an ERP Enterprise user and has the following properties: It is defined in the Role Data (ttams2100m000) session. It is linked to a normal ERP Enterprise user in the User Data (ttaad2500m000) session. Up to five roles, not including subroles, can be linked to each ERP Enterprise user. Super users automatically have all tools roles. The authorization applies to the entire suite of ERP Enterprise packages. Subroles can be linked to a tools role. Authorizations for subroles are transferred to the parent. Therefore, the parent gets all the authorizations from the subrole and keeps the authorizations it already had. In case of conflicting authorizations in different subroles, the highest authorization is transferred. In the Dynamic Enterprise Modeler, a tools role is used to specify the authorizations regarding model items. An authorized ERP Enterprise user is allowed to do the following: Change data, such as the description and status of model items. Change diagrams, such as business process diagrams and enterprise structure diagrams. Note If you do not specify ERP Enterprise users or tools roles for a combination of a model item and a status, every ERP Enterprise user is automatically authorized for the model item with that status. Whenever a certain tools role is authorized for a status of a model item, all normal users with that tools role and all super users are authorized. If no tools role is specified for a combination of a model item and a status, a super user is not automatically authorized. The super user must be explicitly defined as an ERP Enterprise user for the combination of model item type and status. Model item authorization You must be authorized for the model item itself. This type of authorization can apply to the following group of ERP Enterprise users: The owner of a model item An ERP Enterprise user with the tools role linked to the model item All ERP Enterprise users All sessions in the repository that let you create or modify a model item have a group box, which you can set the model item authorization. |