Project User Management

Establishing a User Management for a Project

This procedure describes how to establish a user management for an EcoStruxure Machine Expert project.

Proceed as follows when a project is open that does not yet have an adapted user configuration:

Step

Action

Comment

1

Select Project Settings > Users and Groups, and then the Users tab.

The user Owner is already available by default.

2

Click the Add... button.

Result: The Add User dialog box is displayed.

3

Enter a Logon name, for example, Dev1, and a Password, leave the option Active activated, and click OK.

As you are creating a group for the first time, you are requested to authenticate yourself in the Logon dialog box.

4

In the Logon dialog box, enter Owner in the User name box and leave the box Password empty. Click OK.

Result: The Logon dialog box closes and in the Users tab, the user Dev1 appears in the list and is a member of the group 'Everyone'.

5

Select the tab Groups to add the user to a new group.

The groups Everyone and Owner have already been created.

6

Click the Add... button.

Result: The Add Group dialog box is displayed.

7

Enter a Name for the new group, for example, Developers.

In the Members area of the dialog box, select the option user ‘Dev1’.

Click OK.

Result: The group Developers has been added to the list of the Groups tab with the information has user member ‘Dev1’.

8

Select the Users tab.

The user Dev1 is displayed in the list as member of the groups ‘Everyone’ and ‘Developers’.

In order to use the user management configuration from another project, use the Export/Import button in this dialog box.