TipThe Add New User dialog box lets you add a new user record in FASTER Web. Users can access FASTER Web through the FASTER Web credentials that you create while adding a new user, or through the active directory credentials.
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To view the Add New User dialog box, click the Add New User link.
1. Open the Manage Users page.
2. Click the Add New User link.
The Add New User dialog box opens.
3. In the User Name box, type the user name.
4. In the Password box, do one of the following:
o Type the password.
o Click the Generate Password link.
A system generated password gets populated in the Password box.
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Note: If the authentication mode is configured as Mixed Authentication, you need to specify whether the user is an active directory user or not by selecting the Is Active Directory User check box. The users who have the Is Active Directory User check box selected need to use their active directory password to sign in to FASTER applications. Also, the Password field is not displayed for users marked as active directory users. The user’s time zone is automatically configured to the time zone specified for the site that is assigned to the user. For more information on the time zone of a site, refer to Global Fuel Import Settings. |
5. In the User Status list, select Active or Disabled.
6. In the Person's Name box, type the name of the person who you want to associate with the user.
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7. When finished, click one of the following:
o Save to save the information and close the dialog box.
o Save & New to save the information and add another record.
o Cancel to disregard any changes and close the dialog box.
1. Open the Manage Users page.
2. Click the Add New User link.
The Add New User dialog box opens.
3. Select the Is Active Directory User? check box.
4. In the Username box, type the username of the active directory user.
Note: The username of an active directory user must be in domain\username format.
5. Click the Verify User link to verify the following:
A user with this username exists in FASTER Web. You must provide a different username if the username exits in FASTER Web.
A user with this username exists in the active directory. The active directory user must be a member of the active directory user group specified in the Authentication Settings and must have a First Name and Last Name.
A user with this username does not exists in the active directory, you must specify a valid active directory username.
Note: The Verify User link is not displayed if your authentication mode is ADFS Mode - FASTER and ADFS Authentication.
If the user is present in the active directory, one of the following occurs:
If the First Name and the Last Name of the active directory user matches with the First Name and the Last Name of an existing FASTER Web person and the FASTER Web person is not associated with any other user, the First Name and the Last Name is displayed in the Person's Name box.
If the First Name and/or the Last Name of the active directory user does not match with the First Name and/or the Last Name of any of the FASTER Web person, the FASTER Web creates an active directory person with similar First Name and Last Name and is displayed in the Person's Name box.
If the Last Name of the active directory user matches with the Last Name of one or more FASTER Web persons, the Select Person link is available. You can:
Click the Select Person link to open the Persons dialog box. The FASTER Web persons having similar Last Name is displayed. Also, FASTER Web creates an active directory person with First Name and Last Name. The * indicates an active directory person.
Click the Select link to select the person who you want to associate with active directory user.
Note: To assign an active directory user as a Web API User, select the Web API User Only check box. A Web API User cannot log on to the FASTER Web application but can access the Web Service APIs. The Web API User can also access the FASTER Web API documentation using the FASTER Web API documentation URL.
