Adding a User Group

To add a user group

1. On the Navigation Tree, click Rights and Privileges, and select User Groups.

2. Click on the User Groups page. The User Group page containing the following items appears:

• User Group Name: Enter a unique name of a new user group.

• Description: Optionally, enter any text defining the user group.

• Alias: Active Directory group name. This field is filled out automatically if you apply user group importing.

NOTE: Alias is only available when the Enable Active Directory Group Lookup checkbox in Active Directory is selected.

• Privileges: By selecting check boxes, an administrator can grant the following privileges:

• Administrator: Allows the user to log on to MSAdmin.

• Automator Administrator: Allows the user full administration.

• Automator User: Allows the user to manage processes and jobs.

• Can Edit Scripts: Allows the user to edit process scripts and script items for Visual Processes and Standard Processes, as well as project scripts (i.e., PreProcess, PostProcess, and Global). If unselected, the user cannot edit the properties of script items for existing processes; the user can only run the script and check the results.

• Automator Light User: Allows the user to partially manage processes and jobs.

• Can Edit Schedules: Allows the user to add, edit, and delete schedules for Visual Processes and Standard Processes. Note that only the schedules whose processes are assigned to the user can be modified.

• Members: Click this heading to expand the hidden sections.

• Available User Groups: Displays all available user groups from which you can select ones to assign to the current user group. To select a user group, drag it from the left pane to the right pane.

• Selected User Groups: The user groups in this pane will be assigned to the current user group. To remove a user group, drag it from the right pane to the left pane.

• Available Users: Displays all available users from which you can select ones to assign to the current user group. To add a user, drag it from the left pane to the right pane.

• Selected Users: The users in this pane will be assigned to the current user group. To remove a user, drag it from the right pane to the left pane.

• Members of: Click this heading to expand the hidden sections.

• Available User Groups: Displays all available user groups from which you can select ones to assign the current user group to. To add a user group, drag it from the left pane to the right pane.

• Selected User Groups: The current user group will be assigned to the user groups in this pane. To remove a user group, drag it from the right pane to the left pane.

• Available User Roles: Displays all available user roles from which you can select ones to assign to the current user group. To select a user role, drag it from the left pane to the right pane.

• Selected User Roles: The user roles in this pane will be assigned to the current user group. To remove a user role, drag it from the right pane to the left pane.

• Save: Click to save a new user group and close the page.

• Clear: Click to clear all the boxes.

• Save/Edit: Click to save a new user group and display additional tabs.

• Cancel: Click to cancel the operation.

• Copy Profile: Opens a dialog box, where you can select a user group. All its settings will be copied. You can make the necessary changes.

3. Fill in the boxes of the page and click Save. The system saves the new user group to the database and displays the updated User Groups page, if the operation is completed successfully.

Note: After you have created a user group, you can assign access rights to it. For details refer to Assigning Access Rights.