Create Object List

Create Object List panel

How to Get There

From the Exit Point Manager Main Menu, select option 4 to display the Work with Security by Object panel. Select option 1 to display the Work with Object Lists panel, then enter a 1 in the Opt column on the first line of the Work with Object Lists panel. You can enter the Object List name, type, and description in the blank lines or press Enter to display the Create Object List panel.

What it Does

The Create Object List panel allows you to create an Object List. An Object list is simply a list of names of objects. These lists of objects are attached to Users or Locations on Object Rules. These rules help protect objects from outside access.

Field Descriptions

Object List

Enter a name for the Object List.

Type

Specify the type of the Object List. An Object List can be one of the following types:

QSYS

The list contains objects in an IBM i library.

IFS 

The Object List contains objects from the IFS.

To select an Object List type, press F4 to display the Select Object List Type window. Highlight a list type and press Enter to save your selection.

Select Object List Type

ASP Group

This is the name of an ASP Group. It is used in rule evaluation to determine if an object referenced in a transaction is the one specified on the object entries for this list.

Valid values:

*SYSBAS The Object List entries refer to those objects in *SYSBAS.

*ALL The Object List entries refer to those objects in any namespace.

Description

Enter a brief description of the Object List.

When you press enter to add the Object List, the message Object List successfully created displays at the bottom of the Work with Object Lists panel.

Command Keys

F3 (Exit): Exit the screen without processing any pending changes.

F4 (Prompt): Displays a list of possible values from which you may select one.

F12 (Cancel): Exit the screen without processing any pending changes.

 

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