Customizing with Group Feature

With the additions of version 6.0 and 6.5 of Solomon IV, we have a new feature which allows us to assign a customization to a group. Previously we could assign customization to an individual or to all, but not to a specific group.

To access this feature, you must have all Solomon screens closed, and be logged in as a user who has access to this area. I typically log in as user: sysadmin.

From the menu at the top choose Customize, then Select Level, and you will see this screen:

When selecting a group, you must populate the group field. Groups can be edited or created with you mouse showing focus on the group field, then F3 key, then select Add button.

By design this list of people in a customization group is not the same screen you get for controlling group access rights (i.e. Utility > Group) which is screen 95.280.

Now that you have selected the customization group, any customization you create will be applied to the screens loaded by members of this group.

When applying customizations to screens, you are asking Solomon first to load the standard screen, then to load customizations which are created for all users, groups of users, or single users. Hence customized screens always take a little longer to load than non customized screens.

This new level of creating customizations works very well for the need to create a common customization for a department, say Order Entry or Receiving. By keeping your customizations only to the groups that really need they special screen changes, you can speed up loading screens for all users who do not have special customizations.