Setting Up Compliance Mode

Setting up Compliance mode should be performed by your IT team. It requires administrative rights and a clear understanding of your network operating system.

The task involves creating several required V-Comp user groups for your computer or domain, and then adding users to those groups. Once the groups are defined, the program automatically operates in Compliance mode.

V-Comp User Groups

There are three (3) user groups for Compliance mode: VCompAdmins, VCompEditors, and VCompUsers. Optionally, you can define an additional user group, VCompResearchers, for research users within the Compliance setting who are not restricted by Compliance requirements.

The table below shows the features that group members can access.

Feature	VCompAdmins	VCompEditors	VCompUser	VCompResearchers
Run a batch of files	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Add & remove files from batch	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Select setups	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Edit options	Yes	Yes		Yes
View & manage report folders	Yes	Yes		Yes
View & manage setup folders	Yes	Yes		Yes
Create & edit setups	Yes	Yes		Yes
Edit logging options	Yes			Yes
Check for program updates	Yes			Yes
Edit configuration	Yes

Creating User Groups

The program requires at least one of the V-Comp user groups to be defined in order to run in Compliance mode. V-Comp user groups can be defined for your computer or for your entire domain using tools provided by the operating system. This is typically done by information technology personnel because it requires administrative rights.

The advantage of defining the user groups at the domain (network) level is that the groups are defined for all computers on the domain at the same time. If you define the user groups on an individual computer, those groups are available only on that computer.

Below we describe how to create user groups on a Windows server, on a Windows computer, and on a Mac computer as examples. The specific methods you need to use may differ depending on the version of the operating system you are working with.

After you have defined the user groups and added users to them, V-Comp will detect the groups when it starts up and operate in Compliance mode automatically.

Windows Server User Groups

Follow these steps to define user groups for an entire network or domain. Note: if you use this technique, you do not need to define user groups on each individual computer.

On a domain server, launch the "Active Directory Users and Computers" administrative tool.
Right click the "Users" folder in the left panel and choose New->Group. The New Group dialog is displayed.
Type VCompAdmins for the group name and click OK.
Once the group is created, double-click the group in the list to display the Properties for the group.
Click the Members tab and click Add to select members for the VCompAdmins group. You should have at least one user in the VCompAdmins group. Members can be added by typing user names, or by using the dialog's search features.
Repeat this process for the VCompEditors, VCompUsers, and VCompResearchers groups, adding appropriate users to each group.
Once the groups are created and users are added to them, the program will automatically use Compliance mode when it starts up and is connected to the domain.

Windows Computer User Groups

Follow these steps to define user groups for an individual Windows computer. Note, if you already defined user groups for your domain, you do not need to define the groups again for each computer.

On a Windows 7 computer, right click Computer and choose "Manage". For Windows 8 and newer, right click the Windows button (lower left) and choose "Computer Management". The Computer Management app will display.
Expand "System Tools" and "Local Users and Groups" in the left panel.
Right click the "Groups" folder and choose "New Group". The New Group dialog is displayed.
Type VCompAdmins for the group name and enter a description for the group.
Click Add to select members for the VCompAdmins group. You should have at least one user in the VCompAdmins group. Members can be added by typing user names, or by using the dialog's search features.
Click Create to create the new local user group.
Repeat this process for the VCompEditors, VCompUsers, and VCompResearchers groups, adding appropriate users to each group.
Once the groups are created and users are added to them, the program will automatically use Compliance mode when it starts up on that computer.

Mac OS X User Groups

Follow these steps to define user groups for an individual Mac OS computer.

On a Mac OS computer, launch System Preferences. Choose "Accounts" or "Users and Groups", depending on the version of the OS.
Click the lock icon to authenticate to make changes. This will require administrative rights.
Click the "+" button under the list of users and groups. The "New Account" dialog is displayed.
Change the New Account type to "Group".
Type VCompAdmins for the group name and click "Create Group".
Select the users you want to be members of the VCompAdmins group. You should have at least one user in the VCompAdmins group.
Repeat this process for the VCompEditors, VCompUsers, and VCompResearchers groups, adding appropriate users to each group.
V-Comp will run in Compliance mode the next time it starts.