User groups and users

You use the User Groups and Users module to provide access to the MES system to users, and to assign to the users their appropriate application privileges and entity access rights.

Application privileges and entity access are assigned through user groups. Every user is a member of at least one user group or is in the Unassigned Users list. A user can be a member of multiple groups. Users inherit the application privileges and entity access rights of the user groups to which they belong. Application privileges and entity access rights are additive. This means that a user will have the privileges available and the maximum entity access rights of all the groups of which they are a member.

When you open the User Groups and Users module, a list of all the existing user groups is shown in its workspace tab. A user group shows a list of all the users assigned to that group.

The User Groups and Users module is grouped under the Master Data Config group in the Navigation Bar. For more information on groups and modules, see Groups and modules.

When you open the User Groups and Users module, the Current View tab appears on the ribbon.

In the View group, the following commands are available:

• Group Order

  Shows a list of all the users by group. When you click Group Order, the group ID and description for all the available groups is shown in its workspace tab. Click the plus (+) symbol to expand and view the list of users under a group.

• User Order

  Shows a list of all the users in the workspace tab. When you click User Order, the status, user name, description, language, and active status are shown in workspace tab. Click the plus (+) symbol to expand and view the groups assigned to a user.

In the Privileges group, the following command is available:

• Set default privileges

  Selects all the privilege check boxes and sets access level for all access level entries.