List
In User > List, administrators can view and manage system users and generate reports.
Differences in User Management by Admin Role
- Surveillance Station administrators: modify user privilege profiles and edit the account activation schedule.
- Surveillance Station administrators in DSM administrator groups: manage DSM-synced user information. This includes more comprehensive tasks such as adding, deleting, disabling, or enabling users, as well as editing user accounts and passwords.
Manage a User
To create a user:
- Click Add.
- Enter the required information and add a photo.
- If you wish to limit the activation time of the user, tick Activate account by schedule, and click Set Schedule to set the timetable.
- In the Privilege Profile page, select an option.
- Choose an existing privilege profile: Choose a profile from the drop-down menu and confirm the privileges.
- Create a new privilege profile: Follow the wizard to continue. (Learn more)
- Click Done. The user will be synchronized to DSM.
Note:
- User name:
- The user name is case sensitive and can contain 1 to 64 Unicode characters, excluding the following symbols: ~ ` ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) = + [ { ] } \ | ; : ' " < > / ?
- The first character cannot be a minus sign (-) or a space; the last character cannot be a space.
- User photo:
- The display dimensions of user photos are 125x95 pixels. Larger images will be resized with the aspect ratio maintained.
- Supported image formats: BMP, JPG, JPEG, GIF, PNG, SVG.
- Account activation schedule:
- For users in various time zones, the activation schedule will follow the time zone of the server’s location.
To edit user information:
- Select a user and click Edit > User information.
- Modify the required information.
To edit privilege profiles for users:
- Select users and click Edit > Privilege.
- Go to the Information page to change the information.
- Go to the device and service pages to tick or untick checkboxes and modify privileges.
To activate/deactivate users:
Select users and click Activate > Activate/Deactivate.
To generate user reports:
- Select users from the list or privilege types from the right panel.
- Click Generate Report > For all categories/For this category. The report will be downloaded in HTML format.