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Actions

Action: ACTIONS

This is the master list of all the operations that ProfitSystem performs. Many of these actions appear in the Permissions tab of the Security Groups/Permissions form.

There is normally no reason to add or delete or edit any actions from this list.

This form allows users transfer to a form, menu or program within ProfitSystem. It also may be used to allow users to perform specific sensitive tasks or start external programs from the Quick Launch menu from the ProfitSystem main menu.

Actions may be optionally logged for user activity tracking.

Use this form tell ProfitSystem to track each time an action is performed. You will need to locate the action CODE of the action you wish to log.

For example, you want to track whenever someone deletes a ticket line item or a ticket. The action code is VOID, and the description is Void Ticket. Locate the action in the list and check the Log successes to access this& option. Now, when you go to Log form you'll see entries each time someone deletes a line item or ticket.

ProfitSystem can include a special menu with links to external programs (such as Windows calculator, etc.) To add programs to this Quick Launch menu, click Add on the Actions form and fill in the fields as follows:

  • Action code: 10 character code that describes the program (CALC for the calculator, for example)
  • Description: Description of the program.
  • Name: The full path to the EXE file (C:\WINDOWS\CALC.EXE)
  • Type: External App
  • Allow Transfer: None
  • Quick launch: Checked
  • Allowable operations: X
  • Show for: 32767
  • Notes: Description concerning the action and it's features.

Fields

The actions/transfer form has two checkboxes 'Log successes to access this?' and 'Log failures to access this?'. Successes are logged as 'Access' and failures as 'Auth failure' for the Action/Task the options are checked for.

Log successes to access this...If checked, ProfitSystem will put an entry in the Log each time someone performs this action.

Log failures to access this...If checked, ProfitSystem will put an entry in the Log each time someone tries to perform this action, but was unable to supply the correct SA ID and password.

Action code...The code shown when setting up security, and on the username/password prompt if security is enabled . Description...What the action is.

Name...Either the action code, or the full path and name of an EXE file to be run when the action is invoked.

Type...Either Form, Application, Program, Function, or External App.

Allow Transfer...Either ProfitSystem, WinTPS, Neither or Both. Controls whether this action appears on the Transfer form.

Quick Launch...If checked, the option shows up on the Quick launch menu.

Allowable operations...Should be an X if you can set security for this action.

Show for...Controls whether the option will show up. Should be 96 for most options.

Notes...Longer description of the action.

To create a Quick Launch to a Web Site

  • Add a new Action
  • Give it a descriptive short code for the action code.
  • Set the Name to the URL (http://google.com for example)
  • Set the Type to External App
  • Set Allow Transfer to None
  • Check Quick Launch
  • Set Allowable operations to X
  • Set Show for to 32767
  • Save your changes and restart the ProfitSystem