FOTA WEB Users

This chapter is an overview of USERS menu.

Users section

The users tab is used to invite new users and manage existing users on your parent and child companies.

Below you shall find an explanation of what each column means.

FIELD NAME	VALUE	DESCRIPTION
EMAIL	String: email	This is the email that has been used for User invitation. NOTE: you can not have more than one User bound to the same email address.
ID	String: User ID	The unique user ID
ACCESS LEVEL	String: User access level	Different types of user access levels in FOTA WEB. Always set to "User"
COMPANY	String: Company name	User can belong to the root level company or a child company. For Company and User hierarchy refer to Companies.
INVITED BY	String: email	This is the user email that created the invitation.
LAST SIGN IN	String: date	This is the date that a User last signed into an account.
CREATED AT	String: date	This is the date that a User accepted invitation thus creating an account.
UPDATED AT	String: date	This is the date that a User was active on his account.
ROLE	String: role	The role that was added to the user.

User details

In "User details" are displayed information below: User ID, assigned role, creation date, and last updated date.

Permissions info

The list of granted user Roles and permissions can be viewed under the "Users" in the "Permissions info" section.

User delete

The Delete pop up button is used for deleting existing users under your companies.

These are the steps to delete existing users:
1. Check users that you would like to delete

2. Click on Delete.
3. Make sure you have selected the correct users.
4. Click on Delete.

NOTE: Deleted users cannot be restored.

Roles and Permissions

Role functionality description

Role - defines a set of permissions for a user. One user can have multiple roles.

Permission is specific actions within the FOTA WEB. e.g., "Create task," "Invite user", "Import files“.

Roles belong to a specific company and are not inherited by child/parent companies.

When moving a user to a different company, at least one role must be set.

When merging companies, custom roles will be moved to target company. You may want to review assigned roles before merging.

Role can be deleted if no users or invitations are assigned.

If there are users/invitations assigned, do not allow deletion.

The list of available Role permissions can be viewed by hovering the mouse over the "Permissions Count" in the "Roles and Permissions" section.

Static roles

To improve security and ensure more efficient work distribution in FOTA WEB have been added Static user roles with specific permissions.

Static roles cannot be edited or deleted.

List of Static Roles:

• Administrator – Have full control over all features/permissions.
• User – Have access to the most common features.
• Guest – Have read-only access and cannot perform any actions.

Automatically invited users have "Administrator" role assigned.

Custom roles

Custom roles are manually created roles that can include any combination of the available permissions.

Custom user roles can be created, edited, or deleted only by users with Administrator or Custom roles with appropriate role permissions.

Only Premium company users can create and edit a customer role.

To create a custom role, click on “Create role“ button:

When creating a role, the following information must be provided:

• Role name
• Company
• Set of permissions
• Description (optional)
• Permission preset (optional) Predefined role templates can be used as a starting point for creating custom roles
• Custom permissions

Available permissions categories lists:

1. Devices

2. Tasks

3. Task Groups

4. Files

5. Companies

6. Users

7. Roles

8. Tokens

Invitations

You can invite additional users by entering:

• Invitee's email address
• Selecting the company
• Selecting the user role.

With the invitations tab, you can view and manage invitations that have already been sent out.

There are 2 available actions for the invitations which are RESEND INVITATION and CANCEL INVITATION. Both options can be found on the right side of the screen.

NOTE: The user invitation is valid for 30 days. If it is not used, you will need to send a new one.

Role delete

The Delete pop up button is used for deleting custom role.

These are the steps to delete an existing user role:

1. Check the role that you would like to delete.

2. Click on Delete.
3. Make sure you have selected the correct role.
4. Click on Delete.

NOTE: Only custom roles can be deleted, and they cannot be restored after deletion.

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