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System User

Overview

The information of the user that can useKatmandooare stored in the "System User" table. The users are uniquely identified by their user name (ie login name) which the user must use along with the password to access Katmandoo.

Detail

User Name

User name is used to login into Katmandoo. User name can be upto 3-16 characters  and can have Alpha Numeric (A-Z and 0-9) characters only.

Important Note: dba is the default super-user of the system.

Password

User must enter correct password of the user name in order to login into Katmandoo. Some important notes on password:

User Preference

Recent information such as Logout Time, Sub-system Name etc are saved as user preference.

Contact

Contact information of the system user. If the contact information is not available, then Unknown Contact should be used.

While importing Raw data, if the operator name is not available in the source file, then the contact name of the logged-in user will be used as the operator.

Table Structure

Column Name Description
UserId (PK) Identification Number that uniquely identifies a system user who can use the system.

This is an Integer Auto Number and is generated by the database automatically.
UserName (AK) Name that uniquely identifies a system user and is used to login into the system.
It can have upto 32 characters including dot ( . ).
ContactId (FK) Identification Number that identifies a Contact.

Pre-requisite

The following information must exist before a ? can be added into the database.
Note: Although Unknown Contact can be used it is preferable to add the Contact before adding a new system user. This avoids changing at a later date.

Main Form

Use [ Task > System > Manage System User ] to load System User Main Form with all the System Users in the database.
Illustrative snapshot:
Main Form of System Group (Click it to change its size)
  1. System User Main Form displaying all the System User that are stored in the database.
    • Use [ View > Arrange columns in Main Form ] to change default order of displayed. Alternately it can be changed by editing the column list of the Misc Group SystemUserSetupDataGrid.
    • Click here for an illustration of the main form template.
  2. System Groups that the selected User belongs to (ie martinp in the snapshot).
    • Click here for more information on Authorised System Group.
  3. Genus with the granted role for the selected system group (ie Lupin Agronomy Admins in the snapshot).
    • Click here for more information on Authorised Genus.
  4. Rescources with the granted role for the selected system group (ie Lupin Agronomy Admins in the snapshot).
    • Click here for more information on Authorised Resource.

Setup Form

To add/edit a System User, follow the steps below :
 Setup Form of System Group (Click it to change its size)

Note: for new user, default (initial) password (for user name "shresta", default password is "shresta12") is generated by the system. When user login with default password, Katmandoo prompts user to change the default password.

To change password of a User by System Administrator, follow the steps below : To change password of by the logged-in User, follow the steps below :

Change password of a user

Follow the steps below to reset password:
  1. Select the user in the system user main form.
  2. Use [ Record > Change password of the selected user ]
  3. Enter new passord for the user.
  4. Click on [ Change Password and exit ] button in the form.
Change password of System User

Granting System Administrator Privilege

To grant System Administrator Privilege to a system user, add the system user name in the value of "SystemAdministrators" tag in the .config file. In the following example, system user "dba_temp" is added in the value to make it system administrator of Katmandoo.

<add key="SystemAdministrators" value="dba,dba_temp" />

Only the system administrator has complete access in Katmandoo.

Export / Import

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