MEGA Administration : Administrator Guide : Managing Users : Access to User Management : Accessing User Management and UI Access Management Folders (Windows Front-End)
   
Accessing User Management and UI Access Management Folders (Windows Front-End)
This section describes how to access management windows for users, profiles, and business roles.
Accessing User Management and UI Access Management Folders (Windows Front-End)
The User management folder contains all sub-folders for management of users, that is:
persons, person groups and logins,
business roles and profiles,
object UI access and general UI access.
To access user management and UI access management folders:
1. From MEGA Administration, connect to the environment concerned.
*See "Connecting to an Environment", page 5.
2. Expand the User management folder of the environment.
*When the "Management of assignment of business roles to persons" option is cleared, the Business Roles and Profiles folder becomes Profiles, see "Without Management of Assignment of Business Roles to Persons".
From the User management folder of an environment you can access management windows:
of Users
User characteristics are defined in the following tabs:
Persons
Person Groups
Logins
*See "Opening the user management window (Windows Front-End)".
of Business Roles and Profiles
(case of assignment of business roles to persons)
*See "Without Management of Assignment of Business Roles to Persons".
*See "Managing Profiles and Business Roles".
*See "Opening the business roles and profiles management window (Windows Front-End)".
of Profiles
(case of definition of profiles on login of persons)
*See "Managing Profiles and Business Roles".
*See "Opening the profile management window (Windows Front-End)".
of UI access
Object UI access and general UI access are characteristics defined in tabs:
Object UIs
General UIs
*See "Managing UI Access (Permissions)", page 282.
 
Opening the user management window (Windows Front-End)
Characteristics of users are managed in the Userswindow.
*To manage user options, see "Managing Options", page 365.
To manage users:
1. From MEGA Administration, connect to the environment concerned.
*See "Connecting to an Environment", page 5.
2. Expand the User management folder of the environment.
3. Right-click the Users folder and select Manage.
The Users window opens.
 
The Users window contains tabs:
Persons, listing all persons in the environment and detailing personal characteristics of each person.
Person Groups, listing all person groups in the environment and detailing their characteristics.
Logins, listing all users in the environment and detailing their characteristics and access rights to MEGA repositories.
 
From the Users management window you can:
create:
persons
*See "Creating a Person".
user management
*See "Creating Users".
user groups
*See "Creating a Person Group".
configure characteristics:
of a person
*See "Configuring a Person".
of a person group
*See "Defining a Person Group".
of a login
*See "Configuring a Login".
delete users
*See "Deleting Users".
modify:
user properties
*See "Modifying User Properties".
user passwords
*See "Creating or Modifying a User Password (Windows Front-End)".
access user options
*See "Managing Options", page 365.
Opening the profile management window (Windows Front-End)
*You are in the operating mode: definition of profiles to persons, see "Introduction to Business Roles and Profiles" and "Definition of profiles to persons mode".
*If you are in the operating mode: assignment of business roles to persons, see "Opening the business roles and profiles management window (Windows Front-End)".
To manage profiles:
1. From MEGA Administration, connect to the environment concerned.
*See "Connecting to an Environment", page 5.
2. Expand the User management folder of the environment.
3. Right-click the Profiles folder and select Manage.
The Profiles window opens.
The Profiles window of an environment enables management of user profiles. It lists all environment profiles and details for each profile the products that are accessible (optional).
*See "Profiles Supplied".
To be able to connect, a user must have at least one profile or business role depending on the selected operating mode (see "Managing Profiles and Business Roles"). Users with the same profile share common characteristics (options, repository access rights, authorized products, read/write and read-only rights on objects).
*See "Configuring a Profile" and "Connecting Users to a Profile".
From the Profiles management window you can:
create profiles
*See "Creating a Profile".
consult profile characteristics
*See "Configuring a Profile".
configure profiles
*See "Configuring a Profile".
connect users to profiles
*See "Connecting Users to a Profile".
delete profiles
*See "Deleting a Profile".
Opening the business roles and profiles management window (Windows Front-End)
*You are in operating mode: assignment of business roles to persons, see "Introduction to Business Roles and Profiles" and "Assignment of business roles to persons mode".
*If you are in operating mode: definition of profiles on login of persons, see "Opening the profile management window (Windows Front-End)".
To manage business roles and profiles:
1. From MEGA Administration, connect to the environment concerned.
*See "Connecting to an Environment", page 5.
2. Expand the User management folder of the environment.
3. Right-click the Business Roles and Profiles folder and select Manage.
The Business Roles and Profiles window opens.
The Business Roles and Profiles window enables management of user business roles and profiles.
The tab:
Business Roles lists all business roles in the environment and details the associated profile for each business role used for connection.
*See "Business Roles Supplied".
*See "Configuring a Business Role (Object Assignment)".
Profiles lists all environment profiles and specifies for each profile the products that are accessible.
*See "Profiles Supplied".
*See "Configuring a Profile").
Each user must have at least one business role connected to a profile. Users with the same profile share common characteristics (options, repository access rights, authorized products, read/write and read-only rights on objects).
From the:
Business Roles tab you can:
create a Business Role
*See "Creating Business Roles".
consult Business Role characteristics
*See "Defining Business Role Characteristics".
configure Business Roles
*See "Configuring a Business Role (Object Assignment)".
assign Business Roles to Persons
*See "Assigning a business role to a person".
delete Business Roles
*See "Deleting a Business Role".
Profiles tab you can:
create profiles
*See "Creating a Profile".
consult profile characteristics
*See "Viewing Profile Characteristics".
configure profiles
*See "Configuring a Profile".
connect users to profiles
*See "Connecting Users to a Profile".
delete profiles
*See "Deleting a Profile".