## User Roles

This screen contains the functionality that will allow PPS-N Supervisors to decide which users should be allowed to do more than just view the VA
Department of Veterans Affairs data. There are five user roles associated with the PPS-N application that is associated with a Security Key in the associated Vista system.

Role | Security Key | Description
PPS National Viewer | PSS_PPSN_VIEWER | This role is designed for a user who needs access to PPS-N to view drugs and their attributes. This user can used the search features and can pull up and view drugs but cannot modify drugs and cannot add new drugs to the system. The user can use advanced search and create their own person search templates and can use the FDB First DataBank Search features to search FDB. This user does have the ability to submit a change request for a drug. This user will be able to view of all the data screens in PPS except for the Migration screens. This user has the ability to view and create reports.
PPS National Second Approver | PSS_PPSN_ SECOND_APPROVER | This role contains all the functionality of a PPS National Viewer. This role also allows a user to conduct a second approval on items that are in the Pending second approval state. The user can go to the Request A user action that a PEPS Item (OI, Product Item, or NDC Item) addition or modification be considered by the PNM for updates within the PEPS enterprise database. menu and search for all requests, they can choose and look at any request but they can only approve or disapprove the ones that the National Mangers marked as available for second approval. They will know which ones these are because the table containing the requests has a column that indicates a PPS Second approver can approve the request.
PPS National Manager | PSS_PPSN_ MANAGER | The PPS National Manager is the role that controls the normal processing of drug items. This role contains all the functionality of the PPS National Second Approver plus the ability to add and approve all items such as products and NDCs and the ability to add and approve of new domains such as generic names, ingredients, drug classes, etc. This role also allows the user to lookup new items in FDB and adds them to the PPS-N EPL Enterprise Product List. This role allows the user to save and retrieve partially modified items.
PPS National Supervisor | PSS_PPSN_ SUPERVISOR | This role contains all of the permissions of a PPS National Manager. In addition, the role contains the ability to configure the PPS-N System by configuring when the auto-update process from STS Standards and Terminology Services and FSS Federal Supply Schedule will occur or by manually starting the auto-update process and turning on or off the override of sending synch messages to Vista. In addition this role allows the user to create system level advanced search templates and delete those templates that other users have created. This role can also delete partially saved items that other users have saved.
PPS National Migrator | PSS_PPSN_MIGRATOR | This role contains all the permissions of the PPS National Viewer plus the ability to perform all of the migration tasks. The user must have this role for the migration tab to be visible on the screen.

Each user of the PPS-N will need at least one of these roles (Note that user’s can be assigned multiple roles). When the user first logs into the PPS-N application, they will get the permissions of PPS National Viewer only even if they have been assigned additional roles in their associated Vista system. Before they can access the functionality of those additional roles, a PPS-N Supervisor must access this screen and check the checkbox giving them the appropriate role.

#### User Role Fields

· Username: This is the full name from the New Person file in Vista.

· DUZ
A value that identifies a specific end-user signed into the VistA system. The DUZ is being replaced by the VPID but is still in use.: The IEN
Internal Entry Number for the user form the New Person file in Vista.

· Location: The Vista Instance Number (or Location Number) for the Vista that houses this user. The combination of the DUZ and the location field uniquely identify a user.

For the last four columns, the field is blank if the user does not have this security key assigned to them in their Vista System. If the user is given the security key, then when the user first logs in the checkbox will become visible but unchecked. A PPS-N Supervisor much check the box for the user to gain the permissions of the role.

Submit button: Saves the changes made in the table to the database.

Cancel
An undo action in a GUI (“cancel” is not an action on an order). button: Reloads the page from the contents of the database.