1.6.5 WebAccess User Accounts

This is not immediately relevant to software installation, but is mentioned here for completeness. WebAccess User types restrict access to the Project Manager, Graphics and Tags. User types restrict access to displays through a Web Browser, not to ViewDAQ. Area and Level security applies to all users. A User can be given access to all nodes in a project or only a few.

WebAccess Component	User Type
WebAccess Component	Admin	Project User	User Manager	Power User	General User	Restricted User
Project Manager	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Create VIEW Users	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Create Project Users	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Modify admin password	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
DRAW	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
VIEW (log in)	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
View System Displays: Alarm Log, Action Log, Station Status, User Program, Script Status, (VIEW)	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
Alarm Summary and Alarm Groups	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
View All User Displays (VIEW)	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Only assigned displays
Recipe Display (VIEW)	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Video	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Point Detail and Block Detail	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Overview and Faceplate Displays (VIEW)	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Trends (VIEW)	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Point Info and Point GOTO Dialog Boxes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Acknowledge Alarms (VIEW)	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Only if enabled on assigned display
Change Tag Value	Yes - All	If Area & Security Level matches tag’s	No	If Area & Security Level matches tag’s	If Area & Security Level matches tag’s	Only if enabled on assigned display AND Area & Security Level matches tag’s
Scheduler (VIEW)	Yes	Thru Project Manager	No	Yes	No	No
Reports (VIEW)	Yes	Thru Project Manager	No	Yes	No	No
System Log and ODBC Logs (VIEW)	Yes	Thru Project Manager	No	Yes	No	No
DrawDAQ	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
ViewDAQ - All Displays: System, Alarm, Recipes, Trends, and User Built	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
ViewDAQ - Acknowledge Alarms	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
ViewDAQ Change Tag Value	Yes - ALL	If tag’s Area =0 & Security Level =0	No	If Area & Security Level matches tag’s	If Area & Security Level matches tag’s	If Area & Security Level matches tag’s
ViewDAQ – Scheduler, Reports, ODBC Logs	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

Using the local ViewDAQ on the SCADA node (i.e. the WebAccess icon on the taskbar) all users can access all displays and tags and use the graphics builder including the Graphic Download feature. All project configuration is done through a Web Browser; only the Administrator or Project Users can configure the Database.

If a Web-browser user tries to change the value of a Tag without correct security Level or Area, a Popup Dialog box will prompt for User Name and Password, similar to local ViewDAQ. The difference is that this does not Login the new user name. This enables a "one shot" opportunity to change the selected tag. After the tag is changed, the Area or Level and user login reverts to the original user.

There is one Administrator account: admin. The administrator can configure database, build graphics through web browser and view any graphic in VIEW (run-time). The Administrator account applies to all SCADA nodes and all projects. Additional Users with "Administrator" capabilities can be configured by a combination of "Project User" and "Power User".

DrawDAQ is available only on the Project node (or a standalone system that has both Project and SCADA node software installed). Any local user can use DrawDAQ.

ViewDAQ is available only on the SCADA node (or a standalone system that has both Project and SCADA node software installed). Any local user can use ViewDAQ to view any graphic. Area & Level restricts which tags the user can change in ViewDAQ.