6.03.00 Logging into Databases

You can require users to log into a database to protect a database from unauthorized use.  The database Administrator can assign specific Access Levels, limiting what a logged-in user can access.  See the next article for details about Quick Bid's built-in security.

For Application Managed Users, a Quick Bid Login dialog is displayed when a protected database is opened.  The user must enter a login name and password to gain access to the database.  

When logging in, the user can check the Remember Login name and password check box.  This way, the user will not need to remember his or her User Name and Password each time they launch the application. 

For Domain-added users, when a database is set to "Login Required" - the Windows Login info is automatically passed to Quick Bid and the user will not see the login screen.

To set a database to require logins

• The database must have at least one use with Administrator rights, see Estimators for assistance with setting up estimators and logins.

• Open Database Properties (right-click on the database in Bids Navigator and select "Properties" or use the "Open Databases" dialog box to open the database properties)
• Click on the check box for Logins Required
• Enter in the user name and password for the database Administrator to adjust this setting
• The database closes, then re-opens at the login screen
• Enter in appropriate user name and password and click OK

• Quick Bid database logins (Application Managed Users) are separate from any network or SQL logins required to access the database or computer.  On Center Software does not have access to these logins or passwords, only the Database Administrator does.  Your Administrator can use Windows Authentication when adding employees to allow for Single-Sign on.  Please review Estimators for more assistance.

To share the database(s) among multiple users, please see Sharing Databases for more information.

When using logins, specific rights (Access Levels) may be assigned to each estimator, the next article explains how to setup these Access Levels and assign them to employees.

Setting Estimator Access Levels