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Search Results: Available Actions

When viewing the results of an administration search, various actions are available:

Users

Right-click any user in the results pane and choose from the available actions:

Locate

Expands the User Administration branch and locates the user within the user hierarchy.

View Summary

Displays summary details about the user, including when the account was created, session details, and policy details. From the User Summary dialog, you can launch the Policy Editor to directly view or edit this user's policy.

Rename

Allows you to rename the user name (the name used by the user account, not the full name).

Move Item

Allows you to choose a new parent group for the current user. Moving users can affect their policy and may raise security issues.

Properties

Allows you to edit user names, roles, attributes and assign administrative privileges. You can also update the e-mail addresses associated with the current user.

Copy to Clipboard

Copies the selected results to the clipboard; from there, you can paste them into, for example, a spreadsheet or Microsoft Word document.

Note: To move or rename users, or to view or edit policies, your CA DataMinder user account needs appropriate administrative privileges.

Groups

Right-click any group in the results pane and choose from the available actions. These include:

Locate

Expands the User Administration branch and locates the group within the user hierarchy.

View Summary

Displays summary details about the group, including group members and policy details. From the Group Summary dialog, you can launch the Policy Editor to directly view or edit this group's policy.

New User

Opens the New User dialog to add a new user to the current group.

New Group

Opens the New Group dialog to add a child group to the current group.

Set As Default

Sets the current group as the default group. New users who create their own CA DataMinder accounts are added automatically to the default group. This is effectively a holding group until you can move new users into more appropriate groups.

Export Hierarchy to File

Exports the contents of the current group to a file compatible with Account Import or a spreadsheet, or to an XML file. You specify the export options in the resulting dialog.

Rename

Allows you to rename the group.

Move Item

Allows you to choose a new parent group for the current group. Note that moving groups can affect their policy and may raise security issues.

Copy to clipboard

Copies the selected results to the clipboard; from there, you can paste them into, for example, a spreadsheet or Microsoft Word document.

Note: To move or rename groups, or to view or edit policies, your CA DataMinder user account needs appropriate administrative privileges.

Machines

Right-click any group in the results pane and choose from the available actions. These include:

Locate

Expands the Machine Administration branch and locates the client machine or server within the machine hierarchy.

View Summary

Displays summary details about the machine, including when the account was created, session details, and policy details. From the Machine Summary dialog, you can launch the Policy Editor to directly view or edit this machine's policy.

Edit/View Policy

Launches the Policy Editor to directly view or edit this machine's policy.

Edit Common Client Policy

For client machines only. Launches the Policy Editor to edit the Common Client Policy. By default, new client machines inherit this policy.

Edit Common Gateway Policy

For gateways. Launches the Policy Editor to edit the Common Gateway Policy. By default, new gateways inherit this policy.

View Logfiles

Displays the Logfile View dialog, showing available logfiles for the current machine.

Machine State

Displays the Machine State dialog. From here, you can suspend machines or resume suspended machines.

Delete

Deletes the current machine account. Note that deleted accounts are retained in the database for auditing purposes.

Move Item

Allows you to choose a new parent server for the current machine.

Suspend

Suspends the current machine. Certain CA DataMinder operations continue or remain available on a suspended machine.

Resume

Resumes the current machine (if suspended).

Copy to clipboard

Copies the selected results to the clipboard; from there, you can paste them into, for example, a spreadsheet or Microsoft Word document.

Note: To move or rename machines, or to view or edit policies, your CA DataMinder user account needs appropriate administrative privileges.

More information:

Move Users Between Groups

Default Group

What Operations are Still Available on Suspended Machines?

User Properties