Registering users

User records contain user names, passwords, and security profiles that determine the applications, options, and data to which a user can access.

About this task

To manage security privileges, you can perform the following functions for users:
  • Manage user status.
  • View user security profile.
  • Specify various user defaults, such as default insert site, default storeroom, default language, and default general ledger accounts for purchasing. The default purchasing account is the general ledger account that is used for desktop requisitions, but not for all purchasing.
  • Grant users the right to access inactive sites.
  • Specify which users can access a screen reader to assist in interacting with the system.
  • Set system-wide security controls and new user default groups.
  • Change passwords (if you are using an external directory, this functionality is not available).
  • Create database users (if you are using an external directory, this functionality is not available).
  • Users overview
    When you manage users in a directory server, user data is synchronized at regular intervals into user records in Maximo® Asset Management. When you do not use a directory server, you manage user records in the Users application and you can enable user self-registration.
  • Working with users
    You manage users by adding them, by assigning them to security groups, by changing general ledger accounts for users, and by performing other administrative tasks.
  • Adding users
    To manage users, you can create records that contain user names, passwords, and security profiles. These records determine which applications, options, and data that user can access.
  • Setting password requirements
    You can set password requirements, set password characters, allow the placement of password characters, and create and delete excluded passwords. When the system is implemented, the initial password requirement is of a minimum length. You can change the minimum length and specify additional requirements.