WinOdEan Administration

This option allows the administrator to create users and also get a report of the session information concerning to the users. The administration option allows the following sub-options:

- User(s)
- User Statistics

The following section describes functionality of each one of the items.

User

The SYSTEM will be the only user when the WinOdEan is started for the first time. Later any number of users can be created who requires access to the records through WinOdEan. This option introduces a new user who is allowed to access the WinOdEan. When new is invoked the following screen with all blanks is displayed for new user entry:

Users

User(s)

The size of each attribute for user information is as follows:

User Permissions

User(s) Access Permission

Field NameDescriptionSize

User Id

The Id of the User10 Characters
User Full Name The Full name of the user 50 bytes
Password Password associated with the user10 bytes
Address Address of the specific user 100 bytes
Phone Phone number associated with the user 25 bytes
Fax Fax number associated with the user 25 bytes
Mail-Id Mail Id associated with the user100 bytes

    Explanation is provided below only for Access Information since other items are found to be self-explanatory.

    Access Information:
    Every sub-function that is existing under WinOdEan needs access. A selected field indicates that user has the access to that particular function.

  1. Edit: This sub option helps to modify the original setup of an user. The entry fields are exactly similar to that of New except it does not allow any thing to be entered at User Id field.
  2. Inquire: By clicking on the User Id displayed on right side of the screen, the user is allowed to see the information about the user.
  3. Print: This sub option prints the users information instead of displaying it on the screen.
  4. User Statistics: The user statistics provides complete information of a user pertaining to usage of this package like Start Date, Start Time, End Date, End time and Transaction type for data entry, file used/created, number of records and number of keystrokes.
  5. When this option is invoked the following menu is displayed on the screen.

    User Statistics

    The control of screen is divided into three parts.

  6. User Name list-box: This list-box scrolls all the user names. Click on desired user's name to select the user. Selected user's information, pertaining to User-Details and usage information or Time Details, will be displayed on the tab-pages.
  7. User details tab-page: This displays the basic information like user name, address and contact information.
  8. Time details tab-page: This gives the complete information pertaining to the total keystrokes made in session(s) are displayed here since the record length is likely to vary for every single session. User can move upward or downward to see the entire list. There may be more than one single entry for every session since the transaction entries are recorded separately. Each of the following actions are treated as separate transaction:

    C - Creation/Updation
    I - Inquiry

    This is displayed under the title Type and the specific file used under the session is also displayed.

  9. Note: The term user statistics used here is in synonym with audit trails. Since the user gets/logs into the package many times, his information is recorded sessionwise and it is advisable for the user to keep in track of file size. A frequency like fortnight or monthly may be a better way of handling since the package as such does not check for any boundaries.

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