Last Update: January 24, 2017

User Permissions Affecting System Administration and Maintenance

The functions related to system administration and maintenance can be configured to reveal features to some users and hide them from others. This is done by granting/withholding permissions to user types in VOTER FOCUS ADMIN > User Permissions. (See How to Enable/Disable Features in Voter Focus for instructions.)

Permission Name

Secured Feature

User Interface Elements Shown/Hidden

AdminOverrideLock

Allows user to unlock a locked record, such as a voter registration, precinct, or place record.

User attempting to access locked record will see a message asking if they want to unlock it.

ChangePrecinct

Allows user to run the batch program that changes precinct IDs in the system.

IMPORTANT  This permission should never be granted to general users and the Change Precinct ID program should not be run without the guidance of VR Systems.

The Change Precinct ID program in System Utilities on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

FvrsBulkXfrs

Run the FVRS Bulk Transfers program.

The FvrsBulkXfrs button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

FVRSElecFiles

Important Note: This function is no longer used.

Run the program that sends elections files to FVRS.

The State Election Files button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

FvrsNotes

Run the FVRS Notes program.

The FvrsNotes button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

FvrsUpload

Run the FVRS Upload program.

The FvrsUpload button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

FvrsUploadImages

Run the FVRS Upload Images program.

The FvrsUploadImages button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

IntegrityCheck

Run the Integrity Check program.

The Integrity Check Routine button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

RenewVR

Important Note: This function is no longer used.

Allows user to run the RenewVR application. This permission should be restricted to system administrators. Only one instance of RenewVR should be run at any given time on the county system.

The Renew Voter Focus button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

ShowCurrentUsage

Allows user to see who is on the Voter Focus system and what programs they are running.

The Show Current Usage button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

SystemCodes

Maintain selected tables in the Voter Focus database.

The System Codes button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

SystemOptions

Maintain system options and view options set by VR Systems.

The System Options button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

SystemUtilities

Run all programs on the System Utilities dialog except Change Precinct ID (for which you need the permission ChangePrecinct).

The System Utilities button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

UserPermissions

Maintain users, user types, and permissions granted to user types.

The User Permissions button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

VRDashboard

Allows non-SYSAD users to access VR Dashboard.

SYSAD users do not need this permission. They are automatically granted the ability to see VR Dashboard.

The VR Dashboard icon in the user's system tray.

VRScheduler

Start VRScheduler.

The VRScheduler button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.