Administration of Clarity™

Overview:

The Administration of Clarity course is directed toward the end-user that will maintain the application on a day-to-day basis from an administrative and security standpoint. This course will cover the security model, building and maintaining security groups and associations, building the OBS, setting up and running the Datamart, configuration of look-ups, auto-numbering, skills definition, setting project management defaults, as well as system password options. Financial Administration and Studio are not included in this course.

Description:

Training Method: 
SPT:   Self-Paced Training 

Hosting 
CA Clarity SPT courses require a Learning Management System (LMS) to run.  If you do not have an LMS that supports SCORM (Sharable Courseware Object Reference Model) on which to run the SPT courses, CA can host the courses for you on a remote LMS you can access over the Internet. There is an additional 20% yearly fee associated with this hosting service. 

Maintenance 
The fee for the CA Clarity SPT courses provides access to the current version only. Maintenance can be purchased to allow access to future versions. There is an additional 20% yearly fee associated with this maintenance service. 

Who Should Attend: 
Application Administrator 
Project Management Office 
Security Administrator 
System Administrator 

Prerequisites: 
None 

You Will Learn How To: 
Create users and security groups 
Establish OBSs 
Setup the Datamart 
Manage system options 
Configure lookups 
Set password options 

Course Activities: 
Review Quizzes 

Recommended Next Courses: 
None 

For Managers: 
CA Technology Services is committed to providing the most effective training for you and your staff to ensure a quicker ROI for the products your organization has purchased. This course is designed for those IT professionals who will manage the Clarity application on a day-to-day basis.   Proper product training will ensure administrators of the system will be able to create users, maintain appropriate security, and manage timesheet periods and other functionality that is typically not given to the end-user. This class is for those users who will be responsible for the maintenance of the system on an on-going basis. 

Course Agenda: 
1 – Introduction 
Course Goals and Objectives 

2 –Organization and Access 
Resources 
Groups 
Creating an OBS 
Attaching Instances to an OBS 
Using an OBS for Access Rights 

3 – General Settings 
Environment Parameters 

4 – Data Administration 
Reporting Options 
Auto-numbering 
Lookups 
Reports and Jobs 
Rooms and Equipment 
Skills Hierarchy 

5 – Project Management 
Timesheet Settings 
Document Templates 
Settings, Calendars and Methods 

6 – Quiz 
Assessment #1