The various scope levels in N4 are Global, Operator, Complex, Facility, and Yard. If you have authorization to work at only the lowest scope level (Yard), N4 gives you immediate access at that scope level. However, if you have authorization to work at a higher scope level, such as a Facility or a Complex, N4 displays the Site Selection form. You can use this form to select the login scope level.
The scope level at which you log in determines the data that is available to you in N4. You can only access data that exists at that or a lower scope level. See Scope levels for more information. In general, the system administrator sets up the user name and password and assigns privileges and scope level.
The scope level also determines the menu options that are available when you log in to N4. For example, if you log in at the Operator level, N4 does not display the Gate menu because you cannot perform any gate transactions at the Operator scope level.
To log in at the Global scope level:
In the Site Selection dialog box (that appears after you enter your Username and Password in the N4 Login dialog box), locate the Operator drop-down list, and select -.
N4 automatically selects - in the other drop-down lists.
Click Go!.
To log in at the Operator or a lower scope level:
From the Operator drop-down list, select the operator ID.
From the Complex, Facility, and Yard drop-down lists, select the appropriate IDs.
The values in the drop-down list for each lower scope level depend on the higher scope levels selected.
Click Go!.
For example, if a user selects the values as shown in the graphic below, the user is logged in at the MAIN yard of the BROADWAY facility in the HQ complex belonging to the operator NAVIS.
However, if a user has authorization to work at the Complex level and does not want to select a specific Facility or Yard scope level, the user can select - from the drop-down list, as shown in the graphic below.
In this example, by not selecting a Facility, the user logs in at the Complex scope level and can access data for all the facilities and yards configured for the complex.