Creating a User Account

To manage access to the system, you can create user accounts and allocate them to the system users. Each user account can then be configured to provide or restrict access to various features. User accounts are used when accessing ClearSCADA via a ViewX, WebX, or a third-party application that supports client security.

To define default security settings for new User Accounts, specify the required settings using the Security section of the Server Configuration Tool (see Define the Default Security Settings for New User Accounts).

Initially you use the Super User account to log on to a ClearSCADA system to create at least one System Administrator user account. To create a user account, you have to log on via a user account that has the Configure and Security permissions for the system or Group. In ViewX, you will also need the Configure Database setting enabled on your user account (set via the User Form for the user account).

To create a new user account:

1. Create a User Database Item.
2. Display the User Form.
3. Use the Identification tab to define the Help View Mimic for the user account (see Defining Identification Details in the ClearSCADA Guide to Core Configuration).
4. Use the User Methods tab to associate the user account with up to four custom actions (see Using the User Methods Tab to Define Custom Actions in the ClearSCADA Guide to Core Configuration).
5. Use the General tab to define general user account settings. For more information, see the topics that are listed in the gray footer section at the bottom of this topic. Select the relevant entry to display the topic that you require.

   NOTE: New user accounts use the settings for the Guest account as their default General settings. For information on configuring the Guest user account, see Configuring the Guest User Account.

6. Use the Security tab to Define the Security Settings for a User

   NOTE: The settings on the Security tab only apply if the user account is managed directly in ClearSCADA. With a User Account that is associated with a Windows User Profile, password management is performed via the relevant Windows domain..

7. Use the ViewX tab to define user account settings that apply to ViewX and WebX. For more information, see the topics that are listed in the gray footer section at the bottom of this topic. Select the relevant entry to display the topic that you require.
8. Use the WebX tab to define user account settings that apply to WebX only. For more information, see the topics that are listed in the gray footer section at the bottom of this topic. Select the relevant entry to display the topic that you require.
9. Use the Contact Information tab to Define the E-Mail, Pager, and Voicemail Contact Settings for a User
10. Save the Form.

When you have configured a user account, you will need to define its access permissions (see Allocating Security Permissions). After setting the permissions, you can allocate the user account to a system user—you will need to inform the user of their username, password, ID, and PIN.