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Add a User and Give User Rights

Add a User and Give User Rights

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Users and User Groups can be defined in the QPR User Management Client. By customizing the user rights, you can add or delete users and user groups, as well as modify their access levels to the QPR Products.

 

mouse_24 Exercise 120: Add a New User in the User Management Client and Assign Him User Rights.

 

Note that the QPR Foundation Server must be up and running in order to start the client.

 

BTN_AR131. Select Start > All Programs > QPR 2017 Clients > QPR User Management.
BTN_AR132. Type in 'qpr' as the Login name and 'demo' as Password:

dlg_ums_login

BTN_AR133. Verify that Users is selected on the bottom of the left frame and click Add User:

pic_ums

BTN_AR134. Enter the login name "jsmith" and click Change Password... to define a password for the login name. Type the full name and your e-mail address as well, so that e-mail notifications can be sent. Verify that Licenses and Product permissions method are defined as in the picture below:

dlg_ums_user_properties

BTN_AR135. Close the dialog by clicking OK.

For more information, see the Adding and Modifying Users topic in QPR User Management System - User's Guide.

 

mouse_24 Exercise 121: Give John Smith full access to all model elements in the Dentorex Group model

 

BTN_AR131. In the QPR Metrics client, open the Dentorex Group Scorecard model.
BTN_AR132. On the Home tab of the ribbon, click the btn_user_rights User Rights button. The User Rights window opens.
BTN_AR133. Select John Smith and click Properties:

pic_user_rights_select_user

BTN_AR134. The User Properties window opens. Tick the Model User option to allow the user access to the model.
BTN_AR135. Choose all the elements in the Rights to Element Types list (all the elements can be chosen by clicking the first element on the list, pressing Shift key and keeping it down, and then clicking the last element on the list).
BTN_AR136. Click the btn_update_rights Update Rights button to give the John Smith update rights to the model.
BTN_AR137. Close the window by clicking Close.

If you want to give a user a different access level for different scorecards of the model, you can do this by modifying the scorecard-specific user rights in the Scorecard Explorer.

 

 

mouse_24 Exercise 122: Give John Smith Full Rights to All Scorecards Under the USA Sales Office

 

BTN_AR131. In the QPR Metrics client, open the Dentorex Group Scorecard model.
BTN_AR132. In the Model Navigator frame, click the btn_expand_hierarchy button to expand the Dentorex Group scorecard hierarchy.
BTN_AR133. Right-click the USA Sales Office scorecard and select User Rights > Selected Branch:

pic_user_rights_selected_branch

BTN_AR134. The User Rights, Branch window opens. Select John Smith, select Full from the Access level section, and click Set Rights:

pic_set_user_rights_branch

For more information, see the User Rights topic in QPR Metrics - User's Guide.