Roles and permissions

The Dynamics NAV security system provides extensive security and access control options to specify direct and indirect permissions for up to object-level (table-level) security and also record level security in the Dynamics NAV for SQL Server option. This layer of security, consisting of roles and permissions, is a very discreet layer of security on top of the SQL database security system and Windows security system.

There are no default users when we first start the database, either a new database or the demo database. The first login that we create—Windows or database login—must be a SUPER user, with access to the SUPER role in Dynamics NAV. This role has all the permissions for the application. We can add the SUPER user by adding a new user and assigning the SUPER role by clicking the Roles button at the bottom of the screen.

The SUPER user defined earlier can now create other logins and assign them roles according to the functions that users perform.

A role in Dynamics...