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9
Plan Master Setup Options
The security for your agency’s WinTen² programs is made up of data areas, security roles, and
user accounts. You should carefully plan your data areas and security roles before using the
Master Setup program and the WinTen² system.
Topics addressed in this chapter include:
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Plan Data Areas
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Plan Security Roles
Plan Data Areas
There are three primary considerations when planning your agency’s data areas:
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Types of tenants: Your agency will have one data area for each type of tenant for
whom your employees have distinct security permissions.
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Accounting data area: Your agency will have one EXE data area for accounting
information.
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WinTen data areas: If your agency already has data areas set up under the WinTen
system, you may (or may not) choose to keep your existing data areas.
This section discusses these three considerations.
Note:
Most agencies plan their data areas in close consultation with Tenmast when first
upgrading to or installing WinTen². After your data areas are set up, you will rarely
need to change them.
The primary function of data areas in WinTen² is simply to group tenants together based on
security considerations. You can use different security permissions for your employees to work
with different groups of tenants. Your agency will have one data area for each group of tenants
for whom your employees have distinct security permissions.
For example, your agency may have one set of employees who work only with Section 8
tenants and another set of employees who work only with public housing tenants. In this case,
you would create one data area for Section 8 and one for public housing. You would then give
the appropriate security permissions to each group of employees (users). Your Section 8
employees would have no access to tenant information in the public housing data area, and vice
versa.
You would need the same separate data areas if some of your employees worked with both
Section 8 and public housing tenants, but had different permissions for working with each group.
Hint:
If appropriate, you might have any number of additional data areas for different types of
tenants, such as one for tenants in a new construction project.
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