user permissions?

[dave]

Has anyone set up users with permissions in Project Administrator? If so do you track who did what in the database AND finally if you do use it, is it an effective tool?

[Colby]

What is your database Oracle, SQL, or MSDE.

If it is SQL your permissions are setup like groups in windows.
It has been a while since I tried to setup Autoplant permissions in SQL.

For a reference go to google and query "SQL Permissions"

My last company we had problems getting it to work so what we did was gave everybody full access to the SQL database and limited there permissions through AutoPlant Installs (This was Version 3.00 It probaly has changed by now!)

Ex This person Got DataManager
This Person Got Piping & Isoimetric

[dave]

Hi Colby, welcome to the site. Thanks for your reply on this. I have set up users with permissions in Autoplant PA and everything worked out pretty well (minus the user complaints about big brother) Only pain is you have to do it on every project. I am going to test it out on the next small project that rolls my way. Should be fun playing with that data.

[aarti.vij]

dave,

Can u pl tell me the steps to be followed inorder to restrict users from accessing Project administrator.

[clarabie]

this is how I handle it - After I install Bentley, I go to C:\Program Files\Bentley\Plant 2004\ProjectTools and delete ProjectAdministrator.exe.

[dave]

HA! good one clarbie :)

[clarabie]

There are several ways you can handle keeping users out of modules you don't want them in. User permisssions is one way, not installing the module or deleting the appropriate .exe file is another, and restricting who gets what license is yet another. Personally, I do not worry about keeping users out of anything except Project Administrator.

One way to get around having to set user permissions for each project is to create a master project, set your permissions (as well as any other standards/settings you would like to apply ), and use that master project to copy and paste from for all other projects. What I really like about having a master project is as I continually modify files, I can add and/or replace the files to the master project and any future projects will have these updates files without me having to remember to add them.

[san]

you can restrict user rights while registering him