Create a non-Active Directory user
- Updated: 2021/02/02
Create a non-Active Directory user
Add a non-Active Directory user by assigning a role and device license. Users can create Task Bots per the roles and device license assigned to automate the required process.
Prerequisites
You must be logged in to the Control Room with administrator privileges.
Procedure
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Navigate to Administration > Users.
The All users page appears, displaying information about the existing users.
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Click Create user.
The Create user page appears.
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In the General Details section, perform the following
steps:
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Clear the Enable User check box if you do not want the
user to log in immediately.
By default, this check box is selected.
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Enter a unique name in the Username field.
Note: You can also include an email address. For example:
username@example.com
. - Optional:
Enter a description and include the first name and last name for the
user.
The maximum number of characters allowed for first name and last name is 50.
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Enter a Password and confirm your password.
The password must follow the password policy.
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Enter your Email address and confirm the
address.
If SMTP is enabled, the user is sent an email to this address to confirm the account. All important Control Room notifications are sent to this email address.
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Clear the Enable User check box if you do not want the
user to log in immediately.
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In the Select roles section, assign a role from the
Available roles table.
Each role includes specific privileges and permissions to access and perform actions in certain areas of Control Room.
- In the Available roles list, select the check box next to the Role Name to select all roles. Alternatively, select multiple roles from the list.
- Add roles to the Selected list.
- Any Control Room user has access to these permissions by default: View Dashboard, Manage my credentials and locker, and View and manage my queues.
- A non-admin user does not have access to these permissions: Admin, BotFarm Admin, Pool Admin, Locker Admin.
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Assign a device license to the user.
Note: Device licenses are not available for users with the Admin or BotFarm admin roles. The number of available copies is shown next to each license.
For a Bot Creator and attended Bot Runner user, you can enable Auto Login by selecting the Enable auto login check box. This enables the user to create local schedules on their machine so that the bot automatically logs in to the user's local machine, executes the task, and locks or logs off the machine. For an unattended Bot Runner user, Auto Login is always enabled.
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Click Create user or Create user and add
another.
If SMTP is enabled, an email is sent to new users inviting them to log in.The new user is displayed in the User table.