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Assign Permission Groups to User Accounts

Individual CA Network Flow Analysis operators and CA Performance Center operators require data access permissions to monitor data. Access permissions are based on groups. You can assign access permissions according to your plan for custom groups.

To assign permissions, edit the user accounts in the CA Performance Center Console. Your goal is to make sure that all operators see only the data they require to do their job.

Note: This topic describes the steps to perform in CA Performance Center. If you install CA Network Flow Analysis and register it as a data source for CA NetQoS Performance Center, the steps are slightly different. For more information about tasks in CA NetQoS Performance Center, click Help in the CA NetQoS Performance Center Console.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the CA Performance Center Console as a user with administrative privileges.
2. Click Admin, User Settings, and Users.

   The Manage Users page opens.

3. Select a user account that you want to change, and click Edit.

   The Add User wizard opens.

4. Click the Permission Groups button.

   The wizard displays the Permission Groups page.

5. Add permission groups to the user account, as follows:
   • Expand the groups in the Available Groups tree on the left so that subgroups appear.
   • Select a group or subgroup.
   • Click the right arrow button to add it to Selected Groups on the right.
   • Repeat as necessary.

   The selected permission groups appear in the Selected Groups pane.

6. Select a group from the 'Default Group' drop-down list.

   When the user logs in, data from the default group appears in dashboards by default.

7. Click Save.

   The changes are saved to the user account, and you return to the Manage Users page.

Custom groups have been created and assigned as permissions to IT staff. When staff members log in to CA Performance Center, they can view data from the systems that are assigned to them.