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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook

You're reading from   Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook Learn to customize, integrate and administer NAV 7 using practical, hands-on recipes

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849689106
Length 312 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Acknowledgements
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. String, Dates, and Other Data Types FREE CHAPTER 2. General Development 3. Working with Tables, Records, and Queries 4. Designing Pages 5. Report Design 6. Diagnosing Code Problems 7. Roles and Security 8. Leveraging Microsoft Office 9. OS Interaction 10. Integration 11. Working with the SQL Server 12. NAV Server Administration Index

Assigning a role to a user


To provide access to certain areas of NAV, we need to assign permission of that area to the user. In order to limit the complexity of assigning individual object permission to every user, the NAV group-related permission under one head calls the role (Permission Set). This recipe will show you how to assign the role (Permission Set) to a NAV user.

How to do it...

  1. From the RoleTailored client, navigate to Department | Administration | IT Administration | General | Users.

  2. Now open User Card in the edit mode and add the role (Permission Set).

  3. Then go to User Permission Set fast tab.

  4. In the Permission column, click on the dropdown. You should see a window similar to the following screenshot:

  5. From the role list, select Role ID and then Basic.

  6. Click on OK.

How it works...

The security system in NAV is maintained using roles (Permission Sets) and permissions. A role (Permission Set) is made up of permissions to access specific objects, such as tables, pages, and reports in the...

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