Define QAD UI Security Groups
Three user groups have access to QAD UI functions:
• A system administration group
• A design group to create simplified screens
• A Process Editor user group
For more information, see
QAD UI Administration.
Note: There is also a Tomcat administrative group. A link to the Tomcat admin page is provided from the UI administration page. Users clicking this link are prompted for a user ID and password authenticated through Tomcat; this is not the same as the QAD Standard Edition user ID and password unless you set them up to be the same.
UI Administrative Group
Users accessing the UI administration page must supply a user ID and password. These users must be members of a security group. By default this is qadadmin, but can be defined by the system administrator. This group has the authority to manage the QAD UI system. The default user is mfg, but other users can be defined for this group.
UI Design Group
A separate UI design group that can develop configurable screens is also defined in the UI administration page. This can be the same user group specified during installation, but it does not have to be. Typically, the administrative group for QAD UI is systems personnel, while the UI design group includes users with in-depth knowledge of the system.
Important: Make sure this members of this group have read, write, and execute permissions to the following directory:
TomcatInstallDir/webapps/qaduiConfig/WEB-INF/pro/com/ mfgpro
Process Editor Group
A separate user group can access the Process Editor. This group must be named pronav; you cannot change the name.
Create QAD UI Administrative Users and Groups
Note: If you are completing a non-US English QAD UI installation, modify the language and country code for each user so that QAD UI administrative screens display in the correct language.
QAD UI Admin User Setup for QAD Standard Edition
1 Launch a character session.
2 Go to User Group Maintenance (36.3.4) to define a security group. By default this is qadadmin. You then assign users, including mfg, to the group. You can also associate existing groups with users in User Maintenance (36.3.1).
3 For all UI design group users, create a new group—for example, qaddsgn—and assign users to the group.
4 Repeat the previous step for all Process Editor users, creating the pronav group and assigning users.
Exit the session.