Password Definition
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Where it fits in?
                                                                        This program lets you assign passwords against various functions that can be performed within SYSPRO programs and to configure operator passwords.
 
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                                                                                    This program is accessed from the SYSPRO Ribbon bar: SYSPRO Ribbon bar > Setup > Passwords > Password Definition
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 Restrictions and Limits
Restrictions and Limits
                                                                        - You need to have system administrator privileges before you can configure or change operator passwords (i.e. the group to which you belong must be defined as a System administrator).
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 FAQs
FAQs
                                                                         Which special characters are allowed within SYSPRO passwords?
Which special characters are allowed within SYSPRO passwords?
                                                                                You can use any characters from the ASCII character set within your SYSPRO password.
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 Hints and Tips
Hints and Tips
                                                                        - To ensure that this program is used effectively, you should deny operators access to this program from within the Operator Groups program.
- To maximize the effective use of passwords, you can force operators to change their passwords at prescribed intervals as well as specify rules for defining passwords.
Referencing
 Menu and Toolbar
Menu and Toolbar
                                                                    | Field | Description | 
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| Edit | |
| Edit Password | This opens the Admin Password System window to let you define or change the password for the currently highlighted entry. | 
Function
Accounts Payable
 AP Posting to a previous month
AP Posting to a previous month
                                                                            This password restricts access to posting Accounts Payable transactions to a previous period.
 AP Entry of GRN matching value exceeding allowed GRN variance
AP Entry of GRN matching value exceeding allowed GRN variance
                                                                            
This password restricts access to overriding the warning message displayed when the maximum GRN variance defined is exceeded (Setup Options > Configuration > Financial > Accounts Payable).
A GRN variance occurs during GRN matching in the AP Invoice Posting program when there is a difference between the supplier's invoice value (net of tax, freight and miscellaneous charges), and the total merchandise value of the GRN line(s) selected to match.
This applies to stocked and non-stocked items matched to GRNs.
 AP Override on expected costs percentage variance (LCT system)
AP Override on expected costs percentage variance (LCT system)
                                                                            This password restricts access to overriding the acceptable cost percentage variance when using the AP Invoice Registration program to apportion LCT elements.
The password is requested when you select Yes at the LCT Apportionment message, indicating that the value of actual costs exceeds the expected costs percentage.
The acceptable cost percentage variance is defined against theExpected for account payable posting setup option (Setup Options > Preferences > Distribution > Purchase Orders).
 AP Maintenance of credit management notes
AP Maintenance of credit management notes
                                                                            This password restricts access to maintaining Management notes for a supplier using the following programs:
- Supplier Query
- Suppliers
This does not prevent the notes from being displayed.
Accounts Receivable
 AR Posting to a previous month
AR Posting to a previous month
                                                                            This password restricts access to posting Accounts Receivable transactions to a previous period.
 AR Viewing of customer profits in Customer Query
AR Viewing of customer profits in Customer Query
                                                                            This password restricts access to viewing customer profits using the Customer Query program.
The Show Profits option in the Customer Query program is only enabled when this password is defined.
 AR Maintenance of credit management notes
AR Maintenance of credit management notes
                                                                            This password restricts access to maintaining Management Notes for a customer using the following programs:
- Customer Query
- Customers
This does not prevent the notes from being displayed.
 AR Posting a payment in Payment and Adjustments
AR Posting a payment in Payment and Adjustments
                                                                            This password restricts access to posting a Payment transaction using the AR Payments and Adjustments program.
 AR Posting an adjustment in Payments and Adjustments
AR Posting an adjustment in Payments and Adjustments
                                                                            This password restricts access to posting an Adjustment transaction using the AR Payments and Adjustments program.
 AR Maintaining an invoice in the invoice browse
AR Maintaining an invoice in the invoice browse
                                                                            This password restricts access to maintaining entries in the AR Invoices for Customer listview. It is requested once only during a run of the AR Invoices for Customer program.
 AR Deletion of customers
AR Deletion of customers
                                                                            This password restricts access to deleting a customer using the following programs:
- Browse on Customers
- Customers
 AR Re-establishing of invoices
AR Re-establishing of invoices
                                                                            This password restricts access to the Re-establish function of the AR Payments and Adjustments program, which enables re-entering details of an invoice that is no longer held on file.
Cash Book
 CB Posting to a previous month
CB Posting to a previous month
                                                                            This password restricts access to posting Cash Book transactions to a previous period.
General Ledger
 GL Maintenance of auditors' adjustment journals
GL Maintenance of auditors' adjustment journals
                                                                            This password restricts access to adding and maintaining Auditor's adjustment type journals using the GL Journal Entry program.
Assets
Asset delete
Inventory Control
 Inv Posting to a previous month
Inv Posting to a previous month
                                                                            This password restricts access to posting Inventory transactions to a previous period.
 Inv Override on inventory cost variance
Inv Override on inventory cost variance
                                                                            This password restricts access to making receipts and costs changes which exceed the Acceptable cost variance percentage defined (Setup Options > Configuration > Distribution > Inventory).
The password is requested for the following:
- Cost changes made to individual items using the Inventory Movements program. - It is - not requested for bulk cost changes (e.g. cost changes made using the Inventory Price-Cost Percentage Change or Transfer BOM Costs to Warehouse Costs programs).
- Receipts where the receipt cost of the item exceeds the cost held on file by the allowable variance specified. - Receipts include receipts from Work in Progress and Purchase orders. - This does not apply to receipts if your costing method is set to Standard costing, as items are receipted at standard cost and therefore no variance occurs. 
 Inv Purge function in serial tracking
Inv Purge function in serial tracking
                                                                            This password restricts access to the Serial File Purge program, which is used to delete serial numbers and/or serial number transactions from the serial number file.
 Inv Receipts
Inv Receipts
                                                                            This password restricts access to the Receipts function of the Inventory Movements program.
 Inv Adjustments
Inv Adjustments
                                                                            This password restricts access to the Adjustments function of the Inventory Movements program.
 Inv Issues
Inv Issues
                                                                            This password restricts access to issuing items from inventory for miscellaneous purposes using the Expense Issues function of the Inventory Movements program.
 Inv Physicals
Inv Physicals
                                                                            This password restricts access to the Physical Count function of the Inventory Movements program.
 Inv Cost changes
Inv Cost changes
                                                                            This password restricts access to changing the cost of stock items on hand using the Cost Changes function of the Inventory Movements program.
 Inv Warehouse transfers
Inv Warehouse transfers
                                                                            This password restricts access to the following functions of the Inventory Movements program:
- Transfers OUT
- Transfers IN
- Immediate Transfers
- No Destination Transfers
 Inv Backflushing
Inv Backflushing
                                                                            This password restricts access to the Backflushing function of the Inventory Movements program.
 Inv Place GRN on hold when in inspection
Inv Place GRN on hold when in inspection
                                                                            This password restricts access to placing a GRN on hold when selecting the Hold GRN option from the Inventory Goods in Inspection Query program.
 Inv Override 'over receipt' from inspection into stock
Inv Override 'over receipt' from inspection into stock
                                                                            This password restricts access to receipting a traceable item that requires inspection into stock when using the Purchase Order Inspection program.
This occurs when the quantity accepted is greater than the order quantity, by the percentage defined against the Acceptable quantity over/under supply setup option (Setup Options > Preferences > Distribution > Purchase Orders).
The percentage variance is calculated as follows:
                                                                                        
Where the result is less than zero:
A warning is displayed that the entered receipt quantity exceeds the order quantity, by the percentage defined against the Acceptable quantity over/under supply setup option.
When selecting OK to continue, the password defined here is requested.
Product Configurator
 Product Configurator Library maintenance
Product Configurator Library maintenance
                                                                            This password restricts access to updating or adding a new configuration library when using the Configurator Wizard program.
This does not restrict access to maintaining existing libraries using the Product Configurator Browse on Libraries program.
Product configurator orverride stocked parent list price
Purchase Orders
 PO Maintenance of purchase orders
PO Maintenance of purchase orders
                                                                            This password restricts access to maintaining an existing purchase order using the Purchase Order Entry program.
 PO Maintenance of purchase orders created by requisition system
PO Maintenance of purchase orders created by requisition system
                                                                            This password restricts access to using the Purchase Order Entry program to maintain a purchase order which was created using the Requisition Create Purchase Orders program.
 PO Maintenance of purchase orders which are 'in process'
PO Maintenance of purchase orders which are 'in process'
                                                                            This password restricts access to using the Purchase Order Entry program to maintain a purchase order which is in a status of 0.
 PO Maintenance of purchase orders which have been printed
PO Maintenance of purchase orders which have been printed
                                                                            This password restricts access to using the Purchase Order Entry program to maintain purchase order lines on a purchase order which has been printed.
his includes:
- Adding lines
- Changing lines
- Canceling lines
 PO Override on 'under supply' of a purchase order
PO Override on 'under supply' of a purchase order
                                                                            This password restricts access to setting a purchase order line to Complete, when the quantity received is less than the purchase order quantity.
The option to mark a purchase order line as complete is displayed when using the Post function of the Purchase Order Receipts program.
This password is only applied when the Acceptable quantity over/under supply percentage is greater than zero (Setup Options > Preferences > Distribution > Purchase Orders).
 PO Override on 'over supply' of a purchase order
PO Override on 'over supply' of a purchase order 
                                                                            This password restricts access to setting a purchase order line to Complete, when the quantity received is more than the purchase order quantity.
The option to mark a purchase order line as complete is displayed when using the Post function of the Purchase Order Receipts program.
This password is only applied when the Acceptable quantity over/under supply percentage is greater than zero (Setup Options > Preferences > Distribution > Purchase Orders).
 PO Override on early/late supply of a purchase order
PO Override on early/late supply of a purchase order
                                                                            This password restricts access to using the Purchase Order Receipts program to receipt a purchase order line, when the receipt date is calculated to be over or under the number defined in the Days permitted for early/late supply setup option (Setup Options > Preferences > Distribution > Purchase Orders).
 PO Allowing receipt into stock using a zero purchase order price
PO Allowing receipt into stock using a zero purchase order price
                                                                            This password restricts access to using the Purchase Order Receipts program to receipt a purchase order line when the Receipt cost is zero.
 PO Purge function in LCT system
PO Purge function in LCT system
                                                                            This password restricts access to purging archived shipments using the Shipment Archiving program.
 PO Allowing change of purchase order details in LCT system
PO Allowing change of purchase order details in LCT system
                                                                            This password restricts access to increasing and saving the Quantity shipped for a shipment line in the LCT Shipment Maintenance program.
Increasing and saving the Quantity shipped automatically changes the related purchase order.
 PO Allow LCT 'calculate new cost' program to update costs
PO Allow LCT 'calculate new cost' program to update costs
                                                                            This password restricts access to updating the warehouse costs using the Calculate New Landed Cost program.
The password is requested when selecting the Start Processing function if the Update warehouse costs calculation option is enabled.
 PO Cancelling purchase orders
PO Cancelling purchase orders
                                                                            This password restricts access to cancelling an entire purchase order by selecting the Cancel P/order function in the Purchase Order Entry program.
The password is not required when cancelling individual order lines.
 PO Inspection
PO Inspection
                                                                            This password restricts access to using the Inspection function in the Purchase Order Receipts program to receipt purchased items into inspection.
Sales Orders
 SO Entry of detail lines for non-stocked items
SO Entry of detail lines for non-stocked items
                                                                            This password restricts access to adding or maintaining a non-stocked item in the Sales Order Entry program.
 
                                                                            This password restricts access to releasing an order from a status of
  
- Sales Order Entry
- SO Release from Suspense
- Dispatch Note Maintenance
 SO Changing prices
SO Changing prices
                                                                            This password restricts access to changing sales order prices when:
- adding or maintaining a sales order using the Sales Order Entry program.
- adding or maintaining stocked quotation lines in the Quotations program.
 SO Cancelling sales orders
SO Cancelling sales orders
                                                                            This password restricts access to cancelling a sales order by selecting the Cancel Order function the Sales Order Entry program.
 SO Changing sales order discounts
SO Changing sales order discounts
                                                                            This password restricts access to changing sales order discounts when adding or maintaining a sales order using the following programs:
- Sales Order Entry
- Quick Sales Order Entry
This does not apply to non-stocked items.
 SO Entry of credit notes
SO Entry of credit notes
                                                                            This password restricts access to processing a credit note in the Sales Order Entry program.
The password is only requested for the first credit note processed during the run of the program (i.e. it is not requested for each credit note processed).
 SO Adding serial numbers in Sales Order entry
SO Adding serial numbers in Sales Order entry
                                                                            This password restricts access to the addition of serials when using the Bins, Lots & Serial Allocation program which allows you to add new serial numbers to allocate or reserve against the order line.
This password applies when the Bins, Lots & Serial Allocation program is called from the Sales Order Entry program.
It does not restrict the allocation of existing serials.
 SO Change original sales value for hierarchical SO line
SO Change original sales value for hierarchical SO line
                                                                            This password applies to hierarchical sales orders and restricts access to selecting to update the Sales value for the heads or sections of an hierarchy using the P&C Distribute Sales Order Value program.
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 SO Changing customer request date for sales order
SO Changing customer request date for sales order
                                                                            This password restricts access to changing the Customer request date field when adding or maintaining a sales order in the Sales Order Entry program.
 SO Printing invoices in batch print
SO Printing invoices in batch print
                                                                            This password restricts access to printing and reprinting invoices in batch mode using the Document Print program.
 SSO Printing delivery notes in batch print
SSO Printing delivery notes in batch print
                                                                            This password restricts access to printing and reprinting delivery notes in batch mode using the Document Print program.
 SO Printing order acknowledgments in batch print
SO Printing order acknowledgments in batch print
                                                                            This password restricts access to printing and reprinting order acknowledgements in batch mode using the Document Print program.
 SSO Reprints in batch print
SSO Reprints in batch print
                                                                            This password restricts access to reprinting any sales order documents in batch mode using the Document Print program.
If a password is also set against printing a sales order document (including dispatch notes) then when reprinting the document, the password for printing the document is requested, followed by the password for reprinting the document.
 SO Maintenance of sales orders
SO Maintenance of sales orders
                                                                            This password restricts access to maintaining sales orders using the Sales Order Entry program.
 SO Maintenance of sales orders 'in process'
SO Maintenance of sales orders 'in process'
                                                                            This password restricts access to resetting sales orders which are in a status of 0 - Order in process using the Sales Order Entry program.
 SO Cost margin override in Sales Order Entry
SO Cost margin override in Sales Order Entry
                                                                            This password restricts access to overriding the Minimum price percentage above cost (defined in the Setup Options program) when:
- adding a line on a sales order.
- adding a line with a zero unit cost on a sales order or on a quotation line.
 SO Maintenance of dispatch note lines
SO Maintenance of dispatch note lines
                                                                            This password restricts access to using the Dispatch Note Maintenance program to change or cancel a dispatch note line, and to cancel an entire dispatch note.
 SO Batch dispatch note print
SO Batch dispatch note print
                                                                            This password restricts access to printing and reprinting dispatch notes in batch mode using the Document Print program.
It does not restrict access to printing dispatch note SCT transfers.
 SO Place dispatch note on hold
SO Place dispatch note on hold
                                                                            This password restricts access to changing the Dispatch note status to H -On hold using the Dispatch Note Maintenance program.
 SO Release dispatch note from hold
SO Release dispatch note from hold
                                                                            This password restricts access to changing the Dispatch note status from H -On hold to another status using the Dispatch Note Maintenance program.
 SO Allow credit in excess of original invoice
SO Allow credit in excess of original invoice
                                                                            This password restricts access to increasing the value of a credit note beyond the current value of the original invoice using the Sales Order Entry program.
For example:
The original invoice value was 1000.
The customer paid 700 off this invoice, leaving a balance of 300.
If you try to raise a credit note (linked to this invoice) for more than 300, then this password is requested.
This does not apply to credit notes created from the Return Merchandise Advice system (RMA Issues and Receipts).
A password for RMA credit notes can be defined against the password option: SO RMA Allow credit in excess of original invoice.
 SO Changing prices in Quick Entry
SO Changing prices in Quick Entry
                                                                            This password restricts changing sales order prices when adding or maintaining a sales order using the Quick Sales Order Entry program.
This does not apply to non-stocked items.
 SO RMA Allow credit in excess of original invoice
SO RMA Allow credit in excess of original invoice
                                                                            This password restricts access to increasing the value of a credit note, created in the RMA Issues and Receipts program.
For example:
The original invoice value was 1000.
The customer paid 700 off this invoice, leaving a balance of 300.
If you try to raise a credit note (linked to this invoice) for more than 300, then this password is requested.
 Counter Sales/Point of Sale Changing the float value
Counter Sales/Point of Sale Changing the float value
                                                                            This password restricts access to using the Counter sales - Point of Sale Entry program to change the float value against a cash drawer.
 Counter Sales Entering cash discounts
Counter Sales Entering cash discounts
                                                                            This password restricts access to using Discount option in the SO Counter Sales program to apply a cash discount as part of the payment.
 Counter Sales Entering adjustments
Counter Sales Entering adjustments
                                                                            This password restricts access to using Adjust option in the SO Counter Sales program to adjust payments received to match the invoice total.
 
                                                                            This password restricts access to using the Counter sales - Point of Sale Entry program to pay money which is not attributable to a customer, or an invoice, out of a cash drawer.
 Counter Sales/Point of Sale Taking cash in
Counter Sales/Point of Sale Taking cash in
                                                                            This password restricts access to using the Counter sales - Point of Sale Entry program to receive money that is not attributable to a customer, or an invoice, into a cash drawer.
 Counter Sales/Point of Sale Opening the cash drawer
Counter Sales/Point of Sale Opening the cash drawer
                                                                            This password restricts access to using the Counter sales - Point of Sale Entry program to open a cash drawer without printing an invoice.
SYSPRO Point of Sale
 Point of Sale Line maintenance
Point of Sale Line maintenance
                                                                            This password restricts access to the Change Line option of the Counter Sales - Point of Sale Entry program.
 Point of Sale Cancel line/order
Point of Sale Cancel line/order
                                                                            This password restricts access to cancelling a line or an entire Point of sale order when using the Counter Sales - Point of Sale Entry program.
 Point of Sale Add non-stocked line
Point of Sale Add non-stocked line
                                                                            This password restricts access to adding a non-stocked line when using the Counter Sales - Point of Sale Entry program.
 Point of Sale Change order discount
Point of Sale Change order discount
                                                                            This password restricts access to changing the discount for a Point of sales order when using the Counter Sales - Point of Sale Entry program.
 Point of Sale Change price code
Point of Sale Change price code
                                                                            This password restricts access to changing the price code for an order line when using the Counter Sales - Point of Sale Entry program.
 Point of Sale Change price
Point of Sale Change price
                                                                            This password restricts access to changing the price for an order line when using the Counter Sales - Point of Sale Entry program.
Work in Progress
 WIP Posting to a previous month
WIP Posting to a previous month
                                                                            This password restricts access to posting Work in Progress transactions to a previous period.
 WIP Completing a job if outstanding po's/materials/operations
WIP Completing a job if outstanding po's/materials/operations
                                                                            This password restricts access to using the following programs to set a job to Complete, when there are outstanding materials or operations to be issued to the job, or outstanding purchase orders against the job:
- Job Receipts
- Job Closure
- Part Billings
 WIP Override on gross profit check in Part Billings
WIP Override on gross profit check in Part Billings
                                                                            This password restricts access to overriding the gross profit margin check warning in the Part Billings program.
This applies when the Calculate and check gross profit option is enabled, and the gross profit calculated is higher or lower than the percentages defined (Setup Options > Configuration > Manufacturing > Work in Progress).
 WIP Posting to a completed job
WIP Posting to a completed job
                                                                            This password restricts access to posting transactions to a job which is already set to Complete.
This is a transactional based password, which means the password is requested every time you try to post to a closed (completed) job.
Restricted transactions include the following:
- Issuing to a completed job using the Job Issues program. 
- Posting labor to a completed job using the Labor Posting program. 
- Issuing stock from a sub-job to a completed job and issuing a reworked item back to a completed job using the WIP Inspection program. 
- Processing a receipt for a completed job using the Job Receipts program. 
 WIP Inspection
WIP Inspection
                                                                            This password restricts access to the following:
- Posting from the listview of the WIP Inspection Maintenance program.
- Changing any WIP inspection reference using the WIP Inspection program.
 WIP Setting WIP inspection reference on hold
WIP Setting WIP inspection reference on hold
                                                                            This password restricts access to changing the hold status of a WIP inspection reference from the listview pane of the WIP Inspection Maintenance program.
 WIP Maintain scrap inspection quantity
WIP Maintain scrap inspection quantity
                                                                            This password restricts access to the Scrap function of the WIP Inspection program.
 WIP Accept into stock as alternate stock code
WIP Accept into stock as alternate stock code
                                                                            This password restricts access to accepting a stocked item into stock as an alternate stock code when using the Accept function of the WIP Inspection program.
 WIP Deleting a job
WIP Deleting a job
                                                                            This password restricts access to deleting a job using the following programs:
- Job Review
- Browse on Jobs
- WIP Query
A job cannot be deleted using the Job Entry program, as you cannot delete the job you are currently maintaining.
This is a transactional based password, which means the password is requested for each job you try to delete.
Material Requirements
 MRP Initial build schedule extract
MRP Initial build schedule extract
                                                                            This password restricts access to the Processing options within the Initial Build Extract program.
 MRP Preventing exclusion/inclusion of jobs in Job Review
MRP Preventing exclusion/inclusion of jobs in Job Review
                                                                            This password restricts access to including or excluding jobs from action in the Job Review program.
Lot Traceability
 Lot Traceability Hold maintenance
Lot Traceability Hold maintenance
                                                                            This password restricts access to the Lot on hold option in the Lot Number Maintenance program.
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