User Settings Page
Use the User Settings page to configure user accounts. User account settings are closely related to group account settings.
You can click on the name of the user in the menu to access the User Settings page for the logged-in user.
Note: You must define at least one group and role assignment to save a user account.
| Login Data Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Login | The username to be stored in the Performance Manager repository. If you check Mixed mode authentication (LDAP) below, the entered username must match the defined LDAP username. |
| Password | Enter a valid password for the Login that you entered. This password is not related to the LDAP password. |
| Confirm password | Enter the password again to confirm it. |
| Mixed mode authentication (LDAP) | Check this check box to enable both LDAP and local-credential based authentication. If an LDAP server exists, not checking this check box results in LDAP-only authentication. |
| Locked | Check this check box if you want to prevent the user from logging in with the given credentials. This makes the user account inactive. |
| General Data Item | Description |
|---|---|
| First name | Type the user’s first name. This information does not affect the behavior of Performance Manager; it simply tracks user contact information. |
| Last name | Type the user’s last name. This information does not affect the behavior of Performance Manager; it simply tracks user contact information. |
| Type the user’s email address. This information is used for notification purposes. | |
| Time zone | The user’s local time zone. Time zone information is used to display times and dates in the user’s local time zone. |
| Date format | The selected date format is presented to the user in lists, reports, and in the calendar whenever Performance Manager displays a long date format. |
| Short date format | The selected date format is presented to the user in lists, reports, and in the calendar whenever Performance Manager displays a short date format. |
| First day of week | The first day of the week determines the weekly view in reports. |
| Page refresh time | The page refresh time in seconds. This setting determines the time interval at which report pages are refreshed automatically. Type 0 (default value) if you do not want reports to refresh automatically. The page refresh time only affects pages that support automatic page refreshing. |
| CSV separator string | This string is used as a row separator for the user’s downloaded CSV-files. Reports can be downloaded as CSV-files. |
| Group and Role Assignments Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Group and Role Assignments table | Lists all existing user group/user role assignments of the user. You can also delete group and role assignments by clicking
 next to the assignment you want to remove.
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| Group | Select a group to which the user is to be assigned. This list box lists the user groups that have been defined by a Performance Manager administrator. |
| User role | Select the user role with which the user is to be assigned to the selected group.
Available user roles are predefined by the system. |
| Add Assignment | Click this button to create a new user group/user role assignment with the group and user role you selected. |