CA RiskMinder Administration Guide › Managing Administrators › Creating Administrators

Creating Administrators

An administrator can create other administrators who belong to the same level or to the lower levels in the administrative hierarchy and have the same or lesser scope. For example:

• The MA can create all other types of administrators.
• GAs can create the following within their scope:
  • Other GAs
  • OAs
  • UAs
• OAs can create the following within their scope:
  • Other OAs
  • UAs

To create an administrator in an organization that is configured for Basic Username-Password credential:

1. Ensure that you are logged in with the required privileges and scope to create the administrative user.
2. Activate the Users and Administrators tab.
3. Under the Manage Users and Administrators section, click the Create Administrator link to display the Create Administrator page.
4. In the Administrator Details section, enter the details of the administrator. The following table explains the fields on this page.

1. In the Email Address(es) section, enter the email address of the administrator for the email types configured for the organization.
2. In the Telephone Number(s) section, enter the phone number to contact the administrator.

   If multiple telephone types are configured, you must enter values for all the mandatory telephone types.

3. In the Custom Attributes section, enter the Name and Value of any attributes you want to add, such as office location.
4. Click Next to proceed.

   The next page appears.

5. On this page:
   • Specify the role of the new administrator from the Role drop-down list.
   • In the Set Password section, set and confirm the password for the administrator.
   • In the Manages section, select the organizations that the administrator will have scope on, and perform one of the following:
     • Select the All Organizations option, if you want the administrator to manage all current and future organizations in the system.

       or

     • Select the required organizations from the Available Organizations list and click the > button to add these organization to the Selected Organizations list.

     The Available Organizations list displays all the organizations that are available in the scope of the administrator creating this new account. The Selected Organizations displays the list of organizations that you have selected for the administrator to manage.

6. Click Create to save the changes, create the account, and activate it.
7. Communicate the new password to the administrator.