Set up user groups and users in OS Group security mode

In OS Group security mode, you add Windows user groups to the MES database. This provides MES application access to all Windows AD user accounts that are members of those user groups.

The management of which users are in the user groups is handled using Windows user security tools, not within MES Client.

Windows users who are members of one of the added user groups are added to the MES database the first time they log into an MES application.

Unlike MES Native or OS User user accounts, OS Groups cannot be assigned default labor departments, default labor categories, hourly costs, or spare fields. However, OS Group users can select labor departments and labor categories in any application that uses the MES .NET Labor control, such as MES Operator.

Add a Windows user group and its users in OS Group security mode

1. In the User Groups and Users module, do one of the following:

   • On the ribbon, click New User Group in the New list.

   • In the blank space below the Unassigned Users group entry, right-click and click New User Group.

   The Select Groups dialog box appears. This is a Microsoft control and as such will not reflect the MES language switching option.

   

2. Click the Locations button.

   The Locations dialog box appears.

   

3. Select the location (domain) of the user groups to be added and click OK.

   The selected location appears in the From this location box on the Select Groups dialog box.

4. Do one of the following:

   • If you know the names of the user groups to be added, enter them in the Enter the object name to select box, separated by semicolons.

     To verify that the user groups you entered are actually in the domain, click the Check Names button. If more than one user group matches your entry, a Multiple Names Found dialog box appears. You can select one or more names in this dialog box to add to the Enter the object name to select box.

     When you have finished entering user groups, go to step 8.

   • To search for user groups, click the Advanced button.

     The Select Groups advanced dialog box appears.

     

5. Use the Common Queries Name or Description box to filter the search results for the user groups to retrieve. Leave these boxes empty to return all user groups in the domain.

6. Click the Find Now button.

   The available user groups appear in the Search results list box.

   

7. Select one or more user groups to add and click OK.

   The dialog box closes. The selected user groups are added to the Enter the object names to select list box.

   

8. To add user groups from another domain, select the new location (domain), then enter the user groups from this domain as you did before.

   If you enter user group names directly in the Enter the object names to select box, you must click the Check Names button (which verifies the existing entries) to enable the Locations button.

9. When you have finished entering the user groups to add, click OK.

   The user groups appear in the User Groups and Users module.

   

10. Save the changes.

Assign privileges and entity access to user groups

After setting up user groups, you can assign user privileges and entity access to them. See Assign privileges to a user group and Provide entity access to a user group.