Clearquest user admin tool

When you start creating new user, it can be initialized with LDAP authentication type, specific set of user privileges, and be subscribed to specific set of user databases.

Setting it to non-zero value enables validation scripts. When property does not exist or set to zero, custom validation scripts are disabled. There is no need to define all of them when custom validation is enabled. You can define required scripts only. Page actions Page Discussion More Tools. Personal tools Log in.

Enables Multisite resource-consuming validations, such as mastership of the groups that you would like to add user to. By default, during initial load and synchronizations, all users are loaded into the database regardless of mastership. By default, ClearQuest user with Super User or User Admin privilege is allowed to create and update users and groups, and Super User only is allowed to delete user or group records when no associated account exists in the master repository.

You can use this property to permit some users to administer specific groups only add or remove existing users and groups. User account can be updated using other account as a profile. Change user information and click on the "Save" button to apply changes. The user will receive a email notification describing the change. One of the regular tasks that hard to perform using the standard user administration tool is to "create use like some other user".

In Enterprise environment with thousands of users and hundreds of groups it is quite a challenging task. The user admin tool offers you a very simple way to achieve the goal. Start creating new user or updating existing user account, and select Profiling and Options tab on the user form.

Select profile operation: you can mirror current user as other account Replace or add permissions of the other user account Add. While selecting profile user, you can start typing user name and it will automatically filter the choice list. After profile user is selected, list view below is populated with profile user details: full name, email, phone number. You can double click on the user record to open User form with additional details.

When user is validated, click on the "Update User as Request" button to perform profiling operation. By default, it will mirror or copy profile User Privileges, Groups, Database subscription type and list of databases the user is subscribed to. For example, you can limit profile operation to user groups, or user groups and privileges.

In addition to the ClearQuest defined user permissions, the tool allows you to define its own equivalents. If you set up the system this way, the tool user admins would have user administration access within the User Admin Tool, but they would not be able to run the same operations using the standard user admin utility.

It prevents from mistakes and unnecessary synchronizations between the databases. In addition, the tool allows you to setup group administrators, users, that are allowed to administer specific group s only.

If you are using ClearQuest authentication, you can also safely delegate password reset rights to your first-tier helpdesk personal. The system provides a set of out-of-the box reports. In just few clicks you can get printable list of active users, or find out user accounts or groups that were updated since yesterday. You can also use provided report formats to build your own reports.

One of the most important for account management features is audit capability. When you use User Administration Tool, you can always answer the following questions: who, when, and what.