User Scenarios

The introduction of data ownership will change how you use your SeisWare project. There are several ways that you can set up a project and its users, depending on the types of projects you use. You may have large regional projects with many users, or you may have small projects where a single user imports all of the data, and completes all of the interpretation, with no other users involved. It's important to think about how you want to set up your projects before you create new users.

In order to create users, or set the default behavior for automatic user creation, you'll need to have the role of Administrator. Users can be manually created in the User Properties window by opening the Detailed User Properties dialog. Default behavior to automatically create new users can be set in the Login Configuration window.

Here are several common scenarios when setting up users in a project, as well as information on how to achieve each one.

• Creating a Large Regional Project with Multiple Users
• Creating Usernames that are Specific to Roles, and not Individuals
• Having an Identical Workflow to SeisWare 8.0
  
  

Creating a Large Regional Project with Multiple Users

In this scenario there is one large project that is being shared by many users, including data managers, technologists, managers, and interpreters. As each user works they will create data that is owned by them, and will be able to limit their view to only data that is owned by them, as well as master data that is being shared by everyone. When a project is first upgraded, user with the role of Administrator will need to set up the project for all of the users, and then an Administrator or Data Manager will be able to assign all of the existing data to the appropriate Owner.

There is a lot of data in a project that will be common to all users. This will include seismic and well data, as well as some culture data, raster images, and perhaps grids and horizons. When a project is upgraded to SeisWare 9.0 all existing data will be assigned the owner "Default". You can create a new Username of "Master" and change the ownership of all of the data that needs to be shared by all users to "Master".

You can then create individual Usernames for all of the people who'll be using the project and assign them the Role of "Standard". If there is any data in your upgraded SeisWare project that belongs to a specific user, you can change the ownership of that data as well.

Every user that accesses a project can then create a User Filter  in which they can select the user "Master" as well as themselves. As Standard users they won't have permission to alter any of the "Master" data, however they can use it to create interpreted horizons, attribute volumes, grids, etc. that are owned by them alone. They will also be able to copy "Master" data, as well as data created by other users, although the other users will have to be added to the User Filter before their data is visible.

As Data Mangers continue to add new data to projects, they will need to be mindful of who owns the data they're loading, and make sure that they are Impersonating the correct user. All common data can be loaded while Impersonating "Master", and all other data can be loaded while impersonating a specific user. If a Standard user loads data, it will belong to them.

Creating Usernames that are Specific to Roles, and not Individuals

You may want to have multiple users associated with a role, instead of having each user having their own Username. For example, there may be multiple people importing data, but you'd like them all to login with the Username  "Technologist", and a Role of "Data Manager". In this case, you can create a Username in the Detailed User Properties which has multiple logins associated with it.

Having an Identical Workflow to SeisWare 8.0

When a project is upgraded to SeisWare 9.0 all data is assigned the owner "Default". You can continue to have all new data assigned the owner "Default" by making sure your Login Configuration is set to Without logins will be logged in as user "Default". With this selected, everyone who logs into the project will have the same Usernameand Role.

Because you will automatically be assigned the role of Administrator you will be able to change the name "Default" to your name or the name of your company. You can also remove the User and Role Bar from your Main Launcher from the View menu.

Also See

• User Properties
• Data Ownership
• User Roles