Groups are used to assign access privileges to a collection of users without the need to assign them to each user on an individual basis. This also makes it efficient to manage access changes to the entire group/s without the need to know what users belong to which group.

On the Administration drop-down menu in TapeTrack TapeMaster select Group/User Administration.

Select the Groups tab and right-click in the main window and select Add Group.

In the Identity tab enter a unique Group-ID (max 10 alphanumeric characters) and a group description.

Set positional role description required (optional) for hierarchy of users within the group. Roles rank from highest (0) to lowest (7)

Assign group access by adding required ID/s or ID ranges Customer-ID field and changing to true the types of access needed.

• Read allows any user assigned to the group to read information on the defined Customer-ID.
• Write allows any user assigned to the group to write information on the defined Customer-ID.
• Alter allows any user assigned to the group to add or delete information on the defined Customer-ID.

Click Add to assign the Customer-ID and access rights. The assigned ID and rights will now be displayed on the right window and predicted access shown below. You can add as many Customer-ID and access rights combinations as required by repeating the above process.

Set User-ID formats that any user assigned to this group must adhere to. If left as * any ID format will be accepted.

Click OK to save new group.