Before you create data and users, plan how you want to set up the database and the user accounts. The topics in this section provide information about planning your database.
Organizing data
Think about how the database will be used before you start to create projects, folders, and modules. You can rearrange the hierarchy, but not when users are accessing the data.
Planning user accounts and groups
You can manage user accounts and groups in IBM® Engineering Requirements
Management DOORS®
(DOORS),
or you can use the Rational® Directory Server. Whichever
solution you choose, take time to plan your user accounts and the naming conventions you want to use
for users and groups. If naming conventions are followed consistently, it is easier to manage users
and groups, and to manage access controls on data.
User account types and the Administrator user in DOORS
The type of user account that you have controls what you can do in IBM Engineering Requirements
Management DOORS
(DOORS);
for example, whether you can create projects or archive data. The Administrator user account is a special administrative account that bypasses all access rights
checks. Each DOORS
database has only one Administrator user.