General Tab

Well Explorer > Contractor Tab > Contractor Properties

A Contractor is a service company, which operates a fleet of rigs or work units. The fields in the General tab are used to specify a name that identifies the rig Contractor, as well as, to provide additional information related to the Contractor.

Details Area

Contractor

Enter the name of the Contractor in this field. This name uniquely identifies the Contractor and is displayed in the Well Explorer. No two Contractors can have the same name. If the Locked check box is activated, the Contractor must first be unlocked to edit this field.

Division and Group

These additional fields are used for informational and reporting purposes.

Start and End Date

The Start and End dates define the period of time in which the Contractor is active.

Contact

Enter contact information in this area (e.g., company representative name, address and telephone number).

Passwords

Passwords can be used to prevent users from making changes to data by locking the data at various levels. The locking of data in OpenWells® software is applied to the EDM™ database and therefore will be applicable to any applications using the database. Data locking can be performed from the properties dialog box.

For data locking purposes the General tab of Contractor Properties contains two buttons, Contractor Level and Locked Data, and a Locked check box. These are used to lock data at the Contractor level and to set a locked data password for any node in the Contractor hierarchy (Rigs, Rig Operations and Rig Equipment).

Contractor Level

To lock the Contractor:

Click the Contractor Level button in the Passwords area of the General tab.

The Change Contractor Level Password dialog box appears.

If it is a new password, only the New Password and Confirm Password fields will be available. If a password is being changed the Old Password field will also be available.

This password will then be required if a user wants to deactivate the Locked check box in the Contractor Properties window and make changes.

Once the password is set, activate the Locked check box to lock the contractor properties and prevent unauthorized changes to the data.

The Contractor level data will be unavailable for editing or deletion. Data below the Contractor level will still be available for editing.

Locked Data

Click the Locked Data button. The Change Data Locked Password dialog box appears.

If it is a new password, only the New Password and Confirm Password fields will be available. If a password is being changed the Old Password field will also be available. The old password us be entered as well as the new password.

The password will then be required if a user wants to deactivate the Locked check box in the Rig Properties windows and make changes.