Assigning roles to users and groups

Assign roles to users or groups so that users are authorized to perform functions in the Web GUI. If you assign the roles to groups, the authorizations that are associated with the roles cascade to all users that are members of the groups.

Procedure

To assign roles to users and groups:

To assign roles to user groups:
1. Click Console Settings > Group Roles.
2. Complete any combination of the search fields to help locate the groups.
3. Select how many groups to display and click Search.
  A list of groups appears in the grid.
4. Click the name of the group you want to assign roles to.
5. From the Role(s) list, select the roles to assign the user group.
6. Click Save.
To assign roles to users:
1. Click Console Settings > User Roles.
2. Complete any combination of the search fields to help locate the users.
3. Select how many users to display and click Search.
  A list of matching users appears in the grid.
4. Click the user ID of the user you want to assign roles to.
5. From the Role(s) list, select the roles to assign the user.
6. Click Save.

Results

The changes take effect immediately.

What to do next

Ensure that users log out and log back in again, so that their authorizations are refreshed. If users need write-permission to the ObjectServer, for example to use the Active Event List (AEL) or the Web GUI tools, ensure that the user synchronization function is enabled.