Authorizing users to assign other users to security groups in Maximo Application Suite in 9.1

Note: Starting in Maximo® Application Suite 9.1, you can manage users and assign security groups to users in suite security. For information about managing users and user access in Maximo Application Suite 9.0 and earlier, see Administering users and user access in Maximo Application Suite in 9.0 and earlier.

To manage users and security groups in Maximo Manage 9.0 and earlier, see Managing users and groups.

When you create a security group, you are authorized to assign users to that group. As an administrator, you can also authorize a user to assign other users to security groups.

Procedure

  1. On the side navigation menu, select Suite > Security > Users.
  2. Select the user for whom you want to authorize.
  3. In more actions menu of the View user page, select Authorize group reassignment.
  4. To authorize the user to assign other users to security groups, click Select groups to add the groups to the users assignment list.
  5. Click OK and save your changes.

Results

The user has permission to add other users to the selected groups.