To Set the Access Level for an Object:In the Access tab page, the 'Range of Editable Access Levels' indicator bar provides a relative indication of the range of access levels that can edit the object. The shaded area represents the access levels that can edit the object, while the vertical bar represents your current access level. See: Overview of Oracle Workflow Access Protection.
The indicator bar can be shaded solid green, or shaded with any combination of solid green and crosshatch grey. If the "Allow modifications of customized objects" check box in the "About Oracle Workflow Builder" dialog box of the Help menu is:
Checked - The range of editable access levels can appear as a combination of solid green and crosshatch grey areas. The levels depicted by grey crosshatches represent levels that usually cannot modify customized objects, but can now do so because Oracle Workflow Builder is operating in 'upload' mode. Upload mode means that Oracle Workflow Builder can save your edits, overwriting any protected objects that you have access to modify as well as any previously customized objects.
Unchecked - The range of editable access levels appears as a solid green area. This indicates that when you save your work, Oracle Workflow Builder is operating in 'upgrade' mode, only saving edits to protected objects that you have access to change and leaving objects that have been previously customized untouched.
These two modes match the upgrade and upload behavior of the Workflow Definitions Loader program. See: To Set the Access Level for an Object and Using the Workflow Definitions Loader.
To Set the Access Level for an Object:In the Options region, use the 'Preserve Customizations' and 'Lock at this Access Level' check boxes to define the access levels that can modify this object. The options that you check in this region directly affect the values that appear in the Levels region.
The following table illustrates how the customization and protection levels of an object are affected when you check different combinations of these options. This table assumes that the user setting the options has an access level of 100.
Results of Access Option Combinations
| Selected Checkbox | Resulting Levels | Levels Allowed to Modify the Object |
|---|---|---|
| NONE - Object can be updated at any time, by anyone. | Customization = 0, Access = 100, Protection = 1000 | Object may be updated by any access level (0-1000). |
| Preserve Customizations - Disallow customized objects from being overwritten during a workflow definition upgrade. | Customization = 100, Access = 100, Protection = 1000 | Object may only be updated by access levels from 100-1000. If the "Allow modifications of customized objects" checkbox is checked, customized objects can also be updated by access levels 0-99, as represented by grey crosshatches in the indicator bar. |
| Lock at this Access Level - Protect the object at the current access level and do not allow the object to be customized. | Customization = 0, Access = 100, Protection = 100 | Object may only be updated by access levels from 0-100. |
| BOTH - Object can only be updated by the access level at which the object is protected. | Customization = 100, Access = 100, Protection = 100 | Object cannot be updated by any access level other than 100. If the "Allow modifications of customized objects" checkbox is checked, customized objects can also be updated by access levels 0-99, as represented by grey crosshatches in the indicator bar. |
Choose the Apply button to save your changes.
Note: An object appears with a small red lock over its icon in the navigator tree to indicate that it is a read-only object if you are operating at an access level that does not have permission to edit an object, that is, your access level is in a white area of the 'Range of Editable Access Levels' indicator bar.