Creating, Editing, or Deleting a User
Information for a FlexNet Operations user can be typed manually into FlexNet Operations. Or, if access to a directory service is configured, user data can also be imported from an LDAP directory service.
FlexNet Operations users entered manually into the application are users in the FlexNet domain. If no domain is shown, the user is in the FlexNet domain. Authentication information for a user in the FlexNet domain is stored in the FlexNet Operations database. FlexNet Operations users imported from a directory service are users in that directory service domain. Authentication information for a user in a directory service domain is stored in the directory service.
Information for a FlexNet Operations user can be typed manually into FlexNet Operations. Or, if access to a directory service is configured, user data can also be imported from an LDAP directory service.
If you are assigned a role with the View and Manage Users permission, you can view, add, and edit users. The Create a User page displays the creation and last login dates for non-shared users.
When you create a new user account, an email containing a system-generated password and login instructions is sent to the user’s email address. The user logs in for the first time with the system-generated password and is immediately prompted to change the password.
You can edit a user to change the user’s details, contact information, or account.
You can delete a user from FlexNet Operations if the user has no dependencies (such as, for example, line items, entitlements, or alert subscriptions). This permanently removes that user from the database. If you want to keep the user in the database but want to restrict access, consider deactivating the user instead.
You cannot permanently delete a user from the database who has dependencies. However, you can perform a force delete. The force delete ensures that the user record and its dependencies are retained but placed in an inactive state. In this state, all fields on the user record are rendered obsolete, login-credential resets for the user are prohibited, and no further access to the user record is allowed.
Note that his option applies only to the forced deletion of non-producer users with dependencies.
Import a User or Group from a Directory Service
If a directory service domain is configured in FlexNet Operations, groups can be imported from the directory service and assigned roles. Users in an imported group can perform tasks allowed by the group’s roles and do not have to be added individually as FlexNet Operations users. However, users added as part of a group are not visible in the UI.
If you want to give a domain user additional roles in addition to those granted by group membership, import the user and add additional roles as shown below. Users who are explicitly imported are visible in the UI.
Domain (LDAP) users can be assigned to an account of a different type than the account to which they were originally assigned. However, these users credentials (username and password) are managed separately in the external domain.
FlexNet Operations 2020 R1 SP1 User GuideMarch 2020 |