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When a user manually overrides a history record of a field (for which authorization is enabled), a pending authorization is generated for that field, for that security, and for the selected effective date. In addition, the system sets the release level of that entity security to incomplete. It is important to note that the entity security release level is updated (to incomplete status level) only if the most recent history record is edited. If a non-recent history record is updated, a pending authorization is generated for that effective date but the entitysecurity's release level is not changed. The reason for this is because the release level is always based on the most current definition of a security's s history (most recent history date). If the security is already fully released (or ‘Complete’ ) it indicates that the most recent history is free of exceptions and pending authorizations. Therefore, only an override to the most recent history record creates a pending override and resets the security's release level to incomplete whereas overrides to a non-recent history record only generate a pending authorization for that date.
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Set Up Field Level Authorization in Data Strategy Settings
RDC Reference Data Strategies support changes to field level settings to allow configuration differences of the same field.
To set up field level authorization:
- In Portfolio Reference Data Center, from the left navigation, select Setup > Data Strategies.
You see the Data Strategies workspace with the available list of data strategies. - Select the data strategy in which the field you want to generate authorization resides.
- On the Home tab, in the Manage group, click Edit. Or, double-click the field.
You see the Edit Data Strategy wizard. - Select the Fields tab.
You see the Field Settings page with the available list of Fields groups with their respective fields. - Select the Authorization Needed check box corresponding to the field for which you want to generate the pending authorization request.
When you edit/override the field value, the system does not append the field value to the master record until someone else authorizes the change. And also the system sets the entitysecurity's release level status to incomplete. Click Save & Close to save the changes.
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