User Groups is where you define a group and what areas of the system the group has access to.  You can also setup user settings (how DMS screens will appear) for a User Group.  To setup the user settings for a User Group, see User Settings Management.

To gain access to User Groups, select Security | User Groups as in:

You will be presented with the following screen listing all the current user groups:

Click on File | New or the new icon to add a new group.  The following screen appears:

Enter a unique Group Name and then click on the check boxes on each tab to enable access to that particular area of the system.  If a user has access to all check boxes on a certain tab, you can click on the All button.  You can also click on the None button to uncheck all the check boxes on the tab.

DMS enables you to specify that a user group is to be limited to one of two commands when a user logs in; either Quick Job Updating or the Start/Stop Clock Job Updating.  There are five login commands on the General tab for User Groups. The commands are:

1. Perform regular DMS commands.  This setting is the default for all users and gives access to DMS after login.
2. Execute "Quick Job Updating" Only & Logout.  This setting displays the Quick Job Updating screen and when the user exits, DMS logs the user out.
3. Execute "Quick Job Updating" & Display Login.  This setting displays the Quick Job Updating screen and when the user exits, DMS displays the login screen.
4. Execute "Start/Stop Clock for Job Updating" & Logout.  This setting displays the Start/Stop Clock screen and when the user exits, DMS logs the user out.
5. Execute "Start/Stop Clock for Job Updating" & Display Logon.  This setting displays the Start/Stop Clock screen and when the user exits, DMS displays the login screen.

When you have finished defining the areas of the system the user group has access to, you can click on the Save & New button to save the current user group and start adding another new user group, or you can click Save & Exit to save the user group and return to User Group list screen.  If you click Cancel & Exit, the data you have entered is ignored and the user group is not saved.

Click on File | Edit or the edit icon to edit the existing highlighted group. 

The current user group settings are displayed on each tab.  You can modify each tab as required and then click Save & Exit to save the changes and exit to the User Group list screen.  If you click Cancel & Exit the changes you have made are not saved and the user group remains as it was before the edit.

From within the User Group list you can click on File | Delete of the delete icon to delete the existing highlighted group.  For example, to delete Shop Supervisors you would highlight the user group and select delete as in:

DMS will ask you to confirm the delete.  Click OK to delete the user group, or click cancel to cancel the delete.  The example below shows the delete confirmation:

See also:

User Passwords

User Settings Management