Adding a User

In the Security window, each user is represented by a row with a gray background. You can add up to 300 users. When you add users to MPM, you can give them access to features that apply to all projects. After adding a user, you can assign the user access rights to individual projects. Assigning projects to a user is described in Giving Users Access to Projects.

The number of users that can be added into the system is specified in your MPM License.

To add a user, complete the following steps:

  1. Place the cursor in the User ID field in the first blank row.

  2. Enter a User ID. The User ID can be up to eight characters. Do not include spaces.

  3. Select an Authorization level:

  4. System Administrator — A user with system administrator authorization has access to all MPM's features for all globals and projects.

  5. Project Administrator — A user with project administrator authorization has access to all features of assigned projects. Project administrators can also add users to, and delete users from, project they administer.

  6. User — A user with User authorization has only those privileges assigned to them by a system administrator or project administrator.

  1. (optional) Enter the user's name and phone number. These are free form fields.

  1. Check the functional areas of MPM that you want the user to have access to:

  2. Globals — Users with Globals privileges have access to all applications on the Globals tab in the Menu Manager window. Users without this access will not be able to select the Globals tab.

  3. Report Edit — Users with Report Edit privileges can modify the data displayed in a report. Without this access, users can run reports they have access to, but not modify them in the Report Viewer.

  4. Spread Curve — Users with Spread Curve privileges can create custom spread curves. Users without this access can apply spread curves to baseline estimates and ETCs to which they have been granted access, but cannot create custom spread curves.

If you assign a user the System Administrator authorization level, all three functional areas are automatically checked.

  1. Save the user information by doing one of the following:

  2. Select another row

  3. Click File » Save

  4. Press Ctrl+S