RE: MAPICS - need info on the AMAPICS user profile

Dave,

Your reply confuses me somewhat.  I thought this was the way MAPICS came to
everyone <with the AMAPICS uses as a group profile>.  You imply that the
people who set up our system took a short cut.   Are you saying I can undo
the situation?   If so - please explain with some details.

Thanks,
Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Shaw [mailto:daveshaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 11:25 AM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: Re: MAPICS - need info on the AMAPICS user profile

Greg,

There is NO good reason for AMAPICS to be a group profile for ANY user!
I've heard of it being set up this way several times, and each time I just
shake my head.  MAPICS programs use adopted authority to access the files,
and any custom programs or queries that you have should use some similar
mechanism, NOT a group profile scheme using AMAPICS!

Pardon my rant, but I was using MAPICS for years before IBM added the group
profile capability, and I find this particular shortcut terribly dangerous.

Dave Shaw

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Wenzloff" <GWenzloff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 10:42 AM
Subject: MAPICS - need info on the AMAPICS user profile


> Hello List,
>
> I've been using MAPICS for 14 years but never paid much attention to the
> AMAPICS user profile.  Could members of this list tell me how you handle
> this user profile which on my system has 5 of the 8 special authorities
> active.
>
> Our regular users have AMAPICS as a group profile which if I'm correct
> adopts these special authorities.  This is not desirable with
Sarbanes-Oxley
> scrutiny in progress.
>
> Can a regular user operate successfully in MAPICS without that group
> profile?
>
> Can the special authorities be trimmed way back without causing problems?
>
> Any info would help.  Thanks in advance.
>
> Greg Wenzloff
> Beck Manufacturing
>
> XAR4
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