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Siebel Security Guide > Configuring Access Control > About Access ControlAccess control is the term used to describe the set of Siebel Business Applications mechanisms that control user access to data and application functionality. When reviewing the access control topics, determine how the terminology and concepts presented here correspond to your company's internal terminology and structure. The topics in this chapter explain the mechanisms and their general use, but you will have to decide during the planning stage how to combine the mechanisms to meet your business and security requirements. In Siebel Business Applications, a screen represents a broad area of functionality, such as working on accounts. Each screen is represented as a tab at the top of the window. In the example below, the Accounts screen is displayed. Each screen contains multiple views to provide different kinds of access to the data. To the user, a view is simply a Web page. Within a view, the user can see lists of data records or forms, presenting individual or multiple records, and sometimes child records. (These lists and forms are referred to as applets in a configuration context.) Each view (or grouping of views) is represented by text in the link bar below the screen tabs. For example, Figure 6 shows the Account List View, which corresponds to the applet title My Accounts (the current visibility filter selection). Multiple view modes provide access to different views that filter the data differently. In the Account List View, the current user can view accounts owned or assigned to this user. This view includes an Accounts list and an accompanying form with detail for the selected account. Choosing All Accounts from the visibility filter displays the All Account List View instead—assuming the user has access to this view. Access control elements include the following:
The sections that follow examine access control further:
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