Menu Path
Administration > Security > Multi-org Security
Description
Multi-organization security (MOS) is a feature that allows the system administrator to set up separate, secured, logical databases within the organization. There is one logical database for each organization; however, there is still one physical system database. To activate MOS, you must set the MULTIORG installation parameter to YES. After activating MOS, you cannot deactivate it. Depending on the type of security set up, the system does not allow users to view or influence data from organizations to which they do not belong.
With MOS, the system becomes more user-driven, rather than user-group driven, making it possible for users to have different roles. Associate users with more than one organization and establish a default organization for that user. The system automatically displays the user's default organization at login, which can be changed to any organization to which the user has access. To switch organizations after login, simply log out and log back in as the new organization. After logging in to a specific organization, users can view and influence data specific to all the organizations to which they have access and all information defined as common, which is information accessible across all organizations and users.
When inserting new records, the system automatically associates the record to the organization of the current login session; however, users can change the organization to any organization to which they have access.
Using multi-organization security (MOS), establish record-level security for system forms depending on the organization of the record. To utilize record-level security for a form, first activate MOS capability for the entity associated with each function.