Creating administrators for user management

Starting in Maximo® Application Suite 9.1, to set up a user as an administrator who can grant other users access to the suite applications, you assign them user management permissions.

About this task

The USERMANAGEMENT security group provides specific administrative permissions to create users.

Procedure

  1. From the side navigation menu, select Suite > Security > Users and then click Create user.
  2. On the Identity tab, enter the user's details.
    1. Specify the user identity information, language preferences, and authentication access.
    2. Click Create & continue to access.
  3. On the Access and license tab, specify the access type and add the users to the USERMANAGEMENT security group to grant the administration entitlement to create users.
    1. In the Access type section, select Authorized so that the user is authorized for continuous access.
    2. In the Security group section, click Select groups and assign the USERMANAGEMENT security group.
  4. Save the user record.
  5. Authorize this administrator user to assign other users to security groups.
    1. On the Users page, select the user that you created.
    2. From the More actions menu, select Authorize group reassignment.
    3. To add the groups to the assignment list for the user, click Select groups.
  6. Save your changes.