User groups

User groups decide about the rights of a user in PeakTMS. Each user group can be assigned to

• one or more data pools with a specific role
• one or several locations.
• one or several projects

Additionally specific administration functions can be assigned to a user group.

The overall rights of a user are populated as sum of the rights given by all assigned user groups.

The user group list view

The list view provides you with an overview over all currently registered users. You can use the table headers to define filters or to change the column width and order. Pressing the column chooser icon will give the possibility to add additional columns, e.g. about the change history.

Overview registered users

Create / Edit a user group

Press the create or edit button. In the upcoming edit mask fill the relevant properties

Input mask to define the user properties

User group properties

A user group is specified by the following information

User group name

Define a unique unambiguous name for the user group.

Description

Description of the user group which is shown when assigning user groups, e.gg to users or for dashboard sharing.

Functional role

Describes a set of functions which users of this group are permitted to do. In particular administrative access is given via the functional roles. See functional rights.

Locations

Specifies locations on which data user of this group have access to.

Users

List and assign all members of this user group.

Data pools

The data pools define which operational data (resource -, activity -, project types) user of this group can access. Thereby the specified rights in the data pool role define what users can do with the data.

The overall rights of the user are populated as sum of the rights given by all assigned user groups.