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Overview
There are several ways to set up user accounts for PhixFlow.
Local only
Active Directory
Single sign-on
PhixFlow user - either a "local" user, that is, only defined in PhixFlow, and independent of any other part of your infrastructure; or an "AD" user - that is, a user created automatically in PhixFlow if you have set up integration with Microsoft Active Directory, and a user have logged into PhixFlow by this means.
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To edit a user account that is not your own, you must belong to a user group that in turn includes a role with privilege Administer Users, User Groups and Roles |
Use the user settings tab to add . The user group inherits privileges from the roles listed in the settings tab; see User Group Roles and Privileges. Overview
Each user who needs to log into PhixFlow must have a user account set up. In addition, user accounts are added to user groups to control their access to features, items and data in PhixFlow.
Administrators use the user properties to configure the user accounts. Users can manage their own password and security questions in the User Details window.
Types of PhixFlow User
There are three types of users, depending on whether you manage the user authentication and authorisation:
- entirely in PhixFlow - local user
- partly with an external login system - mixed user
- entirely with an external login system - external user.
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local user | User logs in with a username and password maintained in PhixFlow. | Access is controlled by user groups assigned to the user in PhixFlow. |
mixed user | User logs in using integration with AD/ AAD via SAML. | Authentication is provided by AD/ AAD; authorisation is provided by PhixFlow. In this case, you must create accounts with the same username in PhixFlow. However, you do not need to set any password. |
external user | User logs in with integration with AD/ AAD via SAML or integration with AD via LDAP. | Access is controlled by external user groups mapped to PhixFlow user groups on login. |
For more information, see:
Users can view and change their own user account details from the
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; see User Details.You can add individual users to user groups. Members of a user group have the privileges of their roles. The privileges provide members of a user group with access to PhixFlow features, modelling objects, display components, actions and applications. If you need to restrict user access to sub-sets of modelling objects, display components etc. you can add the objects to this settings tab.For information about how users, user groups, roles and privileges work together, see:
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To edit a user account, you must belong to a user group that has a role with the privilege Administer Users, User Groups and Roles. |
Adding or Changing a User Account
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section. To change an existing user account, double-click on the name to open its property tab.
To add a new user account, right-click
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