The CICSPlex SM Web User Interface User Editor enables administrators to create profiles for groups of WUI users. What individual users see and do when they log on to the WUI can be controlled by the user group profile to which they belong enabling the WUI to be tailored to the needs of various groups of users. You can, for example, use the view editor to create a new WUI menu containing only operations views and make this the default menu for a group of users. This would provide a simplified operational WUI for users who only need to carry out this kind of task.
This page contains a brief overview of the facilities offered by the User Editor. For detailed information about the User Editor, see the CICSPlex SM Web User Interface Guide.
The link to the User Editor is in the Navigation Frame. The link to the User Editor is displayed only if you have the authority to use it. Click the link and a User Editor session is opened in a new window. You can have more than one User Editor session running at any one time.
When you launch the user editor you can choose to edit user group profiles or user profiles.
What individual users see and do when they log on to the WUI can be controlled by the user group profile to which they belong. This gives WUI administrators the ability to tailor the WUI to the needs of various groups of users. You can, for example, use the view editor to create a new WUI menu containing only operations views and make this the default menu for a group of users. This would provide a simplified operational WUI for users who only need to carry out this kind of task.
A user group profile can contain the following information:
If a profile does not have some of these values specified; for example if the default menu value is blank, the corresponding WUI parameter value specified in the JCL is used. This is also the case for any invalid values set in the profile, for example if the specified default menu does not exist.
User group profiles are created and managed using the user editor, which can be accessed by administrators with the necessary authority from the WUI navigation menu.
To facilitate this CICSPlex SM uses an object called a user group. User group objects, like view and menu objects, can be imported and exported using the COVC transaction.
User group profiles can be used only if security is active in the WUI. A user group object relates to a user group name in the external security manager (ESM). When a user signs on to the WUI the signon procedure gets the accessor environment element (ACEE) from the ESM for the user. The ACEE is used to retrieve the user's default group. The default group name is then used to obtain a corresponding group object in the WUI. If there is no corresponding group object found in the WUI cache when the user signs on, the default values specified in the WUI parameters in the JCL are used for that user.
Note: In the ESM user groups can contain only the following characters:In order to manage user group profiles an administrator needs update access to the ESM facility profile EYUWUI.wui_server_applid.USER where wui_server_applid is the application ID of the WUI server to which this profile relates.
Setting up a new user group involves the following steps:
The hyperlink that launches the user editor appears in the Special section of the navigation frame. A signed on user can see a user editor hyperlink only if he or she has at least update access to the ESM facility profile EYUWUI.wui_server_applid.USER where wui_server_applid is the application ID of the WUI server. Clicking on this hyperlink launches a new browser window.
The user editor allows a new user group profile to be created, or an existing user group profile to be edited or deleted.
In order to create and manage the favorites of other WUI users you need to be an administrator with at least update access to the ESM facility profile EYUWUI.wui_server_applid.USER.
If you have the necessary access, the hyperlink that launches the user editor appears in the Special section of the navigation frame. Clicking on this hyperlink launches a new browser window displaying the CICSPlex SM Web User Interface User Editor screen. On selecting Users, options available for working with favorites are: