Creating a New User

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Creating a New User

Creating a new Windchill user involves creating both a user object in the Windchill database and a user entry in a directory server.

If the user already exists in a user directory server, Windchill automatically creates the corresponding Windchill user object in the Windchill database when someone searches for the user and adds them to a table, or when the user logs on to Windchill.

If all directory servers are read-only, the New User

action is not available.

To create a new user, you must have write permission to the directory server in which you want the user directory entry to reside. For information about setting up user directory servers, see more about LDAP installation settings for your Windchill solution.

To create a new Windchill user, use the following procedure:

1. From the Participant Administration table, select the new user icon

or select New User from the Actions menu.

The New User window opens.

2. Enter information in each step in the New User window. You can navigate between the steps by clicking the step name or clicking Next.

The following steps make up the New User window: Set Attributes, Assign to Groups, Assign to Profiles, Assign Picture, and Assign Signature

3. Click Finish to create the new user and close the window.

Click Apply to create the new user, but leave the window open so that you can create another user.

If a pending or replicated user already exists in Windchill, creating a user with the same name or email address will cause the user to be activated. For more information, see Participant Status.