Setting Terminals to Require Passwords After Inactivity or Pick Up Now Orders

For terminals that multiple people have access to, such as at your sales counter or in your warehouse, you can set the terminal to require a password to access the system on that terminal under the following circumstances:

After the time set in the Seconds Of Inactivity Before Requiring Relog control maintenance record has passed with no activity at the terminal.
After completing an order with a Pick Up Now status.

Setting a terminal to require a password prevents employees from using the terminal under someone else's login name, and also allows faster access to the application because the application is still running. When the user returns to the terminal and enters their password, the system returns them to the window they were in.

For example, set individual terminals to lock access to windows each time a sales order with a Pick Up Now status is completed, giving the employee an opportunity to walk away from the terminal to gather the items for the customer standing at the counter.

You can lock a terminal at anytime by selecting Lock Solar from the File menu.

To set a terminal to require a password after inactivity or pick up now orders:

From the System > System Files menu, select Terminal Setup to display the Terminal Setup window.

Do one of the following to find the terminal ID for which you want to set password requirements:
- Right click, select Search, and enter the terminal ID.
- Click the ID column header to sort the terminals alphabetically.
In the ReLog column for the terminal, indicate whether to allow employees to create orders at a counter terminal under someone else's login name.
- Yes - Logs the user completely off the system each time they complete a sales order with a Pick Up Now status, selects File > Next Item, or uses Ctrl . (period) to start a new order. The next user must enter a user name and a password to access the system. If an order is still open and displayed in the Sales Order Entry window, the system does not log the user off.
In addition, if you set the ReLog column to Yes, the system requires the user to enter their user name and password to log in after the terminal is inactive for the time specified in the Seconds Of Inactivity Before Requiring Relogcontrol maintenance record.
- No -The system does not log users off each time they complete a sales order.
- Lock - Locks the terminal after the user completes a sales order with a Pick Up Now status, selects File > Next Item, or uses Ctrl . (period) to start a new order. The user is still logged in to the system, and all the windows that were open remain open. However, the user must enter their password to regain access to Solar. The advantage to setting this field to Lock is that the user can start working from where they left off when the terminal was locked.
In addition, if you set the ReLog column to Lock, the system requires the user to enter their password to access the system after the terminal is inactive for the time specified in the Seconds Of Inactivity Before Requiring Relog control maintenance record.

You can lock a terminal at anytime by selecting Lock Solar from the File menu.
Save your changes and exit the window.

To manually lock a terminal:

From the File menu, select Lock Solar to require a password for Eclipse or any open application.

The system displays the This Solar Eclipse client has been locked prompt, which indicates which user's password is required to access the application.