Managing roles
The general administrator and organization administrators can add and assign user roles.
Click (User) > (Role) on the main menu bar.
- An organization administrator is only authorized to assign roles to users under the organization where the administrator has privileges.
- Only users with privileges to create users, such as general administrators, organization administrators and user managers, can create users that have privileges to access all MagicINFO Server functions.
- Default roles and privileges cannot be changed.
What each privilege allows
Privileges build on each other: Manage includes Create, and Create includes View. Selecting Manage selects the other two automatically. What a user can do also depends on the organization the user belongs to.
| Menu | Privilege | What it allows |
|---|---|---|
| Content, Playlist | View | Search content and playlists, export lists. |
| Content, Playlist | Create | Create, modify and delete; create and download content. |
| Content, Playlist | Lock | Lock and unlock content elements and edit locked content. Only users with this privilege can do this. |
| Content, Playlist | Manage | Create, modify and delete; create and download content. Any content can be modified or deleted. |
| Schedule | View | Search schedules, export. |
| Schedule | Create | Create, modify, delete and republish schedules. |
| Schedule | Manage | Create, modify, delete and republish. Any schedule can be modified, deleted or republished. |
| Devices | View | View devices, errors and alarms, search alarms, export. |
| Devices | Create | Modify, delete and move devices; Quick Control. |
| Devices | Manage | Modify, delete and move devices; Quick Control, software update, custom logo and remote jobs. |
| Users | View | Search and export users. |
| Users | Create | Add, delete, approve and reject users; add, change and delete roles. |
| Users | Manage | Add, approve and reject users; add, change and delete roles. |
| Server Settings | Manage | Server settings; add and delete tags. |
| Statistics | Manage | All statistics functions. |
Default roles
These roles exist on every server and cannot be changed or deleted. O marks a privilege the role has.
| Role | Content/Playlist: View | Create | Lock | Manage | Schedule: View | Create | Manage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administrator | O | O | O | O | O | O | O |
| Content Manager | O | O | O | O | |||
| Content Schedule Manager | O | O | O | O | O | O | O |
| Content Uploader | O | O | |||||
| Device Manager | |||||||
| Schedule Editor | O | O | |||||
| Schedule Manager | O | O | O | ||||
| User Manager |
| Role | Devices: View | Create | Manage | Users: View | Create | Manage | Server Settings | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administrator | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O |
| Content Manager | ||||||||
| Content Schedule Manager | ||||||||
| Content Uploader | ||||||||
| Device Manager | O | O | O | |||||
| Schedule Editor | O | |||||||
| Schedule Manager | ||||||||
| User Manager | O | O | O |
Adding a user role
- Click Add from the list of roles.
- When the role addition window appears, set the items sequentially.
- After configuring required settings, click Save. The roles for new users are added in the role list. The items that can be set for user role are as follows:
- Role Name Enter a role name to create. To check for duplicate role name, click Check Duplication.
- Role Privileges for other roles can be imported for modification.
- Selecting an access privilege You can select access privileges to each menu. Select a privilege for the role.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Content & Playlist & RuleSet | View, Create, Lock, Manage |
| Schedule, User | View, Create, Manage |
| Devices | View, Create, Lock, Manage |
| Server Settings, Statistics | Manage |
- Details Select an additional privilege to access the Device menu.
Editing a user role
- In the role list, select a role to modify.
- Click Change Role.
- When the role modification window appears, proceed with modification.
- After modification, click Save.
- The user role name can be modified after being clicked.
- For user role, only one role can be modified.
- Default roles and privileges cannot be changed.
Deleting a user role
- In the role list, select a role to delete. Duplicated items can be selected.
- Click Delete.
- In the pop-up window, click OK. The selected roles are deleted from the role list.
- The default roles and privileges cannot be deleted.
Exporting a list of roles
- In the role list, click Export. To export only some roles, select them first.
- Click Excel or PDF.