U – User Table

The user table shows which users are using ISPW and stores contact information for the email interface. It allows administrators and users to update user details and to delete Users no longer needing to use ISPW.

User Definition Screen

The following figure shows a list of Users. It is the first screen displayed after entering option U.

User Definition Screen

General Notes

The user table does not store user authorizations. The security function is performed through defining SAF resources. See Security for details.

The State column for each user can contain C (current) or H (historical). The column can also contain an X (excluded) when the limit of ISPW users has been exceeded. A user ID may be changed to a status of H when it is no longer being used. This retains all the historical information about the user, but removes them from the current user count for license compliance. If a user is marked H or X, logon to ISPW will be denied. If a Historical user needs to use ISPW, their State must be set back to C before they can logon.

Important

Changing users from Current to Historical does not reduce the count of Current users until CM is restarted. If you have exceeded your user limit and change some users to Historical, you must restart CM before new users—or existing users unable to access ISPW because the user limit has been exceeded—will be able to use ISPW.

Users can update their own details, and ISPW administrators can update any user’s details.

Detail Screen

The following figure shows the details displayed when a specific User is selected from the User List screen.

Detail Screen

Defining New Users

If a user doesn’t have a user definition, when they use ISPW, a blank user entry is automatically added and a welcome screen displayed, rather than preventing the user from starting ISPW (unless they are unauthorized).

To avoid the welcome screen being displayed, add a user definition before the user first starts ISPW.

Welcome Screen

The first time a user starts ISPW, a welcome screen is displayed. The user can then add their own details or choose to leave them blank. If the details aren’t filled in, the welcome screen will be displayed the next time the user starts ISPW.

The following figure shows the welcome screen.

Welcome Screen

Field Descriptions

The following table describes each field for a user definition:

Field Descriptions

Field Name	Description
User	The TSO UserID, started task, or batch job name.
First Name	User’s first name(s).
Last Name	User’s last name(s).
Telephone	User’s Telephone number.
E-mail	User’s email address. It’s used to receive notification through the ISPW email interface.
Node	The node of the machine that the user is working on. This is used to receive notification through the ISPW email interface.
Department	User defined fields. The label for these is defined in M.ER.
Function
Last Logon	The date the user last used ISPW. It is set automatically by ISPW and cannot be changed.