In WebHMI, there is a mechanism for managing users and their roles. The roles give or forbid access to certain project parts, while the users are binded to these roles.

You can access the user setup from pop-up menu (for 3.6 and higer fw)

Or from the side menu (for 3.5 and lowe fw)

On a new device, there are 3 roles configured by default:

Can perform any actions in the project. This role with id = 1 can not be deleted from the project and only one property can be changed - its title.

The non-admin roles (id <> 1) can be freely configured. In the scratch new project there are 2 pre-configured roles for your convenience.

• Operator - can navigate most of the project and change values ​​on the dashboards
• Read-only user - can only view the project (can't change anything)

As in case with the roles, there is a static “admin” user with id = 1 who can not be deleted. Only these attributes for him can be changed:

Admin can add as many roles and users as needed in your project.

In some cases, you may want to avoid users using keyboard for entering the WebHMI:

• The project is indended for automatic event driven user interface change, when the user interacts with the touch panel or monitor without input devices like keyboard or mouse, and the only thing he can do is to press some button on the screen
• you want to quickly create a “Read only” users
• other similar scenarios