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Edit a User Account

You can modify a user account when the user’s job responsibilities change, or when new permission groups are created. You must also edit user accounts to assign new roles to them. Any new roles you create are not used until you perform this step.

We recommend checking the permissions associated with each user account periodically to ensure that all items are being monitored. Each time a new data source is registered, new system groups are added to the Groups tree. In some cases, no CA Performance Center operators monitor these new groups until you explicitly add them to user accounts.

Follow these steps:

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

   The page displays the current list of user accounts.

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

   Note: The rights and privileges assigned to the predefined administrator account, 'admin', cannot be modified. This user account must have administrator access to all registered data sources. If you select a group of accounts that includes the 'admin' account, you cannot modify any of the selected accounts.

4. Modify user account parameters as needed.
5. Click Next to advance the wizard to the next dialog.

   Permission groups are shown in two tree structures.

6. Expand nodes in the Groups tree, and select the groups that this user must monitor.

   The groups appear in the 'Selected' tree to indicate that they are part of this user's permission set.

7. Select a new default group for this user.
8. Click Save.

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