What is a Profile?

A profile is a set of access rights selected from a number of categories. Each user that you create is attached to a profile to determine the user's access rights. The combination of the user and profile is known as a User Account. A profile may be attached to one or several users.

For networked applications, you can optionally attach more than one profile to each user. The profile that is active depends on which station the user is logged in at.

Access right categories

The access rights for a profile are selected from the following categories each contained within its own tab in the profile configuration dialog.

  • Administration - Access to the configuration menus and operating system, password configuration, user configuration rights.
  • Programs - Selection of SCADA BASIC programs to run when a user logs on and/or off.
  • Mimics - Selection of the window (mimic) that opens when a user logs in, Selection of menu windows (mimics).
  • Command - Selection of command level rights.
  • Browsing - Selection of variable browsing rights.
  • Alarm acknowledgement - Selection of acknowledgment rights by alarm level.
  • Alarm masking - Selection of alarm masking rights.
  • Alarm maintenance - Selection of alarm maintenance rights.
  • Window - Selection of window level rights.
  • Layer - Selection of display layer rights.
  • Recipe - Selection of recipe rights.
  • Web - Selection of options for when a user logs in from a Web browser including initial mimic, language, alarm filter etc.
  • Application Architect - User access (generation and access) to the Application Architect.
  • Data analysis - User access (generation and configuration) to Data Export
  • Advanced - Automatic logoff and password life span.

You must have at least one Profile/User that has either the following rights.

  • Change profile rights - Administration
    OR
  • Create profiles and Create profile associations

If you do not do this, you will have the situation where you cannot change the profile of a user, nor can you create a new profile and associate it with a user. You will be permanently prevented from changing anything associated with User Accounts.