Create a New Station Group based on an Existing Group
Scenario: You want to create a new user group by copying settings from existing group.
Workflow diagram:
Prerequisites:
- System Manager is in Engineering mode.
- System Browser is in Management View.
Steps:
1 – Select the workflow
- In System Browser, select Project > System Settings > Security.
- In the User Wizard tab, in Task selection, select Create new station group.
- Click .
2 – Create Station Groups by Copying Settings from Existing Group
- You are in the User Management Wizard step 2 – Station group creation.
- Select Create one or more station groups by copying settings from existing ones.
- Click Add.
- The Copy station group dialog box opens.
- In Copy from, select the station group you want to copy the settings from.
- (Optional) Enter the Group name if you want to customize it.
- Select the Configured users you want to associate to the new user group.
- Select to add a single user or to add all the configured users to the new user group.
- (Optional) In the Group membership column, select the configured user you want remove, then select. Select to remove all the users.
- Click OK.
- The previously configured station group has been added to the table of user groups that will be created.
- (Optional) Select Add and repeat all the steps for each additional station group you want create.
- (Optional) Select a group of the table and select Remove to delete it.
NOTE: You cannot edit a group from the table. If you need to correct any parameter, you have to remove it and create it again.
- Click .
3 – Start the User Wizard
- You are in the User Management Wizard step 3 – Summary Information.
- Check the summary information.
(Optional) If you want to modify any item, click Previous to go back to the previous page. After the required modifications, press Next to reach this final page again.
- Click Start to create the station groups.
- The new station groups are available in System Browser under Project > System Settings > Security.