User rights

With user rights, a distinction is made between storage rights, ibaPDA client rights and server rights.

In order to assign permissions to a user, mark the corresponding user, select the desired options in the User rights table and save the settings by clicking the button <Apply changes>.

ibaHD store rights

Option	Description
Read	The permission to read HD stores can be granted individually for all HD stores or for selected HD stores and contained time period stores. Use the black triangle to open the selection dialog and mark All stores or individual HD stores from the list.
Write	The permission to write in HD stores can be granted individually for all HD stores or for select HD stores and contained time period stores. For the selection dialog, see Read.
Delete ibaHD data	The permission to delete signals and events in stores by means of ibaHD Manager or when configuring in ibaPDA.

Option

Description

Read

The permission to read HD stores can be granted individually for all HD stores or for selected HD stores and contained time period stores.

Use the black triangle to open the selection dialog and mark All stores or individual HD stores from the list.

Write

The permission to write in HD stores can be granted individually for all HD stores or for select HD stores and contained time period stores.

For the selection dialog, see Read.

Delete ibaHD data

The permission to delete signals and events in stores by means of ibaHD Manager or when configuring in ibaPDA.

Time period store rights

Option	Description
Update time period data	The authorization to update existing time periods via other iba products (e.g. ibaAnalyzer, ibaDatCoordinator) can be granted individually for all time period stores or for selected time period stores. Use the arrow symbol to open the selection dialog and select All stores or Individual time period folders from the list.

Option

Description

Update time period data

The authorization to update existing time periods via other iba products (e.g. ibaAnalyzer, ibaDatCoordinator) can be granted individually for all time period stores or for selected time period stores.

Use the arrow symbol to open the selection dialog and select All stores or Individual time period folders from the list.

ibaPDA client rights

Option	Description
Changing the password	The permission to a user to change his own password.
Change server	The permission to connect to a (different) ibaPDA server.
Close client	The permission to close the ibaPDA client.
Resize client	The permission to change the size of the program window or the display style, either using the mouse or using a key combination, e.g. to enable/disable full screen mode.
Use menu and toolbars	The permission to use menu commands and buttons of the toolbar. Without this permission, the menus and toolbars are disabled (grayed out), except for the toolbar of the signal views. The user can add/remove signals to/from the current signal monitors.
Interact with views	The permission to interact with signal views, e.g. zoom in/out, show/hide signals or change the scaling in trend graphs. If a user is not authorized to interact with views, the permission “Change layout” must also be disabled. This option does not apply to FFT and oscilloscope views. Interaction with those views is always possible.
Change layout	The permission to change the current layout. If you do not have this permission, then you cannot move, reduce or enlarge the ibaPDA client window. You cannot change views. You cannot change docking windows.
Switch between layouts	The permission to switch layouts. With this permission, you can switch between different layouts by using the layout toolbar or function key <F11>.
Load layouts from server	The permission to load layouts from the server. Users with this permission can manually load layouts from the server via the Layout Manager. When logging in to the server, a query appears asking if layouts should be loaded from the server. Users who do not have this permission cannot manually load layouts from the server, nor is there a query when they log in. Exception user admin: Denied: Layouts can be loaded manually from the server. There is no query when logging in. Granted: Layouts can be loaded manually from the server. There is an additional query when logging in.
Save layouts on server	The permission to save current or modified layouts on the server. Users with this permission can manually save layouts on the server via the Layout Manager. If layouts have been changed, an additional query appears asking whether layouts should be saved on the server when the user logs out or exits ibaPDA. Users who do not have this permission cannot manually save layouts on the server, nor is there a query when they log out. Exception user admin: Denied: Layouts can be saved manually on the server. There is no query when logging out. Granted: Layouts can be saved manually on the server. There is an additional query when logging out if layouts have been changed. When saving on the server, the layouts are saved in the layout file (*.layouts) in the path for the server configuration files, e.g. `C:\ProgramData\iba\ibaPDA\Layouts`
Auto-close on inactivity	Clients that are logged in under a user with this option are automatically exited after the set time if no use occurred in this time. Times from 5 min to 24 h can be selected.
Auto-disconnect on inactivity	Clients, which are logged in by a user with this option will be disconnected from the ibaPDA server automatically if the set time has elapsed without any operation during this time. The last layout remains loaded and the log-in dialog appears on the screen. Times from 5 min to 24 h can be selected.
Force display style	Clients that are logged in under a user with this option show the set display style during starting.
Send manual triggers	The permission to operate the start and stop trigger buttons in the toolbar of the data store.
Create ibaHD annotations	The permission to enter new annotations based on a pre-configured annotation type (selection from a drop-down list).
Configure ibaHD annotations	The permission to configure new annotations/types of annotations.

ibaHD server rights

Option	Description
User administration	The permission to change the user configuration.
Store and backup configuration	The permission to configure HD stores and backups.
SNMP server configuration	The permission to configure the integrated SNMP server.
ibaHD-API configuration	The permission to configure the ibaHD-API server.
OPC UA server configuration	The permission to configure the OPC UA server.
Edit ibaHD queries	The permission to configure queries in HD event tables or HD time period tables. This only applies to queries stored on the ibaHD-Server; locally stored queries can be created and edited by all users.