User Action Group Tab

This section includes the fields and descriptions for the User Action Group tab.

User Action Group Island

Field Description
Name Enter the name of a user action group.

Permitted Job/Cost Actions Island

Field Description
Submit Job Budgets Select this check box to allow users in the selected group to submit job budgets.

Permitted G/L Actions Island

Field Description
Use Post-Entry Periods If this field is marked, the users within this action group can post in prior-periods by selecting a prior-period in the windows General Journal and Vendor Invoices.
Submit Journals If this field is marked, the users within this action group can submit general journals, customer payment journals and job journals using the action “Submit” in the window General Journals, Customer Payments and Job Journal.
Post Own Journals If this field is marked, the users within this action group can post customer payment journals and job journals submitted by himself or herself. The field is only relevant if the system parameter “Allow Posting of Own Journals” has not been marked, as all users will otherwise be able to post journals submitted by themselves.
Note: This functionality is no longer supported for general journals as part of the approval hierarchy for general journals (introduced with version 2.5).
Post If this field is marked, the users within this action group can use the action “Post” in the windows Posting, General Journal, Vendor Invoices and Job Journal. This does not affect the user’s access to post in the window Print Posting Journal.

Permitted A/R Actions Island

Field Description
Release Customer Payments In this field, you can specify whether or not the users within this action group should be able to release customer payments for posting. If you do not mark this field, the user cannot manually mark the field “Released” on lines in the window Customer Payments.

Permitted A/P Actions Island

Field Description
Submit Purchase Orders Select this check box to allow users in the selected group to use the Submit Purchase Order action in the Purchase Orders workspace.
Approve purchase order If this field is marked, the users within this action group can access the action “Approve Purchase Order” in the window Purchase Orders.
Reopen purchase order If this field is marked, the users within this action group can access the action “Reopen Purchase Order” in the window Purchase Orders.
Approve request for quote If this field is marked, the users within this action group can access the action “Approve Request for Quote” in the window Requests for Quote.
Reopen request for quote If this field is marked, the users within this action group can access the action “Reopen Request for Quote” in the window Purchase Orders.
Approve requisition If this field is marked, the users within this action group can access the action “Approve Requisition” in the window Requisitions.
Reopen requisition If this field is marked, the users within this action group can access the action “Approve Requisition” in the window Requisitions.
Submit Vendor Invoices Select this check box to allow all users in the selected group to release vendor invoices. It gives users the ability to submit invoices for approval in the Vendor Invoices and Invoice Allocation workspaces.
Approve Vendor Invoices

Select this check box to allow all users in the selected group to approve vendor invoices for posting in the Vendor Invoices and Invoice Allocation workspaces.

Pre Post Vendor Invoices If this field is marked, the users within this action group can pre-post vendor invoices in the Reallocate Invoices window.