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CENTRAL® for iMenu v100

Menu Management Made Simple . . .

Sarbanes-Oxley Resource Page - click here CENTRAL® for iMenu v100 offers extensive, flexible and secure menu management capabilities across one or more System i servers. Whether you have a single System i or a network of systems, you can enroll any number of users and effortlessly manage what each one does. Individual users see only the options they need.
 

Regardless of your organization's size and complexity, users are enrolled in minutes. Changes take only seconds, without having to involve your technical staff.

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Whether your company is growing or changing, CENTRAL® for iMenu v100 can easily handle virtually any System i menuing issue you may face.  You can efficiently organize what your users can access by assigning - and reassigning - options to your users in just seconds. CENTRAL® for iMenu v100's secure user interface lets your users access available options and function keys easily and navigate quickly between applications without losing their place. They can even select an option on one System i server to run an application on another System i server within your network.

As an administrator, you can view the "active" users at any given time, noting what applications they are in, when and how often they visit them. Use this information to monitor the workflow of your employees, or to determine which applications are no longer being used or visited. During times of unscheduled shutdowns, you can notify the list of active users, request them to exit, and ultimately log them off completely if they have not responded.

CENTRAL® for iMenu v100 makes managing menus so simple by providing a rich array of advanced features. Administrators can create option groups, function key groups, and "template" users to simplify and speed up the time required to add new users.  They can also customize menus for individuals within groups, control the look of menus and submenus, and manage up to 250 libraries per option. CENTRAL® for iMenu v100 supports centralized management of multiple divisions or multiple language menus. Its network capabilities include one-time user sign-on, even if the user chooses an option that runs on another server. CENTRAL® for iMenu v100’s exit points and batch submission support enhance its flexibility.

In summary, CENTRAL® for iMenu v100 will enable you to:

  • Spend less time managing users’ menu options and authorities
  • Transfer menu tasks to non-technical personnel with confidence
  • Control access to sensitive options
  • Work with actively logged-on users from the administrator screen
  • Standardize management of all menus, including packaged applications
  • Easily manage complex set-ups involving multiple systems, divisions or locations
  • Centralize or decentralize menu administration, as needed
  • Handle any menuing challenge caused by changing company structure
  • Create user-customized menus
  • Define “Group Job” options
  • Extend option commands
  • Define your own command keys
  • Use exit points to customize menu administration tasks
  • Make changes available to users immediately—no signing off
  • Produce audit reports that outline:

    • what changes have taken place over CENTRAL® for iMenu v100 files
    • what option assignments a user had at particular point in time
    • what option assignment changes have taken place (within a designated date range)
    • what users have accessed a specific option (within a designated date range)