User ID
Digest
User ID is short for User Identification and is also referred to as username. A User ID is a unique, sequence of characters used to identify a user of Cascade Server. User IDs are used to authenticate the user upon login and for identifying the user for the purposes of logging, access, and resource management. Usernames are chosen upon user creation, and may consist of numbers, letters, and the underscore ( _ ).
Concept
Log-In/Log-Out
Your User ID is used to log in and out of the Cascade system. Logging in is mandatory for any user wishing to use Cascade Server. Once logged in, a user can access and edit assets inside the system. Upon logout, a user's session will be terminated. If a user wishes to view and/or edit assets inside the system, he or she will have to log in again using their login credentials (username/password).
If a user does not log out and the system remains idle, the CMS will automatically end the session after a specified time, determined by the Administrator.
Authentication
Login authentication is the process of checking User IDs and passwords provided at login form against authorized credentials.
Technical
Creating a User-ID
Your User ID is created by your Cascade System Administrator as part of process of creating a new user. Each person using the system should have his/her own user account. Users are managed in the Administration area.
To create a new user:
- Go to the Administration area and click the Users, Groups, & Roles tab on the left navigation bar.
- Click Create New User.
- On the General tab:
- Username - The name the user will be known by in the system.
- Full Name - The full name of the user (OPTIONAL)
- Email - The email to which messages and notifications will be sent. (OPTIONAL)
- Authentication - Determines whether Normal (password) or Custom (single sign-on solution via a custom plugin) authentication is required for this user.
- Password - User passwords must be 4-16 alphanumeric characters in length.
- Enabled - This allows you to activate and deactivate the user without deleting the account.
- Groups - Select the group(s) to which the user should belong. Assigning multiple groups to each user is an easy way to customize the permissions options for each user.
- Default Group - Assigning a default group allows the administrator to assign this user a default folder and dashboard settings that are customized at the group level.
- Role - Select the desired explicit role of the user. The user's actual role is determined by the highest overall role when taking into account the user's explicit role AND the roles of the groups the user belongs to.
- Username - The name the user will be known by in the system.
- Click Submit to save your new user.
Users can be viewed, edited, or deleted by clicking on the username in the Administration area and selecting the appropriate choices.
In addition, all user activity may be monitored by clicking on the username in the Administration area and selecting Workflows or User Audit Trail.