Rockwell Automation 9307 FactoryTalk EnergyMetrix - Manual (Page 53)

4 • Set up Your System Architecture
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Delete a Group or Domain
You can delete a group or domain by following these steps.
1. Select the Group you wish to delete in the System tab, Groups folder.
2. Click Delete in the Device Setup screen.
If the selected Group is a parent Group to other Groups, the Delete button will not
appear.
3. Click OK when prompted, or Cancel if you decide not to delete the Device.
Roles and Users
Access to the application and its functions is controlled by means of Roles and Users.
A role is a named collection of privileges assigned to various users to manage security.
Roles can be global or domain specific.
A User is a named set of security credentials (user name and password) that permit an
individual to access the privileges defined in the Role assigned to the User. More than one
Role can be assigned to a User.
Roles and Users can be assigned Global scope where they are permitted access to all
domains, groups, devices, meters, reports, and custom pages.
Alternately, Roles and Users can be assigned Domain-specific scope in which they permit
access to an individual domain and its sub-groups, devices, meters and reports, as well as
other Global objects such as reports, custom pages, and rate schedules.
The default Roles are Admin, User, and Guest, with default user logins admin/admin,
user/user, and guest/guest respectively.
To configure Roles and Users, navigate to the Roles and Users subfolder under the System
folder in the navigation tree.
To utilize Active Directory / LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), simply
create a User name in the format DomainName\UserName used to log in to Windows.
The password fields and password button are displayed for Active Directory users,
however, the password entered into the user setup will only be used if the user cannot be
authenticated with the Active Directory server. When the user is authenticated against the
Active Directory server, the Windows password is stored in the database to keep the
passwords synchronized.
Deleting a group also deletes all Devices and Meters assigned to the group, and
purges all data associated with those meters in the database. When a large quantity
of data is purged, it is possible that a timeout error will occur in Microsoft SQL
server, requiring a server restart.
Changing the default password on the Admin default user is
highly recommended to prevent inadvertent changes to the
database.