Configure secure groups in the FactoryTalk Administration Console
To use the FactoryTalk Directory with FactoryTalk Historian ME, you need to configure specific user groups in the FactoryTalk Administration Console. If you have FactoryTalk Historian SE installed in your environment, the secure groups should already exist in the FactoryTalk Administration Console. Otherwise, you need to create them.
There are the following secure user groups configured in the FactoryTalk Administration Console:
- FTHAdministrators
- FTHEngineers
- FTHSupervisors
- FTHOperatorsIMPORTANT:If your user belongs to a different security group than the groups listed above, you will not be able to log on to the FactoryTalk Historian ME client website. To manage your group access, contact the administrator.
If you plan to use the auditing features of FactoryTalk Historian ME while using FactoryTalk Security, you must create user IDs on the
User Management
page that exactly match the user IDs in the FactoryTalk Directory. This will allow you to track changes through a specific user and not a user group. An admin user who is a part of the FTHAdministrators group in the FactoryTalk Administration Console must also belong to the FTHAdministrators, FTHSupervisors, and FTHEngineers groups on FactoryTalk Historian ME. In addition, a user who belongs to the FTHEngineers group must also belong to the FTHSupervisors group to change events on FactoryTalk Historian ME.Provide Feedback