Managing User Groups

The rights management allows you to create user groups and assign particular editing rights to them. You can also subsequently edit or delete user groups.

Note:

The user groups predefined by EPLAN - "Administrators" and "Guests" - cannot be edited or deleted.

Create user groups

Select the following menu items: Utilities > Rights management
To the left of the Rights management dialog, select the Groups folder, and click (New).
In the Group dialog, enter a name and short description of the allowed editing rights of the new user group. In contrast to the user names, a distinction is made between upper and lower case in the group names, i.e., a group "QS" and a group "Qs" are different groups.
Click [OK].

The group is created, but editing rights have not yet been assigned.
Assign editing rights to the group as described under "Assign rights to groups".

Copy user group

Select the following menu items: Utilities > Rights management
To the left of the Rights management dialog, select the Groups folder.
Select a user group in the field on the right and click (Copy).
In the Group dialog, enter a name and short description of the allowed editing rights of the new user group. In contrast to the user names, a distinction is made between upper and lower case in the group names, i.e., a group "QS" and a group "Qs" are different groups.
Click [OK].

The group is created and possesses the editing rights of the previously selected user group.
Modify, if required, the editing rights as described under "Assign rights to groups".

Edit user groups

Select the following menu items: Utilities > Rights management
To the left of the Rights management dialog, select the Groups folder.
Select a (self-defined) user group in the right-hand field and click (Edit).
In the Group dialog, change the name or description.
Click [OK].

The dialog is closed and the changed data is displayed in the Rights management dialog.

Delete user groups

Select the following menu items: Utilities > Rights management
To the left of the Rights management dialog, select the Groups folder.
Select a (self-defined) user group in the right-hand field and click (Delete).

After confirmation of the warning message, the group name is deleted.

Assign rights to groups

Select the following menu items: Utilities > Rights management
In the Rights management dialog, click the plus sign next to the Groups folder to open the folder and select a user group.

The available rights are displayed on the right and are grouped according to topic area.
Click the plus sign to open the subordinate rights in front of a topic area.

The rights are divided into editing rights for menu items, dialogs, and API actions. The rights for dialogs are also identified by "[Dialog]". The rights for API actions are also identified by "[Interface]".
Select the check boxes in front of the rights the user groups are to possess and deactivate those that are to be revoked.
Click [OK].

The activated rights will be assigned to the user group.

If all subordinate rights are deselected for a topic area, then the check box for the topic area is displayed in gray.

Tip:

You can assign or revoke all of the rights for a particular topic area by selecting or deselecting the check box in front of the topic area.