Creating users

Use this feature to create user profiles. The system uses user profiles to control console access, alert delivery, and user visibility.

A user profile includes the user's name and contact information (e-mail address and telephone numbers), login status (Enabled or Disabled), as well as the user's alert status (Enabled or Disabled), and visibility (Local or Global).

You can also auto-generate a password for a user.

Creating a new user

Use this feature to add a new user. After you define your users and groups, you can add users to groups.

  1. Click Account Admin > Profiles > Users. The system displays the User List screen.
  2. Click Create in upper right corner of the screen. The system displays the User Detail screen.
  3. Enter the user name (login name for the user).
  4. Select if you want to Enable or Disable console access for this user.
  5. Enter the user's name (Given Name and Family Name.)
  6. Enter the e-mail address that the system will use to send alert notifications to the user.
  7. Enter the user's telephone and fax numbers.
  8. Select if you want to Enable or Disable alert notification for this user. When enabled, the user receives all subscribed alerts. When disabled, the users does not receive alerts.
    Note:
    The Subscribed value is system populated.
  9. Select if the user is only visible to your organization (Local), or visible to the entire hub community (Global).
  10. Click Auto Generate Password to generate a password automatically. If you choose to select a password for this user, enter the password in the Password and Re-enter Password text boxes.
  11. Click Save. Repeat these steps to add additional users.

Adding users to groups

  1. Click Account Admin > Profiles > Users. The system displays the User List screen.
  2. Click the View details icon to view the target user's group membership details.
  3. Click the Edit icon to edit the user's group memberships.
  4. Select a group and click the Add to Group or Remove from Group button to add or remove a user from a group.
  5. Click the Edit off icon when you finish editing.

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