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  • User UserA can only manage the configuration of the HostA and HostB devices. His role assumes the management of the devices, but the visibility area is limited only to Group1.
  • User UserB can perform all the operations with all the devices. His role allows any operation, and the visibility area is not limited. This implies that assigning device groups to a user having an admin role has no sense.

Superadmin account

NEXT by default has By default, NEXT has a super-administrator account with the name "admin" . It that has a following features:

  • The This administrator account login cannot be changed.
  • An This admin account can not re removed.
  • The This administrator account always has a Superadmin role.

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By default, the section displays a list of groups and users user accounts. For each account, the following values are displayed:

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titleFigure - List of users accounts and groups

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User groups

Groups are necessary to effectively manage the visibility areas of the NEXT users visibility areas. Each user group can be assigned to one or more device groups. Thus, the visibility area of the group users will be extended to all the devices included in the device groups assigned to this user group.

  • Each user must be included in at least one user group.
  • By default, in the monitoring system the "Administrators" group is created, and with having the "admin" user included. This group is required and cannot be removed.

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To create a new user group, click on the "New group" button. A form will appear on the screen containing the following fields:

  • "Name" - user group name.
  • "Description" - arbitrary groups group description. 

Fill these fields and click on the "Save" button to create a new group.

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Assigning device groups is possible only for an already created group.
Select the devices groups to which the user group to assign devices groupsshould be assigned. A block with information about the selected group and management options will appear on the right. Go to the "Hosts" section , where all the assigned device groups are displayed here. To assign a new group, click on the "Chose Groups" button and in the new menu, check all the groups that should be assigned to the selected user group. To deselect, click on the corresponding device groups group again. To apply the changes, click "OK" and then "Save".


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titleFigure - Assigning devices groups


Remove users

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groups

In order to be able to delete a user group, it must not contain user accounts. Move all users of the deleted group to another group, then select the deleted group and click the "Delete" button.

Create a user account

To add a new user account, click on the "New User" button. A form will appear on the screen containing two sections:

  • Information - basic user account settings:
    • "Name" - an arbitrary user name, such as his first and last name.
    • "Email" - the email address of the user to which notifications will be sent.
    • "Login" - user login used for authentication.
    • "Password" and "Password confirm" - account password and confirmation.
    • "Role" - account role.
    • "Active user" - activation/deactivation flag of the user account. A user with a deactivated account will be denied the access to the NEXT web interface.
  • Groups - the user groups where to which this account is included. This section contains a current groups list. To remove an account from a group or include it in a new one, click on the "Chose Groups" button and select or deselect the corresponding groups and then click on the "OK" button.

To apply the changes, click the "Save" button.

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titleFigure - Create user account

 

Assigning

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device groups

Assigning devices device groups is possible only for an account that has already been created.
Select the account to assign devices groupswhich the device groups should be assigned. A block with information about the selected group and management options will appear on the right. Go to the "Hosts" section , where all the assigned device groups are displayed here. To assign a new group, click on the "Chose Groups" button and in the new menu, check all the groups that should be assigned to the selected user account. 
To deselect, click on the corresponding device groups group again. To apply the changes, click "OK" and then "Save".