Configure user access on the User Access Levels page

Use the User Access Levels page to to control access to AVEVA PI Vision with PI AF Identities. With the exception of the Administrators role, if you manage a role through PI AF identities, its corresponding Windows group will be ignored. If you manage the Administrators role through PI AF identities, users in the PI Vision Admins Windows group still have access to the AVEVA PI Vision Administration website. This is necessary so that at least one user has permission to access the User Access Levels page on the Administration website and assign PI AF identities to the appropriate groups.

The roles have the following access:

• Administrators

  • Have access to administer AVEVA PI Vision via the AVEVA PI Vision Administration website.

  • Have access to restricted functions in the AVEVA PI Vision application such as reassigning displays to another user.

  • View and edit all displays.

  • Additionally, have all the access rights of Publishers and Utility Users.

• Publishers

  Have full user access to the application and can view, save, and share displays.

• Explorers

  Have access to the application but cannot save or share displays. An Explorer can still export data from a display.

• Utility Users

  Have permission to connect to the AVEVA PI Vision server for the purpose of using the PI Vision Display Utility, PI ProcessBook to PI Vision Migration Utility, or the public REST API.

Assign user access

1. In the AVEVA PI Vision Administration website, select the Security page, then select the User Access Levels tab.

2. If you are not using OpenID Connect, select the roles you would like to manage with PI AF identities on the Use PI AF Identities to assign row.

   If you are using OpenID Connect, roles can only be managed through PI AF identities, so this row is hidden.

3. For each role, select the PI AF identities to assign to that role.

   You may enter text in the Filter PI AF Identities field to filter for specific PI AF Identities.

4. Select Save.