Setting Up Administrative Access Rights

In order to gain access to the administrator options on the ABA menus you must be a member of a special administration team with read/write access to the database that holds the libraries.

To become a Drafting administrator you do not need to change your user status, in other words both free and general users can be setup to carry out the administrative role. However, you must be identified as a member of an authorised administration team called DRAFTADMIN. You also need read/write access to a PADD DB in which you create new library elements. It is normally better to create all symbols, labels, templates etc. in a database that only allows read access to normal Drafting users.

Note: When entering a Drafting module as an administrator, only load binary files created by an administrator. If you use a binary created by a user you will not get access to the administration options on the application menus. If this happens exit the Drafting module and re-enter using the macro selection on the form.

In many companies, access as the Drafting administrator is limited to one or two special user logins. By using this method you can avoid any problems caused by using incorrect binary files on entry.