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Access Control List Administration for MAS Returns

User Guide

Version 1.1

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REVISION NOTICE

Revision Number Date 1.0 August 2014 1.1 February 2020

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ABBREVIATIONS

Abbreviation Full Text

ACL Access Control List

LO Liaison Officer

MAS Monetary Authority of Singapore

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Abbreviations ................................................................................................................ iii

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Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1

Minimum System Requirements ...................................................................................... 1

Procedures ..................................................................................................................... 2

A. Login ............................................................................................................................................... 2

B. Return List ...................................................................................................................................... 3

C. Returns ACL Page ............................................................................................................................ 4

D. Logout ............................................................................................................................................ 8

E. Session Timeout ............................................................................................................................. 9

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ................................................................................... 10

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INTRODUCTION

Access Control List (ACL) Administration facility is available at the MASNET website to enable the MASNET Liaison Officers(LO) to grant users (in their own institution) access to MAS Returns.

This document specifies the system requirements and procedures for maintaining the ACLs.

Only M A S N E T L i a i s o n O f f i c e r ( L O ) c a n a c c e s s t h i s s e r v i c e . For assistance, please contact MASNET Helpdesk.

MINIMU M SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

1. Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 or higher.2. Registered MASNET Web ID.

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PROCEDURES

A. Login

1. Go to MASNET website, https://masnet.mas.gov.sg/

2. Enter the user name and password (Figure 2). Click <Submit> button to proceedwith the login session.

Figure 2: MASNET Login Page

3. Upon successful login, please click “Admin" > "LO Access Control Administration" link,Then click "Here" under "MAS Returns".

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Figure 3: MASNET Main Page

Figure 4: LO Access Contol Administration

B. Return List

All MAS Returns, that your company are expected to submit to MAS, are listed as in below sample page (Figure 5).

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Figure 5: Return List

C. Returns ACL Page

To administer the Access Control List (ACL) for a return, click on the “Administer”hyperlink of the corresponding return name. This will redirect you to the ACL pagefor that particular return.

The following is a sample ACL Page for a Return (Figure 6). The list of userscurrently granted access to the return will be displayed. From this screen, you mayadd, edit and delete users.

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Figure 6: Return ACL Page

1. Add User

To add users, click on the <Add User> button. The user information form will be displayed.

You may add users based on their user id or their user name. Select the user to be added from the appropriate drop-down boxes. The drop-down list will contain your company users with MASNET Web IDs registered with MAS.

Some returns are submitted for particular business units of your company. For example, some bank returns are reported in respect of their ACU and DBU businesses while some insurance returns are reported in respect of their Life and General businesses.

For such returns, a list of business units will also appear below the user information. Check the business units relevant to the user.

Fill in the User Information Form then click the <Save> button to save user (Figure 7).

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Figure 7: User Information Page

Upon completion, the acknowledgement Page will be displayed (Figure 8). Click the <Main Menu> button to return to the list of returns.

Figure 8: Acknowledgment Page

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2. Edit User

To edit user information, click on the “Edit” hyperlink of the corresponding user. Theuser information form will be displayed.

Follow the steps listed in the previous Section C.1 to edit the user information.

Once you are done, click <Save> button to save user (Figure 9). Upon completion,Acknowledgement Page will be displayed (same as Figure 8). Click the <Main Menu>button to return to the list of returns.

Figure 9: Edit User Information Page

3. Delete User

To delete a user, click on the “Delete” hyperlink of the corresponding user.

You will be prompted to confirm the deletion. Click <OK> to delete the user or<Cancel> to cancel deletion (Figure 10). Upon completion, Acknowledgement Pagewill be displayed (same as Figure 8). Click the <Main Menu> button to return to thelist of returns.

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Figure 10: Confirm Deletion of User

D. Logout

On the top right-hand side of every MASNET screen, there is a “Logout”hyperlink (Figure 11). You can click “Logout” hyperlink to logout from yourMASNET session. The system will redirect you to MAS Home Page (Figure 1).

Figure 11: MASNET Logout Hyperlink

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E. Session Timeout

If there is no activity for a specific time (about 30 minutes), the system will redirectthe current page to “Timeout” page and the session will be logout (Figure 12). Toaccess the “MAS Returns” page, please login again via MASNET website (Figure1).

Figure 12: E-Returns Session Timeout Page

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Question 1:

I encounter the following error message when trying to access the ACL Administration hyperlink: “The userid is not allowed to access.” (Figure 13). How can I have my access?

Figure 13: ACL Administration Access Error

Answer:

Please note that only the company’s Liaison Officer can access this facility.

Please contact MASNET Helpdesk if you have any questions on the ACL Administration or face any other technical difficulties.

Question 2:

I encounter the following error message when trying to add and/or edit user information “Failed to grant user access to the selected Business Unit(s).” (Figure 14). What should I do?

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Figure 14: Failed to grant user access Error

Answer:

If there is a note “The following Business Units need to be granted together.” below the Business Unit field, please select and grant the complete set of Business Units to the desired user (Figure 15) as the interdependent business units should be submitted together.

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Figure 15: Return with Interdependent Business Units