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Managing User Accounts

A user account is required in order to log into the web reports when authentication is enabled. To create one or more user accounts, access the "Account Manager" through Options -> Account Manager. Please note that the account manager is currently only available in English.

Managing Users

To create a user account, click the "Add user" button in the account manager. You will need to specify a username, initial password, a full name as well as the user's email address. An email address is required so that the user can reset his/her password.

To delete a user account, select the user from the list and click the "Remove user" button. Deleting a user account will remove the user and all customized settings the user might have setup.

Managing Groups

Groups help reduce the administrative overhead associated with managing permissions in the web reports. By assigning users to groups, and subsequently assigning permissions to groups, you do not need change the permissions on individual user accounts.

To create a new group, first click the Group tab and then click the "Add group" button in the account manager. After a new group has been created it will not contain any user accounts.

To delete a group, select the group from the list and click the "Remove group" button.

User vs. Group Permissions

Permissions, such as allowed pages or blocked pages, are accumulated if a user is a member of multiple groups, or when permissions are assigned on both the user and group level. Blocked features (e.g. blocked pages, blocked reports or blocked computers) always take precedence over allowed features.

The table below shows how different permissions on a user level and multiple group membership are merged into the effective permissions:

Effective permissions