Site Users
Before anyone can have access to any of the Plant Applications applications, they must first be added as a site user. If you are using security groups to control Plant Applications security, then you'll need to assign the site user to a security group.
NOTE: If you do not assign a security group to a Plant Applications entity, such as a Variable or Display, by default all site users have Manager access privileges to that entity.
All Plant Applications site users are found inside the Site Users folder, which is located inside Security Management. When you click the Site Users folder, all of the site users are displayed in the right-hand pane. For each site user, the following information is displayed:
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User Name: This is the site user's name in Plant Applications.
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User ID: This is the identification number that Plant Applications automatically assigns to the site user. This number is unique to each site user.
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User Description: This is the description you enter when editing the site user's information in the Edit User dialog box. The description is optional.
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Windows Login Info: If the site user was imported from the network domain or aspected from Proficy Workflow, the Windows login information displays fully qualified domain name (FQDN) and domain user name is this format: domainname\domainusername.
The domain user name does not have to be the same as the site user's name.
NOTE: For Windows authentication, new user accounts are automatically created when a new user logs in and assuming that the user is part of a valid group. If the UseProficyClient site parameter is set to “True,” fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) are used for aspecting users. Refer to Managing Domain Names.
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Security Type: The Security Type indicates whether the site user is a member of a role. Security Group indicates the site user must be added directly to a security group. Role indicates the site user must be added to a role (or has been automatically added to a role) before being added to a security group.
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Login Mode: Login Mode indicates how the site user is able to log in to Plant Applications. Windows Login Only indicates the site user must use their domain name and password to log in to Plant Applications. Mixed Mode Login indicates the site user can use either their domain name and password or their Plant Applications name and password to log in to Plant Applications.
TIP: If you do not see this information displayed in the right-hand pane, click the Description button on the Server Manager toolbar.
