Accruent Meridian Enterprise Server 2019 Administrator's Guide
Configuring administrative permissions
Administrative permissions apply to the entire Meridian Enterprise Server configuration. By default, only members of the local Administrators group on the Meridian Enterprise Server computer and users who are logged on to the server are allowed to modify the configuration. You can grant additional permissions to particular Accruent groups to perform specific administrative tasks.
User permissions to individual Meridian Explorer repositories are described in Configuring repository security. User permissions to publish documents and edit rendition properties are described in Security permission descriptions .
The available roles are described in the following table.
| Role | Description |
|---|---|
|
Application Administrators |
Unrestricted access to the configuration. These groups are in addition to the Windows local Administrators group and users who are logged on to Windows on the server. |
|
Repository Administrators |
May create and manage Meridian Explorer repositories as described in Creating a Meridian Explorer repository. |
|
Publisher Administrators |
May create and manage publishing jobs and import profiles as described in Creating a publishing job. The user who registered a document for publishing may also manage it in the Publisher Queue as described in Viewing the Publisher queue. |
|
Explorer Administrators |
May create and manage Meridian Explorer repository views as described in Creating and editing repository views. |
|
Import Profile Administrators |
May create and manage import profiles as described in Creating an import profile. |
|
User Administrators |
May manage groups and users as described in Creating and editing user accounts. |
|
Audit Log Viewers |
May view the audit log database as described in Viewing the audit log. |
To configure the administrative permissions:
- In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, in the System Management group, click Settings. The Application Settings page appears.
- In the menu, click PERMISSIONS. The Permissions page appears.
- Click EDIT in the item of the administrative role that you want to configure. The SELECT GROUPS dialog box appears and lists the Accruent groups that are members of the selected role.
- To add a group:
- Click Add. The ADD GROUPS dialog box appears.
- Select one or more groups to add and then click OK. The groups are added to the groups list.
- To remove a group:
- Select the group that you want to remove and then click Remove. The group is removed from the list.
- When you are finished editing the role, click OK. The list of groups for the selected role refreshes to show your changes.
- Repeat steps 3 to 4 for each role that you want to configure.