Oh forgot to specify we are using BMC Remedy AR System version 7.0.01.
josepht wrote: > > We are trying to use Row Level access to limit users access to records > based on two different qualifications. > > For example: > User1 is a member of both the manager group and the system1 group. We want > him to be able to see all tickets for system 1 but not for any other > systems. (That part is easy enough and is being used currently.) > > User2 is a member of both the customer group and the system1 group. We > want him to be able to see only closed tickets for system 1 but not for > any other systems. > > For the part that is working currently we just have the system name > populate in a dynamic group and then give that dynamic group access to the > tickets. When trying to implement the part to allow User2 access to a > limited selection based on the status of the ticket within a limited > selection based on the system is where I am stuck. > > The only way I can figure to do this is by creating another set of groups. > Instead of a system1 group, we would set up a manager-system1 group and a > customer-system1 group. And then just use active links to fill in the > dynamic group with the manager-system1 group unless the ticket is closed > then we would put both groups in that field. > > This becomes a problem for us as we already have 9 user types like manager > that need to be limited similarly and over 100 systems. Making a group for > each type of user with each system would get complex very quickly. Also > every time we added a new system we would need to create 9 new groups for > it. The same goes for every time a system changes its name, that would be > 9 groups we would need to update. If we were to ever add a new type of > user that is over a hundred new groups that need to be made for it. > > While this is possible and manageable. I am looking for a more flexible > solution. Is there another way to do this by just using a combination of > the groups we already have? > > I thought I had it with a computed group with a Group Definition like: > “Manager” AND “Dynamic Group” > But sadly the system does not allow this. Of course I understand why, but > I can’t think of a way to do something like that on the tickets themselves > and not as a group. > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Muliple-layers-of-Row-Level-access-using-Dynamic-groups-tp31106995p31107102.html Sent from the ARS (Action Request System) mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"

