Managing User Information

This section describes users and roles.
Roles
Users
Creating Dedicated Users for This Software
Editing Users
NOTE
Administrator is the user account first created after installing this software, and has the system manager role. The Administrator user cannot be deleted and its role cannot be changed.

Roles

The operation privileges of this software are controlled by the role assigned to the user. When the system manager creates a user, one of the following roles is assigned to the user.
System Manager
The role for performing system maintenance and management. Can perform all operations.
Device Manager
The role for performing device management. Can operate the functions of the following menus that the system administrator has set access privileges for.
[Devices] menu
[Tasks] menu
[Data Management] menu
[Reports] menu
User
The role for viewing device information. Can view the pages displayed from the following menus.
[Devices] menu > [Device List]
[Reports] menu

Users

The system manager can create the following types of users.
Dedicated user for this software
A user created on the screen of this software.
LDAP user
When linking with an external LDAP server is enabled, users can log in to this software as an LDAP user. For details, see the following.
Configuring the Preferences
NOTE
One of the following roles can be assigned to dedicated users for this software and LDAP users. The role can also be changed after creating a user.
System Manager
Device Manager
User
This software cannot manage users in groups. However, with LDAP users, users can be managed as groups in the LDAP server.

Creating Dedicated Users for This Software

1
Log in to this software as the system manager.
2
Select the [System] menu > [Users].
3
Click [Create User].
4
On the [Create User] page, enter the user information.
Enter the user name in [User Name].
Enter the password in [Password] and [Confirm].
Select the role to assign to the user in [Role].
If [Device Manager] was selected in [Role], select the functions that the user can access in [Functions].
In [Regions], select the regions to set for the user.
For [Selected regions only], select the regions to set. Multiple regions can be set for a user.
NOTE
[Regions] is displayed when regions are set. For details, see the following.
Configuring Regions
Enter the destination for the e-mail to send from this software in [E-Mail Address].
5
Click [Create].

Editing Users

1
Log in to this software as the system manager.
2
Select the [System] menu > [Users].
3
Select the user to edit in the list.
4
On the [User Details] page, edit the user information.
To unlock a user that has become unable to log in to this software due to repeated login failure, click [Unlock].
5
Click [Update].

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