User
Introduction
CXO-Cockpit User objects are used to authorize business users within CXO-Cockpit. Users can be member of multiple User Groups.
In the User maintenance screen you can create and manage users.
Authentication
There are four methods for authentication. Proprietary Security, Active Directory Security, LDAP and Essbase.
- Proprietary Security is a CXO-Cockpit specific security model. User names and passwords are stored in the CXO Repository database.
- Active Directory Security allows you to authorize Users based on an existing Microsoft Active Directory (MSAD) directory service.
- LDAP allows you to authorize Users based on a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory service.
Attributes
| name | Description | Mandatory | MSAD | Proprietary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| User ID | Technical User name | X | X | X |
| Full Name / Display Name | Users full name | Â | X | X |
| Email Address | Â | Â | X | |
| Password | Password - With MSAD a password has to be entered when the User is created, afterwards the Microsoft Windows credentials (Active Directory Security) are used. Â | Â | Â | X |
| Phone | Phone number | Â | Â | X |
| Location / Domain | Domain is mandatory with MSAD. When more than one domain is used they need to be in the same domain forest. | X | X | X |
| Member of groups | A user is linked to one or more User Groups | X | X | X |
| POV Filters | Displays the POV Filters in effect for the User. POV Filters can only be changed for User Groups. | Â | X | X |
| Home Report Override | User can select a different Home Report than the default for the User Group or where there are multiple User Groups. | Â | X | X |
| User must change password | CXO-Cockpit offers the option to let Passwords expire | Â | Â | X |
| # Days until Password expires | Number of days until the user's Password expires | Â | Â | X |
| Narrative Role | Read more about user roles in the User Roles Regarding Comments | X | X | X |
| Draft Data | Is the user allowed to view Draft Data |  | X | X |
| Use Mobile Client | If mobile client is enabled | Â | Â | Â |
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Users can now be included in multiple User Groups.
In the example below a user has been create that has access to both UG01 (Europe) and UG02 (Asia).  At the same time, the POV Filter for the new user will be based on a combination of  the POV Filters of each of the individual User Groups.  In this example the POV Filter includes Entity - Europe and Entity - Asia.
