MEGA Administration : Administrator Guide : Managing Users : Creating, setting, and managing users : Creating a Person
   
Creating a Person
*Person represents a physical person or a system.
*Instead of creating persons one by one, you can import a list of persons. This list can for example come from an LDAP server (see "Synchronization with a company directory").
If necessary, you can first create a person with a restricted configuration:
its name
writing access area
*The person login is automatically created.
To complete the configuration of the person, see "Configuring a Person".
*To create a user directly, see "Creating Users".
Creating a person (Web Front-End)
You can create the person as follows:
not predefined
predefined with one of the following criteria:
the group to which the person belongs
a business role for connection (where the "Assignment of business roles to persons" option is selected)
a profile (where the "Assignment of business roles to persons" option is cleared)
a writing access area
a reading access area (if reading access management is activated)
To create a Person:
1. Access the User management pages.
*See "Accessing the User Management Pages (Web Front-End)".
2. You can create:
either a non-predefined person:
Select the Persons sub-folder then in the edit area go to step 4.
or a person predefined with a characteristic:
Select the sub-folder:
Persons by group to create a person automatically connected to the group that you are going to select.
Persons by business role (available if the "Management of assignment of business roles to persons" option is selected) to create a person and automatically assign to this person the business role.
Persons by profile (available if the "Management of assignment of business roles to persons" option is cleared) to create a person automatically connected to the profile that you are going to select.
Persons by writing access area (available if several writing access areas are available) to create a person automatically connected to the writing access area that you are going to select.
Persons by reading access area (available if reading access management is activated) to create a person automatically connected to the reading access area that you are going to select.
3. In the edit area, select the group, the business role, the profile, the writing access area or the reading access area that you want to connect to the person.
4. Click New .
The Creation of Person - Characteristics dialog box opens.
5. In the Name field, enter the name of the person.
Example: DUBOIS Guillaume
*Remember to use the same format for all persons.
6. (If necessary) In the Writing access area field, in the drop-down menu, select the writing access area for the person.
*The Writing Access Area field appears only if there are several writing access areas.
*For more details on writing access, see "Managing Data Writing Access", page 297.
7. (If necessary) In the Reading access area field, in the drop-down menu, select the reading access area for the person.
*For more details on reading access, see "Managing Data Reading Access", page 321.
8. Click OK.
The login for the person is automatically created.
The person appears in the list of persons .
*To complete the configuration of the person, see "Configuring a Person".
Creating a person (Windows Front-End)
To create a Person:
1. Open the user management window.
*See "Opening the user management window (Windows Front-End)".
2. Select the Person tab.
3. Click New .
The Creation of Person - Characteristics dialog box opens.
4. In the Name field, enter the name of the person.
Example: OLDFIELD David
*Remember to use the same format for all persons.
5. In the Writing access area field, click the arrow and select the writing access area for the user.
*For more details on writing access, see "Managing Data Writing Access", page 297.
6. Click OK.
The login for the person is automatically created.
The person appears in the list of persons .
*To complete the configuration of the person, see "Configuring a Person".
*By default, the new user does not have an associated password. To associate a password with the user, see "Creating or Modifying a User Password (Windows Front-End)".