If you create a new user record right after having displayed or created another user record, the system prompts you to use the previous user's record as a prototype for the new one you are creating.
If you use the prototype record, the system populates the fields in the new user record with the information, authorizations, and assignments from the previous record. Edit these settings as needed.
To use prototyping to create user records:
From the System > System Files > User Control menu, select User Maintenance to display the User Maintenance window.
Note: You must be assigned the USER.MAINT.ALLOWED authorization key to access this window.
Display the user record to use as a prototype.
From the File menu, select New to display the Enter New User ID prompt, then type the new user ID and click OK.
The system displays the following prompt: Use [record ID] as a prototype?
Note: The system also displays this prompt when you press Esc to exit the displayed record.
At the prompt, enter Yes.
The system copies the authorization, account, and branch assignments from the previous user record. You can change these assignments, as needed.
Change the information displayed in the remaining fields, as needed, for the new user.
For example, enter the new user's name, address, and birth date.
Save the user record.
The system displays the Password Maintenance window.
Create a password for this user.
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