- Systems are multi-user, menu-driven, run on Windows platform
- Almost all modules are integrated and have common behavior
- DBMS used with systems are MS-SQL, MySQL, MS-Access
- Reports/Listings are displayed on the screen with formatting tools and printing facility
- Multiple reports can be displayed on the screen in separate windows and the user can switch in between such document windows
- Reports/listings are saved on disk, in standard text file format, for use with other applications such as Spreadsheets, Word processors, e-mail sapps etc
Security of Data and System Functions
- Central system to authenticate users for each module. One such user will be assigned with administrative status
- System access logs and use of critical events in each module are recorded in the central password tool
- Access to options (E.g. menus, important buttons, critical areas etc.) available in systems can also be controlled by allocating them to appropriate users by the administrator
- User ID is recorded with transactions
- Transactions to be recorded as ‘Unconfirmed’ or ‘Confirmed’. Once confirmed transactions cannot be modified later
- Data backup & Restore facility is available in each software module