TRAX login is the most widely used authentication method. It is also the most straightforward to set up. To use the trax login method, set it in the precision.properties file.

Using this method, the user ID and password are authenticated against the user details stored in the xtuscr0 table in the PRECISION database. All user details are stored in this table automatically when you create a user profile. When a user supplies a user ID and a password on the Login screen, the system confirms that the user ID and password match a record in the table.

The PRECISION user profile setup contains a field that allows you to specify an alternative ID for a user. Some organizations use this field when users want to use the same ID as they already use to log in to other systems. The field is particularly useful where a user ID is longer than 20 characters, because this is the limit for a PRECISION user ID.