Groups

Groups are used to simplify access management when there are many users.
Groups created are then selected for the respective users who are part of the group  (see chapter "Users").

The following adjustable parameters are available for a group:

Parameter:	Description:
*Group name	Name of the group
Home page	Home page for users belonging to the group
Logo	Logo to be displayed (see chapter "General settings")
Global permissions	Global permissions for users of the group
Automatic logout	The account is logged out after x minutes. If -1, default setting is used
*=Mandatory parameter

Information:

Global permissions are used to create users where the access level applies globally to all pages.

The following global access levels exist:

Level:	Description:
NOACCESS	No global permissions
VIEW	Global viewing permissions
BASIC	Global authorization to change parameters of level 2
ADVANCED	Global authorization to change parameters of level 3
SYSTEM	Change/Create Pages, Manage IO-devices, and Tag lists
ADMIN	Global Administrative Permissions
PARENT	(used by the system)

Create group

To create a new group, navigate to SYSTEM SETTINGS/ACCESS/GROUPS. Click the NEW GROUP tool button. In the dialog that opens, fill in the details of the group and then select SAVE.

Edit group

To edit a group, navigate to SYSTEM SETTINGS/ACCESS/GROUPS. Click the desired group in the list and edit the settings in the dialog that opens. Then click SAVE to update.

Delete group

To delete a group, navigate to SYSTEM SETTINGS/ACCESS/GROUPS. Click the desired group in the list and then click DELETE in the dialog that opens.