User Manual

Security Management

16.3.1 LoggingInandLoggingOut

The login dialog can be displayed in runtime by, for example, clicking a button,

for which the Login action has been speciﬁed. It is possible to change password

from the login dialog.

The login dialog lists all users that have been conﬁgured for the current projec

except for users in groups for which Users Invisible in Runtime was

selected.

It is also possible to conﬁgure a general behavior that brings up the login dialog any

time a user tries to affect an object that is not within the current user’s access rights.

This behavior is conﬁgured from the Properties w indow for the Security function,

and selecting ShowLoginDialog foractiononaccessdenied.

The Logout action is used to perform a logout.

Users may also be logged out automatically after a certain number of minutes of

inactivity by conﬁguring Automatic logout in the Properties window for the

Security function.

Note:

Afterloggingout,thefunctionShowPrevious Screen forfunctionkeysandtouch

keyswillbeignored. Thisisa securityfeaturetopreventunauthorizedpersons from

accessingscreens protectedbypasswords.

Relatedinformation

General SecuritySettings

ActionsRibbonTab

16.4 ObjectSecurityandVisibility

Object access can be restricted to a certain security group. Each security group

contains a set o f users a nd each user has an individual password. To be able to

control an object with a security setting, the user must belong to the deﬁned

security group, a nd has to login.

Object security is controlled by selecting the object, and then opening the

Tag/Security group of the Home or General ribbon tabs.

When no security is set for an object, the object will be available to everyone, i.e.

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