This topic provides a list of software features that can be controlled with security settings, either for a security group or an individual user. See Setting up Security for instructions on how to set up security in your software.
Security Settings by Feature #
Each of the following features will have a
number of restrictions to choose from. In addition to many individual
features, you’ll see that some related features are grouped together in the
list.
| Feature | Description | Security Options |
| Appointment – Notes | Control access to appointment notes |
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| Appointments | Control access to appointments. |
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| Audit Logs | Control access to the PCI and invoice discount logs. |
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| Bulk Image Import | Control access to the bulk image importer. |
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| Client Notes | Restrict access to modifying client notes. |
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| Client Status Modification | Control access to client status on the client form. |
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| Clients | Control access to clients. This includes the merging of two clients together. Because the merge process involves deleting a client record, users must have the ability to Add/Modify/Delete a client. See Merging Clients for more info! |
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| Communication – Notes | Control access to communication notes. |
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| Communication Wizard | Control access to the Communication Wizard. |
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| Control Center | Control access to the Control Center. |
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| Dashboard – Personal | Control access to the personal Dashboard. |
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| Dashboard – Report Locking | Control access to locking and unlocking Dashboard reports. |
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| Dashboard – Reports |
Control access to the Dashboard reports. |
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| Dashboard – (Specific Reports) | Control access to the specific Dashboard reports, including labor costs, receipts, sales, and sales averages. |
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| Dashboard – Location | Control access to the studio Dashboard. |
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| Delete Images | Control who has permission to delete image files. Note: This only controls the ability for a client to delete images through the software. A user could still browse out to the image location on the local computer. |
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| Delete Images in Stratus Drive | Control who has permission to delete image files from Stratus Drive. |
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| Digital Template Builder | Controls Access to the Digital Template Builder. |
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| Email Blocking List Management | Control who can remove email addresses from block lists. |
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| End-of-Day Posting Procedure | Control who can perform end-of-day postings. |
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| Estimates | Control access to estimate invoices. |
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| Export to Excel from Dashboard Reports | Control who can export from a Dashboard report. |
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| Export to Excel from Hubs | Control who can export from a hub. |
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| Filter Builder | Control access to the Filter Builder. |
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| Force Log Off Other Users | (Stratus only) Control the ability to force log off other users. |
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| Form Letter Builder | Control access to the Form Letter Builder. |
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| Gift Card Activations | Control who has permission to activate new TSYS gift cards. Limited access mean they are limited to just the amount being sold on the invoice. |
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| Gift Certificate Not Found Override | Control who can accept a gift certificate with an unrecognized number. |
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| Group Capture | Control access the the Group Capture tool. |
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| Group Capture – Options |
Control the access to Group Capture Options. |
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| Group Delete | Control access to group deletes, both through the utility and from the hubs. |
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| Home Page – (Specific Numbers) | Control who can see a variety of sensitive information on the home page, including receivables, receipts, bookings, sales, and sessions. |
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| Home Page – Today’s Snapshot | Control who can see the daily snapshot panel on the home page. |
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| HTML Email Builder | Control who can open and use the HTML Email Builder. |
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| Hubs – (Specific Hubs) | Control access to specific hubs, including Appointments, Calendar, Calls, Clients, Dashboard, Invoices, Messages, Production, Sessions, Tasks, and Workflow. |
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| Import Image Settings | Control who can access the settings used to import images. |
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| Invoice Notes | Control who can modify invoices notes. |
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| Invoices | Control access to invoices. |
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| Invoices – Client-Based Invoices | Control who can create a client-based invoice. |
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| Invoices – Credit Memo | Control access to credit memos. |
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| Invoices – Date Override | Control who can modify the date on an invoice. |
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| Invoices – Discount Override | Control who has the ability to override a discount on an invoice. |
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| Invoices – Invoice Number Override | Control who can modify the invoice number of an invoice. |
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| Invoices – Invoice Package Unit Value Override | Control who can override the packet unit value. |
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| Invoices – Item Addition | Control whether or not a user can enter new items on-the-fly on an invoice, or if they must choose items from a price list only. |
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| Invoices – Price Override | Control who has the ability to override a price on an invoice. |
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| Invoices – Sales Rep | Restrict access to making changes to the sales rep field on an invoice. |
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| Invoices – Sales Tax Override |
Controls the access to modifying invoice sales tax |
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| Invoices – Write Off Invoice |
Controls the access to Invoice Write Off |
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| Lists – (Specific Lists) | Restrict access to individual maintenance lists in the software (i.e., Resources, Session Types, Payment Methods, Organizations, etc.) |
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| Lists-Users | Control who can create and modify users (Maintenance > General > Users). “Limited Access” gives full access to the user settings, with the exception of compensation information. Also, if a user with “Limited Access” or “Full Access does NOT have User Security permission (see below), they will not be allowed to make any security-related changes (i.e., set a security group, change a password, etc.). |
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| Loyalty Reward Program | Control who can create and deactivate loyalty rewards. |
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| Notification Center | Control access to the notification center. |
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| Payment – Notes | Control access to payment notes. |
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| Payment Plan Processing | Control who can process payment plans. |
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| Payments | Control who can create and modify payments. Note: You must set the security for refunds separately (see Payments – Refunds below). |
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| Payments – Date Override | Control who can modify the payment date. |
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| Payments – Refunds | Control who can access refunds. Note: You must set the security for payments separately (see Payments above). |
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| Payments – Unlock Auth Code/Date/Amount | Control who can enter credit card information manually. |
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| Payments – View Credit Card | Control who can view masked credit card numbers. |
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| Period Closing Date | Restrict access to period closing dates. |
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| Posted Invoices and Payments | Limit who can modify or delete posted invoices and payments. |
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| Preferences – Company | Restrict access to company-wide preferences. This setting applies to both Company Preferences and InspiredByYou.com Preferences. |
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| Preferences – Online Booking | Restrict access to Online Booking Preferences. |
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| Preferences – Printing | Control who can access Printing Preferences. |
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| Preferences – Users | Restrict access to User Preferences. |
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| Preferences – Workstation | Restrict access to Workstation Preferences. |
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| Price List Maintenance | Control access to the price list. |
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| Production Orders | Control who can create and modify production orders. |
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| Reports – (Specific Reports) | Restrict access to individual reports (i.e., analysis reports, client lists, tax reports, etc.). |
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| Reports – Commission Report | Restrict access to printing commission reports. |
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| Reports – Time Sheets | Restrict access to printing time sheet reports. |
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| Scheduling Conflict Resolver | Control who can access the Resolve Scheduling Conflicts tool. |
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| Scheduling Permissions | Control who can schedule during non-open hours. |
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| Scheduling Time Slots | Control who can create and modify time slots. |
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| Scheduling Time Slots – Bulk Create | Control access to the scheduling time slot bulk create form. |
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| Session Notes | Restrict ability to modify session notes. |
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| Session NPS Information | Controls the access to Session NPS data. |
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| Sessions | Control who can create and modify sessions. |
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| Sessions – Booked By and Date Booked | Restrict ability to modify the session “Booked By” and “Date Booked” fields. |
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| Sessions – Session Number Override | Control who can modify the session number. |
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| Status Change | Restrict ability to changes statuses, users, and dates. |
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| Tasks – All | Control who can create and modify tasks. |
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| Tasks – Not Created By and Not Assigned to You | Control who can access tasks not created by or assigned to the user. |
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| Time Clock | Restrict access to time clock entries. Note: This does not apply to the Stratus Mobile app which is restricted to Add-Only security. |
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| Trigger Processing | Control who can process triggers. |
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| User Security | Control ability to add new users and set user permission levels. |
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| Utilities | Restrict access to the Utilities menu. |
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| Wizard Builder | Restrict access to the Wizard Builder. |
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| Yearbook CD Production | Control who can use the Make Yearbook CD tool. |
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Security Settings #
Security options are used to set the access
level for many features in the software. Note: Although
a few features are set to No Access
by default, most are set to Full
Access.
The available security settings will vary for each feature. Options may include:
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No
Access – User(s) will
not be able to edit the option in any way. -
Full
Access – User(s) will have
no restrictions on the use of the option. -
Add Only – User(s) will not be allowed to delete or modify items from your data, only add them.
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Add/Modify
– User(s) will not be allowed to delete items from your data, only
add and modify them. -
Add/Modify/Delete
– User(s) will be allowed to delete items, as well as add and modify
them.