Set Up a Unique Operator › Add a Custom User Account

Add a Custom User Account

Add a user account for each person who will operate CA Performance Center. For security purposes, user accounts should not be shared.

You can create user accounts with basic parameters, and then edit them as a separate step to assign permissions. This workflow lets you carefully consider the groups that each operator must access.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in as a user with the required administrative role rights.
2. Navigate to the Manage Users page.
3. Click New.

   The Add User wizard opens.

4. Enter information for the following account parameters:

   User Name

   Is a login name for the user account. Limited to 50 characters.

   Description

   (Optional) Describes the user account to help you identify it.

   Email Address

   (Optional) Associates an email address with the user account.

   Preferred Language

   Specifies the language spoken by the operator associated with the user account.

   Authentication Type

   Identifies the authentication method that applies to this user account. The method must match Single Sign-On configuration. Select one of the following:

   • Performance Center—The default authentication scheme deployed by CA Performance Center.
   • External—A third-party authentication scheme, such as LDAP or SAML.

   Password

   Defines a password for the user account. The password is limited to 32 characters.

   Time Zone

   Corresponds to the time zone in which the user will view data.

   Default: UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).

   Role

   Is the role assigned to the user account. Select the custom role you created for this user.

   Account Status

   Determines whether the account is enabled for use (activated).

5. Advance the wizard to the Permission Groups page.
6. Assign permissions to the user account.
7. Advance the wizard to the Product Privileges pages.
8. Click Save.

   The new user account appears on the Manage Users page.