An electronic data processing facility is for the processing of electronic data by changing users. The data processing facility runs an operating system for configuring the data processing facility and an application program for editing the data. It includes a data store for storing the data and a documentation memory for storing documentation data for documenting access to the data. It also includes a user object memory for storing user objects for authentication and documentation. The user object memory contains documentation user objects which can be stored in the documentation memory at the level of the application program for the purpose of documenting access to the data, and an authentication user object which can be assigned a right to access the data at the level of the operating system and which can be assigned a plurality of documentation user objects which are authenticated for this right as a result.