{"id":696,"date":"2012-03-29T17:55:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ravtrack.com\/GPStracking\/?p=696"},"modified":"2012-04-11T21:06:07","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T21:06:07","slug":"restricting-client-views-of-tracked-objects-in-ravtrack-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ravtrack.com\/GPStracking\/restricting-client-views-of-tracked-objects-in-ravtrack-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Restricting client views of tracked objects in RavTrack PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When using RavTrack PC for multiple clients or departments it may be convenient to restrict the ability of a particular client to track or view only specific assets.\u00a0 For instance if you are tracking police, fire, and public works vehicles you may want supervisors from each of those individual departments to see only the vehicles within their department.<\/p>\n<p>Currently RavTrack PC allows you to set the viewing privileges on a WorkStation by a WorkStation basis.\u00a0 In the future we anticipate a version of RavTrack PC will allow you to set these privileges on a user by user basis.<\/p>\n<p>To set a WorkStation client priveleges there are essentially three basic tasks involved.<\/p>\n<p>First, create specific groups of vehicles and add the pertinent vehicles to the proper group.<\/p>\n<p>Second, set the WorkStation capabilities to view just the specific group appropriate for that WorkStation.<\/p>\n<p>Third and most importantly fix the user capabilities for the WorkStation so that a particular user cannot override the settings.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the detailed steps involved for each task.\u00a0 Perform these as an administrator user.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Create groups and assign vehicles to particular groups<\/span>.\u00a0 In RavTrackPC there is a default group named &#8220;everyone&#8221; where all vehicles or tracked assets are automatically assigned as members of the group.\u00a0 You may assign vehicles or other tracked objects to another group of your choice.\u00a0 These objects will all remain as members of\u00a0 the everyone group as well, but any specific object or vehicle cannot be a member of more than one additional specified group.\u00a0 Plan your groups accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>If the group you want does not already exist, from the main menu bar in RavTrack PC choose file . program properties . program operations tab . click on the button &#8220;add a user group&#8221; naming it however you prefer.\u00a0 Save and exit program properties.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ravtrack.com\/GPStracking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/image4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/ravtrack.com\/GPStracking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/image_thumb4.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" width=\"547\" height=\"447\" \/><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To add a a vehicle to your group, first find the vehicle you want to add to the group in the database window on the left hand side of the main screen.\u00a0 If you can&#8217;t find the vehicle ensure you have selected &#8220;everyone&#8221; and no filters are used.\u00a0\u00a0 Double click the vehicle name and the Edit Object Properties window will appear.\u00a0 The vehicle name should already be in the appropriate box, simply pull down the group name (immediately below) and add the vehicle. (Hint: To add a lot of vehicles you can scroll through a series of IDs on the left side). Save and Exit the window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ravtrack.com\/GPStracking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/image5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/ravtrack.com\/GPStracking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/image_thumb5.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" width=\"494\" height=\"515\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Restrict the workstations&#8217; view to a particular group.<\/span> From the main menu bar in RavTrack PC choose &#8220;User Groups&#8221;.\u00a0 The list will show all available groups. \u00a0Simply check the group(s) you want to allow to be viewed.\u00a0 Ensure the group &#8220;Everyone&#8221; is not checked.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ravtrack.com\/GPStracking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/image2.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fixing a users abilities so they cannot override the settings<\/span>.\u00a0 You must ensure that each user has a login on only the appropriate workstations, and that they are forced to log in\u00a0 User logins may be shared amongst your users at your option.\u00a0 Ensure the user login privileges are restricted as appropriate for their status.\u00a0 From the main menu bar in RavTrack PC choose file . program properties . 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Create a user name and password, check the &#8220;Require user to login upon program start&#8221; box, and check the appropriate privilege boxes for the users&#8217; status within your organization.\u00a0 In the example below the user can only acknowledge alert and run reports.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ravtrack.com\/GPStracking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/image6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/ravtrack.com\/GPStracking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/image_thumb6.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" width=\"547\" height=\"456\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You are finished.\u00a0 Should you have any questions, or suggestions for future enhancements, please feel free to contact us, and thank you for being a RavTrack user!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When using RavTrack PC for multiple clients or departments it may be convenient to restrict the ability of a particular client to track or view only specific assets.\u00a0 For instance if you are tracking police, fire, and public works vehicles&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[53,79,52],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - 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