To obtain the rights on a screen or report, invoke the Screen Definer or Report Definer with the name of the object and save it. Normally, you obtain the rights automatically when you modify the object; you do not have to make any modifications to obtain the rights. If someone else has promotion rights on that object, a warning message indicates that the rights are held by someone else and that you cannot promote it.
There are no rights assigned to objects created with the Report Generator (reports, rules, and report tables). These can be claimed (that is, saved) using a definer tool. The first time that one of these objects is saved, the promotion rights are assigned to the saver or group. Alternately, the rights can be obtained using the
MANAGE_RIGHTS tool. For more information, refer to
Chapter 13, Management of Promotion Rights.