Defining a Person
Person represents a physical person or a system. 
For more information on the properties of a person, see Person Properties.To assign a profile to a person (mandatory), see Assigning a Profile to a Person.In the property pages of a person, you can define:
Mandatory
• the name of the person
• the e-mail address of the person
The e-mail address is required, for example, for the user to define his/her password, for distributing documents, receiving notifications and questionnaires, or when a user loses his/her password.• the login of the person
Optional and also user-configurable
• the image of the person
• the default library to store the objects created by the person, if the creation context does not define one
• the data language of the Web user
If the field is not defined, by default the data language is the one defined in the environment options (Options: Installation > Languages: Data Language).Optional
• the phone number and initials of the person
If needed
• if the person belongs to a person group.
If data (writing or reading) access management is set up
• writing access area of the user
For information regarding writing access management, see Data Writing Access.
• reading access area of the user
Only if reading access management has been activated.For information regarding reading access management, see Data Reading Access.
To define a Person:
1. Access the properties of the person.
2. (Optional) To add or update the image of the person, click Update Image, select the image then click OK.
The image is stored in binary on an attribute of the person. To delete the image, click Reinitialize Image.The person can update his/her image himself/herself.
3. In the E-mail field, enter the e-mail address of the person.
4. (Optional) Enter the Phone Number and Initials of the person.
5. In the Application Access section:
• so that the person can connect to HOPEX, the person must have a Login.
• (optional, if necessary) select Belongs to a Person Group.
6. (Optional) In the Data Access section:
• in the Data Language field, using the drop-down menu, you can define a specific data language for this user.
• in the Default Library field, click the arrow then select the library in which objects created by the user are stored if the creation context does not define one.
The person can modify these fields himself/herself.7. (With the HOPEX Power Supervisor technical module) In the Data Access section, you can modify the access area values:
• the user writing access area, using the drop-down menu of the Writing access area field.
By default, a new user is connected to the only available writing access area: "Administrator". • the user writing access area at creation, using the drop-down menu of the Writing access area at creation field.
• the user reading access area, using the drop-down menu of the Reading access area field.
This field only appears if reading access management has been activated.• the user reading access area at creation, using the drop-down menu of the Reading access area at creation field.
This field only appears if reading access management has been activated.The person is configured.