Control levels
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== Overview == The control level is the basic unit of system control and data management in Tower Grove Feed. A level is sometimes called a 'control unit'. In some contexts, it helps to think of it as a folder. Levels are organized hierarchically. When you log in to Tower Grove Feed, you log in at the level that your user profile is at. The base or root level is called the System level. Each client has a control level immediately under the System level and has at least one user profile at that level. The client may create an unlimited number of additional levels and assign user profiles to any of them. Levels control what data you can see and what data you can change. Each level (except the System level) has one or more ancestors and may have one or more descendants. Each object in the application is owned by a control level. In general you can see objects owned by your current level and its ancestors, but not its descendants. To see and change the data of a descendant of your current level, you can adopt the role of that descendant. You can adopt the role of any of the descendants of your user profile level. == Adopting a role -- changing your current level == Adopting a role is the same as changing your current level. When you log in, you will see that your current level is indicated at the top right center of the page. At the time of log in, the current level is the level of your user profile. The box in which the level name appears is a drop down that allows you to select any level available to your user profile, that is, any of the descendants of your user profile level. Only Tower Grove Feed personnel can log in at the System level. If no other levels appear in the drop down, then there are no levels subordinate to the one you logged in at. == User profiles == Each level may have one or more user profiles. To log into Tower Grove Feed you must have a user profile. When Tower Grove Feed sets up a new client, a level for the client is created just below the System level with a single user profile that has administrator rights. That initial profile can then create additional user profiles and additional levels. Tower Grove Feed staff can assist you in setting up your initial profiles and control levels. == Creating new user profiles == If you have administrator rights, you can create new user profiles either for the level you logged in at or for any of its adoptable roles. To create a new profile, click the Users link next to the level that you want to add a user to. That will bring up the Control Unit Users page where you will see the list of users that already exist at the selected level. From there you can click the New User button to create a new profile. == Creating a new level == == Uses of levels == == How levels protect your data ==
