Match-IT is a multi-user system that is intended to be accessible to all your staff to help them fulfil their role within your organisation. The security system has been designed to allow specific users to perform their designated functions but not allow them to access parts of the system that are not relevant to them. The way this is achieved is through the notion of user groups. There are 30 user groups, one is reserved, but the rest are available to you. Assigning group membership to your users and then specifying which groups are allowed to access specific functions controls access to those functions. For access to be granted the user must be a member of the group assigned to the part of the system they are trying to access.

The names of the groups would typically reflect some role in your organisation, e.g. purchasing, sales, production, etc. Users can be members of any number of groups. They will have access to everything associated with each group.

The parts of the system whose access can be controlled are: Menus, Processes, Files, Fields, Defaults and Wizards. In the case of Files, there are four types of access that can be controlled: Select, Insert, Change and Delete.

In addition to the group-based access, you can also apply user specific overrides. These overrides can either deny or grant access to specific parts of the system. They take priority over the users groups.

Setting up the security system is straightforward and can be accessed from most places just be pressing the F9 key or the icon.

See Setting up your security scheme for more information.