NSA TUG 2022 Article | Kathy Lundquist

SARE SA Operator Menu Security Report

Quick – how many of your users have access to run GLAY GL Year End?  Who can run OEEPI Invoice Processing?  Did you know there is a standard CSD report than can generate a list of function security levels for operators?  This report has been available pre-CSD but many system administrators are not aware it exists or how to use it.

This report includes ranges only, no options.

You can select for one or all operators (leave operator blank).

You can select for all security levels (leave blank), a specific level, or a range of levels.

You can select for one or all functions (menu access.)

Following are some examples for how SARE can be run.

 

This illustrates how to run for all operators who can run GLAY year end, a function which should be restricted.

SARE sample report shows too many operators can run the year end function:

This is an example of looking for menu items a specific operator has access to within the ICA – IC Administrator menus:

SARE report sample:

For a complete list of the menu access settings for an operator, rather than using the SARF report, you can do an export from SASO from the Function Security tab:

Sample SASO Export to Excel file:

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