Security
Open Plan features a comprehensive set of security-related features that enable a system administrator to control access to both Open Plan data and to the application itself.
The Common Security Model (CSM) supports the definition of users, groups, and roles.
You can perform the following security-related operations from within Open Plan:
- Define access rights for project data.
- Change your user password.
In addition, the PPM Administrator or EPM SA provides a comprehensive set of security-related features that enables a system administrator to control access to both an application and its data.
Defining Access Rights
You can define the access rights to any project, resource file, calendar file, code file, view template, and baseline file for which you are the “owner.” By default, the owner of a file is the user who creates the file. By creating the file, the owner is automatically given full read/write access rights to the data and can grant rights to other users.
Both the current owner and any user in the SYSADMIN group can transfer ownership of the file to another user.
Security access rights are granted the same way for all files except a baseline.
Use the Project Properties dialog box Access Control tab to assign access rights.
If you provide access rights to a group for a project, members of that group automatically inherit read rights to all resource files, calendar files, code files, and external subprojects assigned to that project. Note, however, it is possible that after you change the ownership of a project to another user, you may not have rights to save the project. If this occurs, close the project without saving.
Provided that you are the owner or have SYSADMIN rights, you do not need to open a project or file to grant access rights to it on this tab.
Changing Your User Password
To change your user password (that is, the password you enter when you start Open Plan), use the Change Password command to display the Change Password dialog box.