User Management

The integrated User Management allows the creation and deletion of user profiles, as well as the deletion or the taking over of user-specific values into other user profiles. In this way, for example, an Administrator is enabled to specify settings via HiCAD managed in the Configuration Editor. These are initially saved in his/her Windows user profile, and can later be taken over to the administrator profile as company defaults, and will then apply to all users.

Click the

icon to call the User Management. The dialogue window is composed of the following tabs:

Click the

icon to close the dialogue window.

Important:

Settings

Activate the Same configuration for all users checkbox to switch off the User Management and the Permissions Management. The settings will then always be written to the Administrator profile.

The User Management is by default deactivated when the configuration database is installed for the first time.

User

User tab
Add	Adds a new User to the table.
Rename	Enables you to change a selected User name.
Delete	Deletes the selected User without any further confirmation prompt.
Group assignment	The user rights are controlled via group assignments. A User can belong to several Groups. Use the Group assignment button to select Groups for Users. The main Group of the User will be highlighted if you mark this Group and then click the As default button. The main Group will be available during the configuration selection of the User. Click OK to exit the Group selection.
Adopt values	Use this function to apply the values of a selected User to the active User.
Delete values	Deletes the changed values of the selected User, thus restoring the values to that of the administrator profile / the values preset by the ISD.
Table column: Active configuration	The Configuration Editor allows the creation of different user configurations via the Derive configuration function. One of these configurations and the Base configuration can be assigned to the User in the Active configuration column.

User tab

Add

Adds a new User to the table.

Rename

Enables you to change a selected User name.

Delete

Deletes the selected User without any further confirmation prompt.

Group assignment

The user rights are controlled via group assignments. A User can belong to several Groups. Use the Group assignment button to select Groups for Users. The main Group of the User will be highlighted if you mark this Group and then click the As default button. The main Group will be available during the configuration selection of the User. Click OK to exit the Group selection.

Adopt values

Use this function to apply the values of a selected User to the active User.

Delete values

Deletes the changed values of the selected User, thus restoring the values to that of the administrator profile / the values preset by the ISD.

Table column: Active configuration

The Configuration Editor allows the creation of different user configurations via the Derive configuration function. One of these configurations and the Base configuration can be assigned to the User in the Active configuration column.

HiCAD will use the Windows Login name in case of an utilisation via HiCAD, i.e. these names need to match when users are created.

Groups

Group tab
Add	Adds a new Group to the table.
Rename	Enables you to change a selected Group name.
Delete	Deletes the selected Group without any further confirmation prompt.
Table column: Active configuration	The Configuration Editor allows the creation of different user configurations via the Derive configuration function. One of these configurations and the Base configuration can be assigned to the Group in the Active configuration column.
Permissions for: e.g. Designers A	The rights of a Group can be specified in the Permissions for: ... area, by activating the corresponding checkboxes. If a User belongs to several Groups, the activated rights of these additional Groups are also available to him/her. The permissions enable you to specify, for example, that a User can only read the settings defined by the administrator, but not define and save his/her own settings, thus ensuring company-wide, identical settings.

Group tab

Add

Adds a new Group to the table.

Rename

Enables you to change a selected Group name.

Delete

Deletes the selected Group without any further confirmation prompt.

Table column: Active configuration

Permissions for: e.g. Designers A

The rights of a Group can be specified in the Permissions for: ... area, by activating the corresponding checkboxes. If a User belongs to several Groups, the activated rights of these additional Groups are also available to him/her.

The permissions enable you to specify, for example, that a User can only read the settings defined by the administrator, but not define and save his/her own settings, thus ensuring company-wide, identical settings.

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