Understanding Change Control Security

Using the Security component, you can assign users one of three Change Control access levels, depending on how much authority you want them to have. This table describes the available access levels:

Change Control Access Level	Description
Restricted access	Restricts users from locking or unlocking definitions. When Change Control locking is enabled, users with restricted access can open PeopleSoft Application Designer development definitions in read-only mode only. Users are also unable to view or update definition histories.
Developer access	Allows users to lock any unlocked definitions and to unlock any definitions that they have locked. They can then manipulate definitions as they are allowed to in their security profile. Users can also view and enter definition history comments.
Supervisor access	Allows users to unlock any locked definitions, regardless of who locked them. They can also access the Change Control Administrator dialog box, in which you lock and unlock all definitions at one time and enable and disable Change Control locking and history.

If Change Control locking is disabled, these access levels have no security value. If history is disabled, users with developer and supervisor access can still view the History dialog box, but users with restricted access cannot.

Remember that Change Control is based on user ID. If developers all share the same user ID, then Change Control offers no advantage in control because each developer can modify definitions that are locked by others.