Asset Security for User Groups

The User Group Asset Security page lists the modules that can be or currently are associated with this user group - Asset Groups, Regions, Organizations, and Locations. Selecting the modules here will make them available on the User group overview page.

Once the modules are available, you can choose the objects that will define which assets are available to the users of this user group. Through other pages of the Axeda Administration application, you can associate assets and asset groups with regions, organizations, and locations. For assets, you can associate assets with the user group by associating them with the asset groups assigned to the user group. You can associate only one other asset group with an asset group; you do that by selecting a Parent Asset Group when creating an asset group. Refer to Parent Asset Group definition for more information.

Notes:
If you are adding a user group within a Delegated Admin Unit (that is, you are logged in as a member or administrator of the DA Unit), be aware that Asset Groups, Organizations, Regions, and Locations are secure so that users see only those within their DA Unit.

If this user group needs to have only privileges to the Axeda® Connected Product Management Applications, rather than asset based-security, leave all object modules "disabled". For information on creating privilege-based and asset security-based privileges, refer to the Tips in the Create User Group page.

In the User Group Asset Security page you can enable or disable asset security based on user group objects. Once you save the changes, users in this user group can access only those assets assigned to "enabled" objects, and if multiple objects are enabled, they can access only those assets in common to all enabled objects. The Platform ignores assets associated with disabled objects when determining user access.

If no objects are enabled, the user group will have no access to assets. Also, if one or more objects are enabled but those objects have no assigned assets, then the user group will have no access to assets.

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o If users need access to assets assigned to the asset groups and regions associated with this user group: Enable Asset Groups and Regions for the user group. When users associated with this user group log in, the Platform gives them access only to assets that are common to the asset groups and regions associated with this user group.

o If users need access to assets assigned to the organizations associated with this user group: Enable only Organizations for the user group. When users associated with this user group log in, the Platform gives them access only to the assets assigned to the organizations for this user group.

o If users do not have any access to assets, the cause may be one of the following for the associated user group:

§ No modules/objects are enabled for the user group.

§ Multiple objects are enabled but they have no assets in common.

§ A single object is enabled but no assets are assigned to that object.

Procedures from this page

From this page, you can enable and disable objects for asset security for the user group.

1. Select the check boxes ("enable") for those objects that have assigned assets to which this user group needs access.

2. Clear the check boxes ("disable") for those objects that have assigned assets to which this user group does not need access.

As you make your selections, keep the following caveats in mind:

§ If you enable multiple objects, only those assets common to all those associated objects will be made available to users in this user group.

§ If you leave all objects disabled, users assigned to this user group cannot access any assets.

3. Click Submit.

If you are creating a user group, the Store User group Information page appears. If you are editing a user group, you return to the User group overview page for the user group. The modules for the objects that you enabled are active; the modules for the objects that you disabled are inactive (dimmed).