How to assign user properties

Introduction

In the User properties dialog box in the UNICORN Manager module, users are assigned different properties that define for example

folders and chromatography systems that the user can access
password rules.

How to open the User properties dialog box

The table below describes how to open the User properties dialog box.

Step

Action

Choose Administration:User Setup in the UNICORN Manager module.

Result: The User Setup dialog box is displayed.

Select a user in the Users list.
Click the Edit button.

Result: The User Properties dialog box is displayed.

Note:

By default the User item is displayed when the dialog box opens. Select another item (Attributes, Advanced, Access or Instructions) to view their respective properties.

Note:

The dialog box is illustrated in Items of the User properties dialog box below.

Items of the User properties dialog box

The illustration below displays the User properties dialog box with no item selected:

Items

The table below lists the items of the User properties dialog box and some of their properties that can be edited:

Items	Property examples
User	User name, password, access group
Attributes	User interface and program options
Advanced	Password age, account lock
Access	Access to folders and systems
Instructions	Available manual instructions, sounds

The User item

The illustration below displays the User properties dialog box with the User item selected:

The table below describes how to edit the User item of the User properties dialog box.

Step

Action

Open the User properties dialog box (see the table in beginning of this section) and select the User item.

Type a new password in the Password text box.
Type the password again in the Confirm text box.

Note:

The password entries must be identical to be accepted. Passwords are case sensitive in UNICORN.

Select an access group from the Group drop-down list.

Note:

A pre-defined access group is assigned a certain level of access to UNICORN.

Select a folder from the Home folder drop-down list.

Click OK.
Select another item to edit if desired. See further information below.

The Attributes item

The illustration below displays the User properties dialog box with the Attributes item selected:

Attributes

The table below describes the User Attributes:

User Attribute	Description
Use large toolbar icon	Display large toolbar icons in all modules.
Show unused variables	Show variables that are not used in the method on the Variable page of the Start Protocol.
Show variable details	Show detailed method variables on the Variable page of the Start Protocol.
Default overwrite of baselines and peak tables	When new baselines and peak tables are created, the old ones are overwritten.
Prompt for column before manual runs	A manual run must have an Alarm_Pressure text instruction inserted before the first instructions are executed.
Quick view curve	Select which of the chromatogram curves (1-46) to display in Quick view. Example: The value "1" displays the first chromatogram curve which is usually the UV curve.
Fraction mark height	Indicates the height of each fraction mark in a chromatogram.
Injection mark height	Indicates the height of each injection mark in a chromatogram.
Logbook mark height	Indicates the height of each logbook mark in a chromatogram.

The Advanced item

Open the User properties dialog box (see the table in the beginning of this section) and select the Advanced item:

Advances properties

The table below describes the Advanced properties:

Property

Description

Password age

The number of days a password is valid (14-182).

Password uniqueness

How many times a password must be changed before the same password can be used again (1-1024).

Account lockout

How many bad logins that are allowed before the account is locked (1-20).

Automatic workstation lock/logoff

How many minutes of inactivity before the workstation is locked or the user is logged off (1-480).

Signature

An additional password

Note:

This cannot be the same as the logon password.

The Access item

The Access item is used to define which folders and systems that the user has access to.

Step

Action

Open the User properties dialog box (see the table in the beginning of this section) and select the Access item.

Result: The Folders and Systems subitems are displayed.
Click the plus signs to expand the subitems, see the illustration below:

The Folders subitem

The user has access to all files and sub-folders in the selected folders. Up to 20 folders can be set up. Only folders that are selected will be visible in the Methods and Results windows of the UNICORN Manager module.

Note:

All users should have access to the Failed folder on each local station in a network installation. This will ensure that users can access results that were saved in the Failed folder in case of a network communication error.

The Systems subitem

The selected systems are available for the user.

This step describes how to create a new folder and give the user has access to it:

To create a new folder

select the Folders item
click the New button to display the Create New Folder dialog box:

select the Drive, type the name of the folder and click OK

Note:

The folder is created in the default location on the selected drive, for example C:\UNICORN\Local\Fil, and not in the root directory.

select the Folders item
select the check box for the new folder.
Click OK

The Instructions item

Open the User properties dialog box (see the table in the beginning of this section) and select the Instructions item:

The table below describes the subitems of the Instructions item:

Subitem	Determines
Manual	which manual instructions should be available to the user.
Calibration	which monitors the user should be allowed to calibrate.
Other	if the user should be allowed to end a method (End method) or save a partial run (Save partial). how the system should be available to the user (Local control only, Remote control only or View only).
Sound	which events that should render a sound. Different sounds can be assigned to each event.

How to print user setup information

The table below describes how to print the properties for selected users:

Step	Action
1	Choose Administration:User Setup in the UNICORN Manager. Result: The User Setup dialog box is displayed.
2	Select a user and click the Print button. Result: The Print dialog box is displayed.
3	If desired, click the Select All button to print information for all users. Select the check boxes for the Print Items that you want to include. Click OK.

2005-06-15