Oracle Application R12 Function Security

Function Security

Function Security restricts user access to individual menus of functions, such as forms, HTML pages, or widgets within an application. It allows you to define a user and assign the user one or more responsibilities, with each responsibility having a menu associated with it. Function Security, by itself, restricts access to various functions, but it does not restrict access to the data that a user can see or the actions that a user can perform on the data.

  This lesson discusses the definition of users, responsibilities, and menus.

Application Security: Overview

In an Oracle Application, the System Administrator manages security by creating user sign-ons and assigning them to one or more responsibilities. Users then have access to all the functionalities associated with that responsibility.

User Security

You authorize a user to sign-on to Oracle Applications by defining an application user with one or more responsibilities assigned.

Responsibility Security

A responsibility is a collection of authorizations that allow access to:

•      A specific application or applications

•      A Ledger

•      A restricted list of windows, functions, and reports

Each user has one or more responsibilities, and several users can share the same responsibility. A System Administrator can assign users any of the standard responsibilities provided with Oracle Applications, or create new custom responsibilities as required.

Self-Service Applications Security

Oracle Self-Service Web Applications use columns, rows, and values in database tables to define the information that users can access. Table columns represent “attributes” assigned to a responsibility. These attributes are defined in the Web Application Dictionary.

Responsibility

A responsibility is a collection of authorizations allowing access to:

•      A specific application or applications

•      A Ledger

•      A restricted list of windows, functions, and reports. These may be associated to the responsibility through menus.

Each user has one or more responsibilities, and several users can share the same responsibility.

A System Administrator can assign users any of the standard responsibilities provided with Oracle Applications or create new custom responsibilities as required.

Users

A user is defined as a human being. Although the concept of a user can be extended to include machines, networks, or intelligent autonomous agents, the definition is limited to a person in this document. You authorize a user to sign-on to Oracle Applications by defining an application user with one or more responsibilities assigned.