Deleted, Disabled, Disconnected Use cases
This topic explains the use cases for Deleting and Disabling users:
• Delete user - When a user leaves an organization, delete the user from Windchill and Windchill Directory server. When the user record is deleted, the entitled license is automatically returned to the pool of available license count. For more information, see
Deleting Users
• Disable user - If a user needs to be temporarily deactivated, such as a contract worker who will be re-hired in an organization, add the user to Disabled Users group. For more information, see
Temporarily Deactivating a User.
• Change in user role - If a user changes the role in Windchill and needs a different set of license entitlements, remove the user from the license group where membership is no longer needed and add that user to the appropriate license group as per the new role and its requirement.
Use the following procedure for updating user record for the change in user role scenario:
1. Navigate to > . From the list of license profiles, identify the profile and the corresponding associated license group from which user needs to be removed.
2. Navigate to group information page. Identify the user and subgroup that the user belongs to in the Members table.
3. Navigate to the information page of that user, and open > .
4. In
Assign to Groups, update the license groups as required. For more information, See
Editing a User.
> . From the list of license profiles, identify the profile and the corresponding associated license group from which user needs to be removed.