Changing and Adding Users
About this task
If you’ve just installed WorldServer, there is just one user defined, Admin. This user has all privileges and its user type cannot be changed. However, you can change some aspects of the Admin user configuration.
In the next few steps, you look at the definition for the Admin user and create two new users.
Procedure
- In WorldServer, go to Management > User Setup > Users.
- In the Name column, click Admin to see which properties can be set for a user.
There are two places in WorldServer where you can assign users to locales:
- When you define or edit a locale, you can associate one or more users with the locale.
- When you define or edit a user, you can associate one or more locales with the user.
If this were a production system, we would recommend that you change the Admin password. By default, the password is wsadmin. Because this is a default value, it is not secure. When you are ready to set up your WorldServer system for production use, change this password by typing a new value in the Password field and again in the Confirm Password field.Important: When you change the password, you must remember it. Also make sure that you communicate the new password to anyone else who needs to use the WorldServer Administrator account. Without the password, it is possible that you will lose the ability to perform administrative tasks within WorldServer. - This is a good time to create a personal account for yourself as an administrator. On the Users page, click Add.
- On the User: New User page, in the Username field, enter your WorldServer user name, perhaps the combination of the first letter of your first name and your last name.
- The next few fields are fairly self-evident. Enter your password twice, supply your first and last names, and your email address.
- From the User Type list, choose Administrator.
- In the Locales area, click Select All to allow yourself to participate in all locales.
- In the Workgroups area, click default. In the Workflow Roles area, click Administrators.
These two fields are beyond the scope of this tutorial, but you can read about them and the other fields on this page by clicking More info (near the top of the page), and then clicking User Properties.
- Click Save.
- Follow these steps again to create a translator whose full name is Tammy Translator. Assign a user name, TammyT, a user type of Translator. Assign her to the German locale and set her workflow role to Translators.
Note: WorldServer workflow actions can make assignments to targeted groups of people based on their workflow role and locale. When you create users for whom you have specified workflow roles and locales, you allow the automated processes to do their work. For example, if Thomas Translator participates in the French locale and a task is created to translate from English to German, then only Tammy would know about the task; Thomas would not be notified, but would learn of tasks involving translation to French.After you add or edit a user and return to the Users page, you can review a list of existing users and a synopsis of their properties.