Understanding Action Security

Action security enables you to secure the buttons that enable users to perform particular actions, such as adding, deleting, inquiring, revising, or copying a record. These buttons typically reside on the toolbar in a form. Do not confuse these buttons with buttons that are located on other parts of a form.

You can define action security at the application, version, and form level. You cannot define action security at the subform level. As an alternative, you could define column security at the form level (power form level) and every instance of the data dictionary item (either on the power form header or subform grid) follows the defined security.

Oracle recommends that after you add action security to an application, you should test the application to make sure that the security works as desired. For example, adding action security to an Add or OK button in some applications that have editable grids does not prevent users from adding new records or modifying existing ones. For these applications, you would have to add additional security to the application as well.

See also:

• Managing Push Button, Link, and Image Security.

• Managing Hyper Exit Security.