LogData Manager
In order to offer our clients increased accessibility to the data collected with our mobile software packages, all data is accessed through a web interface. LogData Manager (LDM) provides users and managers a secure way of accessing their data “live” from anywhere with an internet connection.
Using LDM, managers are given total control over setting up the structure for data entry in all of our software packages. This includes, but is not limited to such things as:
- defining the mandatory and/or optional load header fields
- designing sort specifications
- populating load header field drop-down values
- defining the length of the sort code field (2-5 digits)
Managers have the option of controlling the level of enforcement on each of the validation rules for the header information and the logs. This enforcement can be one of three levels. Level 1 is a hard error message. This forces the user to enter a value that adheres to the specifications of the field. Level 2 is a soft error message. This warns the user that they have entered a value outside of the specification of the field, but the user can choose to bypass the error. Level 3 is completely open. Thus a user can enter any value into a field.
The system has multiple layers of security built into it. Access to the home page of the LogData Manager website is unrestricted. This provides an informative web page before the user continues on to one of the available Site Databases. Once the user chooses to enter one of the site databases login credentials are validated against the SQL Server 2005 site database users. The ODBC connection to the site databases requires a user specified username and password. If the provided user name and password are validated against the database the user is allowed to continue. If not, then the user gets an error message. User access is on a database by database basis. For example, with a client that is using the software at multiple sites a user might have access to the ”Site #1″ database, but might not have access to the “Site #2″ database, and so on.
User access to data synchronization is also restricted based on a SQL Server user name and password. LSM users will only receive data records assigned to them or records in which they have created. Security for data synchronization is also on a site by site basis. The following is our Levels of Security:
- Guest: Info Website Only.
- Viewer: View Company Data only.
- Company Manager: View/Modify/Delete Company Data only.
- System Manager: View/Modify/Delete All Data.
- Scaler/Tracker: Handheld Data Access View/Modify/Delete log data.
- System Admin: Total Access To Everything
Because LDM is web-based, there is no software installed on the user’s desktop; therefore users are not having to install updates to the software as it evolves – they always have the most up-to-date version of LDM available to them. This type of access also allows for both Ministry and custom reports to be created on the fly from any location.