Location extensions may also be used within the application to provide a level of security within an organization, primarily within Vendor roles. In this instance, it would be possible to assign users to specific Location Code + Extensions to permit the parent company to restrict a user’s visibility to specific documents.
When a CAGE Code extension is established, the GAM , HAM , or SAM will be able to indicate whether that extension will or will not have EDA access for that CAGE Code. This will result in a situation within the WAWF Vendor folders (Reject folders (INV / RR), History folder, Vendor View Only) where a user registered against a CAGE Extension that does not have permission to view EDA data will not be provided with the Contract Number hyperlink in the folder view.
Additionally, to further restrict EDA access, any specific user who has Self Registered with an Extension may be denied access to the EDA Contract Information.
A second, and not obvious security capability, is that based upon the EDA toggle mentioned above, an extension may have documents restricted from their view. For example, it is possible for a user registered against a CAGE Extension to create a Receiving Report. The parent CAGE can then use that document and create an Invoice for billing purposes. Normally, WAWF will link those two documents together based upon the Shipment Number and display them both on the same line within the folder views. However, when a user at the CAGE Extension views their document folder they will not be able to see the Invoice that has been created against the Extensions Receiving Report. The parent CAGE will be able to see both documents since they do not have the EDA access restriction.
Lastly, the EDA toggle will be used to hide financial related data from an Extension with the toggle set to, "No EDA Access" when using the functionality to create one document from another or creating a document from a template. Provided the original document or template has this data, it will be restricted from view when a new document is created.