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User Group Privileges

To Assign or Remove Site(s) Access Privileges to or from a User Group

Click here for details on Assigning or Removing Site Access Privileges to/from a User Group if you are using a version of EMS prior to Version 1.0.9 / 2.0.3 (Compliant)

To Assign Privileges to a User Group

1.From the System menu, select User Group management from the SYSTEM ADMIN list. See Figure 340 below:

Figure 340

System Menu-User Group Management

•The Edit/View User Groups window is displayed. See Figure 341 below:

Figure 341

User Group Management- Group Name

2.Select [Privileges] in the line corresponding to the User Group to be edited to display the Assign Privileges window, populated with the selected User Group's name in the Group Name: field.

All Sites that have been added to EMS will be visible in the Assign Privileges window.

•The entries for any Sites or Sub Sites that the User Group already has Privileges for will be expanded, with Zones that the User Group has Privileges for shown by a ticked box.

See Figure 342 below for an example:

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User Group Priviledges 2

•The entries of any Sites that the User Group does not already have Privileges for will not be expanded and their boxes will not be ticked.

See Figure 343 below for an example:

Figure 343

No Priviledges Not Ticked

➢Sites with an empty tick box are top level Sites with no Sub-Sites associated with them.

➢Sites with a + symbol have Sub-Sites associated with them.

oTo view the Sub-Sites associated with a Site, click on the + symbol to show any Sub-Sites associated with the Site listed in the Site Name column. See Figure 344 below:

Figure 344

Expand Sub Sites Privileges

3.Tick the check boxes next to the Site, Sub Site or Zones you wish to assign the selected User Group Viewing Privileges to; whether adding additional Privileges for a Site the User Group already has Privileges for or adding Privileges for a Site new to the User Group.

Note: Zones cannot be selected without their Site or Sub Site being selected first.

•The selected Sites/Zones are then highlighted. See Figure 345 below for an example:

User Group Privileges Selected

 

4.When you are happy with your selections, click on the Assign Site Access button, at the bottom of the Assign Privileges window, to allow all Users added to the selected User Group access to the sensors associated with the selected Sites/Zones.

 

To Remove Privileges from a User Group

1.As above, tick the check boxes next to the Site Name(s), Sub-Site(s) and/or Zones that you wish to remove the selected User Group's Viewing Privileges from.

2.When happy with your selections, click on Remove Site Access.

After adding or removing Privileges from a User Group and clicking on either the Assign Site Access or Remove Site Access button, the following message is displayed:

Records Updated Successfully - Privileges

1.From the System menu, select User Group management from the SYSTEM ADMIN list. See Figure 345 below:

Figure 345

System Menu - User Group Management

•The Edit/View User Groups window is displayed. See Figure 346 below:

Figure 346

Edit-View User Group Window

2.Select [Privileges] in the line corresponding to the User Group to be edited to display the Assign Privileges window, populated with the selected User Group's name in the Group Name: field.

All Sites that have been added to EMS will be visible in the Assign Privileges window.

•The entries for any Sites or Sub Sites that the User Group already has Privileges for will be expanded, with Zones that the User Group has Privileges for shown by a ticked box.

See Figure 347 below for an example:

•The entries of any Sites that the User Group does not already have Privileges for will not be expanded and their boxes will not be ticked.

See Figure 348 below for an example:

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Site/Sub-Site's Entries Expanded

Assign Privileges Window New Expanded

Figure 348
Site's Entries Not Expanded

No Priviledges Not Ticked New

•Clicking on the small arrow adjacent to a Site's entry in the Assign Privileges window will expand the entry to show any Zones or Sub-Sites associated with the Site. See Figure 349 below:

Figure 349

Expand Zones and Sub-sites

3.To add the selected User Group's Privileges to or remove the selected User Group's Privileges from :

An Entire Site

Tick/Untick the box adjacent to the Site's entry in the Assign Privileges window. See Figure 350 below:

Figure 350

Select Entire Sites Zones

•This selects/deselects all Zones and Sub-sites associated with a Site.

A Zone or Zones

i.Click on the small arrow adjacent to a Site's entry in the Assign Privileges window to expand the entry and show any Zone(s) or Sub-Site(s) associated with the Site. See Figure 351 below:

Figure 351

Sites Zones Expanded

ii.Tick/untick the boxes adjacent to the required Zone(s) that you wish to add/remove the selected User Group's viewing privileges to/from; whether adding/removing additional Privileges for a Site the User Group already has Privileges for or adding Privileges to a Site new to the User Group.

A Sub-site

i.Click on the small arrow adjacent to a Site's entry in the Assign Privileges window to expand the entry to show any Sub-Site(s) associated with the Site. See Figure 352 below:

Figure 352

Expand Sub-site NEW

ii.Tick/untick the boxes next to the Sub-Site(s)  that you wish to add/delete the selected User Group's viewing privileges to/from; whether adding/removing additional Privileges for a Site the User Group already has Privileges for or adding Privileges for a Site new to the User Group.

Zones associated with a Sub-site

i.Click on the small arrow adjacent to a Site's entry in the Assign Privileges window to expand the entry to show the Sub-Site(s) associated with the Site. See Figure 353 below:

Figure 353

Expand Sub-site NEW

 

ii.Click on the small arrow adjacent to a Sub-site's entry in the Assign Privileges window to expand the entry to show the Zone(s) associated with the Sub-site. See Figure 354 below:

Figure 354

Sub-site expand2

iii.Tick/untick the boxes adjacent to the required Zone(s) displayed in the expanded entry to add/remove the selected User Group's viewing privileges to/from the selected Zone(s).

Note:Zones cannot be selected without their Site or Sub-site being selected. Ticking a Zone or Sub-site's entry will automatically also select their associated Site.
Sub-sites cannot be selected without their Site being selected. Ticking a Sub-site's entry will automatically also select its associated Site.

•When you are happy with your selections/de-selections, click on the Save Changes button, at the bottom of the Assign Privileges window  (see Figure 355 above).

Figure 355

Assign Privileges Save Changes Button

•All Users added to the selected User Group will have their access to the Sensors associated with the selected/de-selected Sites/Sub-sitesZones updated.