Users can be managed in the Management by the OMNITREND Web Administrator or other users with individual privileges.
The two Administrators "admin" and "admin2" exist by default without passwords in OMNITREND Web. After installing OMNITREND Web be sure to change the passwords for the two Administrators. The OMNITREND Web Administrator has only management rights for the report objects template, sequence, report and directory. That is, the Administrator can change names and rights, but may not edit any report object. This can be done only by other licensed users with the necessary rights. The OMNITREND Web Administrator has the right to edit users, groups and registration. You can change to the User Administrator by clicking the user icon in the right bottom corner in the main window. Each Administrator can change that Administrator's own user name and the names of the other Administrators; the other rights (except the password) cannot be changed for an Administrator.
Note:
Arbitrarily many users can be created. Before deleting a user, however, it is always checked whether another user exists with administrator rights or whether another user belongs to an administrator group. If not, deletion of the user is denied.
To create a user, you must either be logged in as a OMNITREND Web Administrator or have the corresponding individual right as another user. The item "User" is also enabled in the Management menu. Selecting this menu item starts the "User overview" dialog box, where a new user can be created by clicking "New".
Enter the new user name in the "Name" input box, then set the password, mandatory for creating a user, and add, if appropriate, "Groups" to which the new user is to belong. A user who is a member of an Administrator group (marked by the symbol "A") can no longer be a member of another group, and vice versa. Users who are members of non-"Admin" groups can no longer be members of an Administrator group. After "OK" is clicked the new user will be created in the database. In the multi-user version, the user now needs only a license to be assigned for logging in (unless the user is working in the demo mode). In the single-user version this is not necessary.
Security note:
As of Version 2.40 of OMNITREND Web, passwords are encrypted in the database. A 128-bit code is used.
Access data are encrypted for transmission and therefore cannot be "intercepted" from the outside.
An Administrator or other user with the corresponding individual right can change the settings for a previously created user at any time in Management. The user name, the password (if a user has forgotten the password), and the group membership can be changed.
When a user is copied, all former settings are applied to the new user.
In the multi-user version user access can be locked and unlocked. If user access is locked, that user can no longer login while locked. If a user has already logged in, then the lock is activated only at the next login. If a user is being copied, this setting will not be applied.
In the multi-user version, previously logged-in users can be logged out. The logged-out user is notified of this logout by a message. The user can log in again immediately after the logout if that user's access has not been locked. Only Administrators or other users with the corresponding individual privilege can log out users.
A user who has been logged out receives the following message:
In the multi-user version Administrators or other users with the corresponding individual privilege can send messages to users already logged in. The particular user will then receive a message with the corresponding information.
There are two kinds of messages:
1) Information:
The user is sent and displayed merely a message or commentary.
2) Log out user in X minutes:
The user is notified that logout will occur in X minutes.