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SIS 2000+ Group Editor

Sec. 2, View Groups 

2.2 Viewing Rules
In the opening screen of the Group Editor (Fig. 3), the user will be presented with a list of the groups that are currently defined, organized by level and type (student, staff, course). This list will be tailored to the type of user (district system administrator, school system administrator, faculty member) and their security privileges (see a discussion of security in Sec. 1). For example, a faculty member (who is not district or school system administrator) should only see the faculty level groups that they defined.

• If a group is district level, any user can view its collection or "use it as a filter" *.
• If a group is school level, any user assigned to that school can view its collection or use it as a filter.
• If a group is faculty level, only the faculty member that defined it and database administrators can view its collection or use it as a filter.

* Records from defined groups can be used to build other groups.

2.2 Screen Layout

Fig. 3

• Owner Type: -

a drop-down field for selecting which owner types will be displayed in the Selected Groups list below. Default is "All" owner types.
• Group Type: -

a drop-down field for selecting which group types will be displayed in the Selected Groups list below. Default is "All" group types.
• Selected Groups:

the list of groups selected according to the parameters set in the Owner Type and Group Type fields above. The list is sorted in ascending alphabetical order by the Owner field, then in ascending alphanumerical order by the Identifier field.
• Owner -

specifies the owner type of the group.
• Identifier -

specifies the identity of the owner using a school ID number or faculty ID number.
• Type -

specifies the type of group, such as Student, Faculty or Course.
• Group Code -

user-defined alphanumeric code.
• Group description -

the user defined name for the group.
• Method -

the method of collecting data for the group: "Manual" is a specific collection. "Dynamic" is a collection based on an SQL Query and is "time dependant."
 

• Owner Type

The owner type of a group is the type of user that this group has been assigned to in terms of permissions and authoring: District, School, or Faculty. Select an Owner Type to view or select "All" owner types (default).


Fig. 4


Fig. 5 - Sample filter: only "School" owner types are displayed in the list
 

• Group Type

There are three types of groups, named according to the type of data they contain: Student, Faculty, or Course. Select a Group Type to view or select "All" types (default).


Fig. 6


Fig. 7- Sample filter: only "Faculty" group types are displayed in the list.
 

• Combination

Select a combination of parameters from the Owner Type and Group Type fields to narrow down the Selected Groups list even further (Fig. 8)


Fig. 8 - Sample filter: only "District" owner types that are "Student" groups are displayed in the list.
 
 

2.4.1 From the Selected Groups list, select (highlight) a group to viewed (Fig. 9).


Fig. 9

2.4.2 Click on the Show List command button to view the collection of Members of the selected group (Fig. 10).


Fig. 10

2.4.2 Exit View
Click on the Close command button to exit the view and return to the main screen.
 
 

• New

See Sec. 3, "Define A Group"
• Edit

This button will only activated when a group name is selected (highlighted) in the Selected Groups list. See Sec. 4, "Edit/Delete A Group"
• Delete

This button will only activated when a group name is selected (highlighted) in the Selected Groups list. See Sec. 4, "Edit/Delete A Group"