User guide

Chapter 1: Product Overview 19
User Groups
The user group to which a DSView user belongs determines the actions the user may perform
during a DSView software session. A DSView user may be assigned to any of the following five
built-in user groups when they are added to the DSView system:
• DSView Administrators
• Appliance Administrators
• Auditors
• User Administrators
•Users
NOTE: Users may also be added to user-defined user groups.
Table 1.6 lists the operations that may or may not be performed by DSView Users that are
members of a particular user group.
Table 1.6: DSView Software Built-in User Groups and Allowed Operations
Operations
Built-in User Groups
DSView
Administrators
User
Administrators
Appliance
Administrators
Auditors Users
Configure DSView system-
level settings
Yes No No No No
Backup and restore the
DSView software database
Yes No No No No
Register the Spoke DSView
Server
Yes No No No No
Define, view and modify user
account custom field labels
Yes Yes No No No
View, add, modify and delete
external authentication servers
Yes Yes No No No
Configure audit log retention
time
Yes No No Yes No
Configure events that are
logged to the audit log
Yes No No Yes No
View and delete events in and
audit log
Yes No No Yes No
View, add, modify, import and
delete DSView user accounts
Yes Yes No No No