New Software Account User

Scenario: You want to create a new user account that will only be used for a software application, such as OPC.

Reference: For general information on user administration, see User and User Group Administration.

Workflow diagram:

Prerequisites:

• A supervisory user was created by copying the existing default admin and configuring adequate user rights.
• You have created one or several user groups under the folder Project > System Settings > Security (see User Group Administration).

Steps:

1 – Create a New Software Account User

NOTE:
The software account user does not need a password and the account does not expire. An existing OPC user from 3.0 will not be deleted.

• System Manager is in Engineering mode.

1. In System Browser, select Management View.

2. Select Project > System Settings > Users.

3. Select the Users tab.

4. Click New .

5. In the New User dialog box:
   a. From the User type drop-down-list, select Software account.
   b. Click OK.

6. Click Save .

• The software account user is created but not configured yet.

 

2 – Assign a User Group

1. Select the Configured Groups expander, and select the appropriate user group from the User Group list.

2. Drag any user group to the User Configuration list.

• The user group is moved from Configured Groups list to the Role/Group Membership list.

3. Repeat steps 1 to 2 for additional user groups that you want to assign to the user.

• The user groups are assigned to the user. The Mandatory and Active values are automatically selected for the user. For information on the Mandatory and Active columns see Role/Group Membership in User Administration Workspace.

NOTE:
Assigning user groups to users is the same as assigning users to user groups, so the assignment can be performed in either section.