Users

The following steps are not intended for users managed in LDAP that are part of a corresponding user group in the SKOOR Engine. These users are created automatically at login time.

For users managed in the SKOOR Engine, select Add User in the Users dropdown menu or click the icon to the left of the menu:

Configure the new user on the following screen:

Invite new users

New local users can be invited to the SKOOR system by configuring the user with no password and an email address. By the time the configuration is saved, the user gets an email with a link to login and set a password. The link is valid for 30 days.
In case the user does not respond to this invitation in time, it can be triggered again manually. This is available in the user edit mode with the button "send mail" or via the option menu "send invitation mail".

Settings

Setting	Description
Login Name	Enter the login name
Password/Confirmation	Enter the password twice
User role	Read only user: Has only read permissions, except if further restricted using permission rules Operator: Has read and execute permissions, except if further restricted using permission rules. In the dashboards Data and Objects section, operators can import/export and edit data on data sources where explicitly permitted by a write permission Editor: Default user role. Has all permissions, except if restricted using permission rules Administrator: This user has no restrictions at all and is not affected by any permission rules Collector: This is a special user type reserved for communication & data transfer from external SKOOR Engine Collector hosts. This user type can only be chosen when creating a new user. Existing users cannot be changed to an Collector user
User type	Locally authenticated: This type of user authenticates against the local SKOOR Engine database Remote authenticated: This type of user authenticates against an LDAP or Active Directory database. This item is only available if LDAP authentication has been enabled in the operating system. See section OS prerequisites for LDAP authentication on how to configure this
Account disable	Disable access for this user
Reason	Text to display on the login screen if a disabled user trys to access the system
Password	This option is available only when the user role is set to Read only or Operator. These users can only change their password if Allow changes is checked. Otherwise, an administrator user must change the password
Vacation	If checked, the user will be able to set one vacation with start and end date. Vacations set on the user will overwrite vacation on alarm devices this user is linked to. If a vacation is changed or deleted afterwards on an alarm device, the vacation on the user remains unchanged
Fullname	This string is displayed in the status line when the user is logged on
E-mail	The user’s e-mail address. This will be used by Alarm devices. Also the 'forgot password' option on the login page will send the instructions to this email address.
Phone	The user’s telephone number. This will be used by Alarm devices
Instaguard Id	Personal id for s.GUARD alarming. See Instaguard alarm device for details
Call delay	Configure a delay for voice alarms. See Instaguard alarm device for details
Threema Id	Personal id of a Threema user. See Threema alarm device for details
State icons	Enable the checkbox to use state icons that are more easily readable by people with color vision deficiency. This checkbox can not be changed if the edited user is LDAP managed. It then must be changed on user group level
Comment	Free text comment
Timezone	Each user can specify an individual time zone. Available zones can be browsed by clicking the Browse button
BSM fullscreen	Show/hide header: This option allows to reduce the BSM fullscreen view additionally by removing the gray header. The header is enabled by default

The Start page setting allows selecting the entry point after user login:

Start page setting	Description
Default overview	Open configuration view with /root object after login
Dashboard	Open a dashboard after login. A dropdown menu appears to choose the dashboard that should be opened. When set to First, the first dashboard found at login time will be displayed A second dropdown menu appears to configure the configuration mode. If disabled, the user will not be able to navigate from the dashboard to the SKOOR Engine
Map	Open a map after login. Select Last selected by user or a specific Map object from the dropdown list
Operations monitor	Open the operations monitor after login. Select Last selected by user or a specific OPM configuration from the dropdown
Dedicated location	Open SKOOR Engine at a specific location inside the object tree. A new dropdown appears with a Browse button to the right. Using this button, any location in the object tree can be selected. Click Next to make the chosen object available in the dropdown list and select it as start page for this user
User configuration	For customized configurations only

Click OK to add the user or OK add next to add the current user and add an additional user.

Configuration of externally managed users

Some SKOOR specific user settings can be changed even if the users are managed by an external system.

Click Change for managed user on the users function menu:

Settings like the email address, phone number, Instaguard Id or Threema id can be set this way.

If these settings are also provided by the external user management, they can be overwritten at the next user login