User guide

Chapter 5: Managing DSView Users 237
4. Click Save to save your changes.
5. Click Close. The User Accounts window will appear including any modifications.
Creating DSView user notes
NOTE: This property may only be modified for DSView users using Internal Authentication. See Managing
Authentication Services on page 72 for more information on authentication services.
Notes contain information that you may wish to keep about a DSView user for future reference.
To create notes about a DSView user:
1. From the side navigation bar, click Notes. The User Notes window will appear.
2. Type the information you wish to note about the DSView user.
3. Click Save to save your changes.
4. Click Close. The User Accounts window will appear including any modifications.
Modifying DSView user custom field properties
NOTE: This property may only be modified for DSView users using Internal Authentication. See Managing
Authentication Services on page 72 for more information on authentication services.
Six custom fields for DSView users are provided within the DSView software. You may specify
any information you wish in these fields for display in the User Accounts window. For example,
you may wish to define custom fields such as title and so on.
To modify the custom fields of a DSView user:
1. From the side navigation bar, click Custom Fields. The User Custom Fields window
will appear.
2. Type the information in the fields you wish to define.
3. Click Save to save your changes.
4. Click Close. The User Accounts window will appear including any modifications.
Viewing the Access Rights of DSView Users
The access rights of one or more user groups and/or DSView users may be associated to one or
more units. For example:
• A DSView user is created with the login name johnsmith
• The DSView user is then assigned to the User Administrators group
• A DSR1021 switch is added to the DSView system
• Using the Unit Access Rights window, the User Administrators group is assigned to the
DSR1021 switch and various rights are assigned to the switch. The DSView user johnsmith
will have the rights assigned to the User Administrators group as long as he is a member of the