An Authority sets user rights to limit the areas and features users can access, view, and edit.
Authorities allow organizations to limit system capabilities and personnel access. Multiple authorities can be created to allow and deny access to specific functions in the application.
Rule of Thumb:
When creating authorities break personnel by group, start broad, and consider what users need to access and how many different variations of access levels are required.
For example, create a few authorities to start that can serve multiple purposes, such as:
See parent topic Institution Focus for information pertaining to authorities when applied in an Institution Focus environment.