Access Privileges

Setting up User Accounts for Web Site Access

Access privileges can be set at the Server Administrator or the System Configuration level. To do so set select 'Users' under the 'Admin' menu.

Adding a new user

Every user that needs to use Acquire™ must have their own login account. User accounts can only be configured by the server administrator on the server itself.

To view the users list:

Select 'Users…' from the 'Admin' menu

This will display the user list window:

To add a new user:

Click the 'Add' button

This will display the user’s record:

Specify the fields as follows:

Field	Description
User Name	This is the name that identifies the user on the system. It should be entered as it would be written naturally, eg "John Smith".
Login Name	The login name is the name entered by the user when they are logging in to the web site. It will default to the user name.
Password	The password is required when the user logs in to the web site. The password will be concealed whilst being typed. It is not possible to retrieve the user’s password if they forget it. If they do forget their password, simply enter a new one.
Email Address	This is the email address that the system will use to send email to the user.
Language	This is the default language for the user. Once set the user interface will automatically be translated into the selected language when they login to the web site. Add extra languages using the phrasebook.
Company	This is the users' company. This is an optional field.
Department	This is the user’s department. This is an optional field.
User ID	This is the user’s ID field. This is an optional field.
Last Logged On	This is the date that the user last accessed the system.
Account Enabled	The account enabled checkbox indicates if the user can login. To temporarily suspend the user from logging in without deleting their account, unclick this checkbox.

Setting User Permissions

To setup the access levels:

Either choose the required access level from the 'Access Levels' popup menu

Select 'Custom' from the 'Access Levels' popup menu
Tick the checkboxes in the 'Permissions' area to give the user permission to perform the tasks.

Field	Description
Accept Alarms	Tick this checkbox to allow the user to accept alarms from either the alarms dock or the alarms screen.
Control Alarms	Tick this checkbox to allow the user to open or close valves on the P&ID.
Control Prove	Tick this checkbox to allow the user to initiate prove sequences.
Control Batch Stack	Tick this checkbox to allow the user to set up the batching and to initiate new batches.
Edit Level 1..10	Each flowcomputer field in Acquire™ has a security level associated with it. Tick these checkboxes to allow the user to be able to change values of the field. eg tick 'Edit Level 4' to allow the user to be able to change level 4 fields.

A user can have different levels of access to each station in Acquire™. By default the user's settings are global across the whole server, but Acquire™ does allow each user to have individual levels of access to each server.

To define individual access to each station:

Unclick the 'Common Access' checkbox.
Highlight one of the stations
Set the 'Permissions' for that station.