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Configuring Permissions
Pre-defined Security groups
The platform comes with a few predefined Permission groups that you can use, or you can create your own.
- Administrator
- Guest
- User
- Engineering
- Supervisor
- Maintenance
- Operator
Security Permissions properties
Column | Description |
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Name | Enter a name for the group. |
Edit | Select the modules users in the group can access when editing a project.
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Run | Select the modules users in the group can access when using the runtime.
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Description | Enter a description for the Permission group. |
Edit permissions
It is possible to allow/deny a user to edit different project tabs in the Engineering Environment. The available options are shown in the image below.
Edit Permissions properties | |
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Property | Description |
Unrestricted | Select to allow all Edit Permissions |
EditTags | Select to allow tag editing. |
Historian | Allow edition in Historian module. |
Security | Select to allow for the Security module access. |
Alarms | Select to allow for the Alarms module access. |
Scripts | Select to allow for the Script module access. |
Datasets | Select to allow for the Datasets module access. |
Displays | Select to allow for the Displays module access. |
Reports | Select to allow for the Reports module access. |
Startup | Select to allow Startup. |
Publish | Select to allow Publish. |
Settings | Select to allow for the Settings access. |
Notes | Select to allow for the Notes access. |
CreateTags | Select to allow tag creating. |
Run permissions
It is also possible to allow/disallow a user to perform different actions during Runtime.
Run Permissions properties | |
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Property | Description |
Unrestricted | The user gets permission to do everything. |
Test | Once selected, the user can run a Test. |
Startup | Once selected, the user can run a Startup with all the modules. If not, the modules script, datasets, devices, and reports will not start. |
Shutdown | Once selected, the user is able to shutdown the application |
ClientStart | Once selected, the user is able to run all the modules in a startup. If not, the modules displays and devices will not start. |
ClientShutdown | Once selected, the user is able to shutdown the application as a client. |
StartTools | Once selected, the user can run the diagnostics tool, such as: property watch, trace window and module information. If it is not selected, the user is unable to start these tools. |
ToolsSetValues | Once selected, the user gets the read-only permission in the diagnostics tool, such as: property watch, trace window and module information. |
CreateUsers | Once selected, the user is able to create new user for the project. |
SwitchApplication | If it is not selected, the user can not switch application, the taskbar disappears. |
WebAccess | When the user has this permission, he can access the Web Client through the URL found in the Info → Redundancy → Web Client URL. If this option is not selected, the user cannot use the Web Client. |
Properties Reference
Security Permissions
Property | Description |
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ID | Identifies uniquely the permission group. |
VersionID | Specifies the version of the permission entry's record. |
Name | Names the permission entry. |
Edit | Allows enabling or disabling specific editing permissions: Unrestricted, EditTags, Security, Scripts, Datasets, Reports, Solution Settings, Historian, Alarms, Devices, Displays, Startup. |
Run | Permits enabling or disabling specific running permissions: Unrestricted, Shutdown, ToolsSetValues, SwitchApplication, RemoteManagerAPI, ClientShutdown, CreateUsers, DataAccessAPI, RESTfulAPI. |
Level | Defines the level or tier of the permission entry. |
Category | Categorizes the permission entry into a specific group or type. |
LockState | Indicates the current lock state of the permission entry. |
LockOwner | Identifies the owner or responsible entity for the lock on the permission entry. |
DateCreated | Records the date when the permission entry was created. |
DateModified | Notes the date when the permission entry was last modified. |
Description | Describes the purpose or details of the permission entry. |
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