User Home Page Role Restrictions
Law enforcement agencies, whether large or small, can have a handful to dozens or more roles in its agency. Employees’ roles typically only require them to do one specific job, but every time they log in, they are overwhelmed with all kinds of data, reports, and available actions that have nothing to do with their daily responsibilities. That’s where SAS Law Enforcement Intelligence enables you, as the administrator, to create a role-based Home page to enhance user convenience and efficiency.
In this post, I give examples of different possible user roles, images of what their Home page could look like, and show an instance of how the Home page could be configured with restrictions set for specific roles. This means that when a Home page is created, group restrictions are assigned to each component on the page. In this way, you design and manage a single Home page rather than creating multiple Home pages based on the different needs of groups that access the page.
Note: The SAS Law Enforcement Intelligence solution is built on SAS Visual Investigator with added domain-specific functionality and is highly customizable. Some components referred to in this configuration are available through the VI solution, while some are part of the SAS Investigation Content Pack which extends the functionality of SAS Visual Investigator by using solution extensions to make it relevant to law enforcement agencies.
Let’s first look at how the Home page can be configured with restrictions set for each specific role. First, I map out the roles and list which groups will have access to which components.
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Then, I drag the Cascading layout to the canvas. That ensures that the layout is adjusted automatically instead of displaying empty space in place of the hidden controls when restricted. Next, I add a two-column layout to the canvas and then filled it in by dragging all of the components to the canvas, no matter the role.
Last, I select each component and in the properties pane, under Group restrictions, I select the groups to which the component should be accessible. Here are some examples of what the configuration looks like when a group restriction is set on a New Object control.
Here are some examples of what the configuration looks like when a group restriction is set on other controls. When no Group restrictions are selected, the component is available to all roles.
Here is what the Home page looks like from the administrator’s view. It shows all of the components for every role all on one page.
The following are examples of the role-based Home pages with the controls available to the user as their assigned role.
An Intelligence reporter typically enters information received into the system through information reports. They could benefit with a Home page that allows for advanced form searches and saved searches. Here is what an Intelligence Reporter’s Home page could look like.
An Intelligence Supervisor ensures data standards by confirming information in reports are correct and complete, and by setting security levels on confidential information. It would benefit them to have a Home page that also contains create new supervisor level objects like investigation actions and evidence transfers. This is what an Intelligence Supervisor’s Home page could look like.
An Investigator collects intelligence and evidence related to crimes and probable suspects and updates the reports. They could benefit with a Home page that allows for creating an investigation or investigation action and the ability to modify evidence. This is what an Investigator’s Home page could look like.
Remember, these are just broad examples of Home page views for different roles based on their needs.
Again, this is one way SAS Law Enforcement Intelligence helps the administrator with design and managing a single Home page rather than creating multiple Home pages based on the different needs of groups that access the page. It’s a great way to enhance both administrator and user convenience and efficiency.
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