The User Properties tab defines the general information about the user: username, type of account, and password information (Figure 1). You can set these user properties for any new user you define. However, you cannot modify some or all of the user properties for thepredefined system user: MetasysSysAgent. This restriction is according to design. For an Active Directory service user, see User Properties Tab – Active Directory Service User.
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Field |
Description |
Default Value |
Required |
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User Name |
Displays the login name of the user. The default name in the
User Name field when creating a new
user is New User. The default name when creating a copy of a
user is Copy of <username>, where <username>
is the name of the user being copied.
Note:
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User Name |
Yes |
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Description |
Displays a description of the user. |
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No |
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Password |
Displays the password entered for the user. Metasys server and engine platforms require complex passwords. For more information, see Password Rules and Password Complexity. Note: For the MetasysSysAgent user only, the
Password field cannot be edited.
To change the password for the MetasysSysAgent user, select
the > menu option.
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Yes |
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Verify Password |
Confirms the letters, numbers, and symbols typed into the Password box. Note: For the MetasysSysAgent user only, the Verify
Password field cannot be edited. To change
the password for the MetasysSysAgent user, select the > menu option.
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Yes |
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View Blocked Words List |
Displays the Blocked Words List. |
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View Password Policy |
Displays the rules for password complexity which varies for English and non-English users. For further information see Password Rules. Figure 2. View Password Policy Window
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Minimum Password Length |
Allows the user to set the minimum character length for the password. The default minimum character length is 8. You cannot set the minimum character length below 8 characters. |
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Maximum Password Length |
Allows the user to set the maximum character length for the password. The default maximum character length is 50. You cannot set the maximum character length above 50 characters. |
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Single Access User |
Allows the user to log in to the account once. After logging on once, the account becomes disabled. |
Cleared |
No |
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Temporary User |
Allows the user to access the system as a temporary user. The user can access the account as long as it has not expired. When expired, the user is logged out of the system. |
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No |
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Expires On |
Allows the administrator to specify the date on which a temporary user's account expires. The account expires at the end of the specified date (midnight), after which the user can no longer access the system. Note: If a user account is created when the Site
Director is set to an incorrect future date and time and the
user account password is later set to expire after some number
of days, the password may not expire until the incorrect future
date and time. The user account stores a timestamp for when the
user’s password was last changed, and the system does not expire
the password until the number of days after the stored value.
For example, suppose that you create a
user account on Wednesday, November 4,
2020. However, the Site Director date is set to Tuesday, May 4, 2021. If you then set
the user account's password to expire in 30 days, the password
does not expire 30 days from Wednesday,
November 4, 2020.
To resolve this
issue, ensure you select the User
Must Change Password at Next Login option when
you set a user account password to expire after a period of
time. Doing so forces the user to create a new password at the
next login and again after the time period has elapsed. To
prevent this issue, ensure that your Site Director is always set
to the current date and time.
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The default value is the current date. |
Yes, if temporary user selected. |
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User Must Change Password at Next Logon |
Requires that the users change their passwords the next time they log in to the system. |
Selected |
No |
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User Cannot Change Password |
Disables the ability to change the password. |
Cleared |
No |
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Account Disabled |
Disables the user account |
Cleared |
No |
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Account Locked Out |
Allows the administrator to reset a locked out user account. |
Cleared |
No |
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User Can Modify Own Profile |
Allows the users to update their own profile information. The administrator can also change or update the profile information by using the User Profile tab. |
Selected |
No |
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User Can View the Item Navigation Tree (Default Tree) |
Designates that a user can view the All Items navigation tree. |
Selected |
No |
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User Can Disable Alarm Pop-ups |
Allows the user to disable or enable alarm windows. |
Selected |
No |
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Access Type |
Specifies the type of access the user has to the system. Selections are Standard Access and Tenant Access. Metasys for Validated Environment (MVE) sites do not support API Access user accounts and Tenant Access user accounts. MVE sites support Standard Access only. |
Standard |
Yes |