PeopleSoft Security - Part 1

Understanding Security

      when it comes to security, it addresses the needs of organization that wants to make data & data structures available to different users Like Vendors, Employees, Developer, Customers, Students etc.

4 Security Layers are:

1. Internet Permissions: Responsibility of network administrator to make sure that system is Up and running and user have appropriate permissions to see sign on page and can log-in to PeopleSoft.

2. Database Permissions: Responsibility of database administrator and will create accounts of users like Developer and grant database access to users.

3. Application Permissions: Focuses on navigational aspects of App such as being able to create Permission Lists, Roles and User Profile and maintaining processes.

4. Data Permissions: Controls the access of the application data by the PeopleSoft user and it can be set at Table-Level, Row-Level and Field-Level.

So we will be focusing on Application Permissions, 

Note: One User Profile can have multiple roles and One Role can have multiple Permission Lists.

     1.   Permission Lists:  Setup specific authorizations to carry out business transactions.

                Creating Permission Lists: 

                             People Tools->Security->Permissions & Roles-> Permission List