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Create a Global User

You can create new users only if the user store is configured as the CA User Activity Reporting Module user store, the default. Only Administrators can create new user accounts.

If referencing an external user store, user accounts are automatically loaded into the default user store as read-only records. If you need to create a new user, you must do so in the external user store. The new record is automatically loaded.

To use the CA User Activity Reporting Module product, a user must have a global user account. The account must be active at the time of login. Accounts can become inactive if suspended by the Administrator, locked due to violation of a password policy, or disabled due to the enabled account time having elapsed.

To create a new global user account

  1. Click the Administration tab and the User and Access Management subtab.
  2. Click the Users button.
  3. Verify that the account you plan to create does not exist. Select Global Users and click Go. If the name does not appear in the results, proceed.
  4. Click the New User button to the left of the Users tree.

    The New User page appears.

  5. Enter the name of the user in the Name entry field.
  6. (Optional) Assign an application user group.
    1. Click Add Application User Details.
    2. Select one or more available user groups and click the move button to move the selection to the Selected User Groups box.

      Note: If you do not do this now, you can edit the account of a global user later to assign an application user group.

  7. Enter the General information for Global User Details.
  8. (Optional) Assign a global user group.
  9. Complete Authentication information:
    1. To set a threshold for the number of incorrect logins to accept before locking the account, enter a number for Incorrect Login Count. Configuring a count of 0 means there is no limit.
    2. Accept the cleared check box for Override Password Policy unless you want to permit this user to have passwords that do not conform to the password policy.
    3. Repeat your entry in the Confirm Password box.
    4. Select the Change Password at Next Login to permit the user to change the password.
    5. Leave Suspended clear when creating a new account.
    6. Enter a new password for New Password and Confirm Password.
    7. If this user is to have access only temporarily, enter a date range for enabling and disabling the user account.
    8. To defer the enabling of the user account to a later date, enter the date to enable the account.
  10. Click Save.
  11. Click Close.