Roles

General information

A role is intended for assigning a group of users individual rights and permissions for administration, management and/or monitoring of individual components of Axxon One.

Creating a role

To create a new role, do the following:

1. At the end of the list of system roles, click the Create link. The new role is added to the system, with its properties displayed on the right side.
   

2. Configure the access permissions:
   

   Parameters	Access level	Description
   Basic
   Name	operator	Specify a name of the role
   Map control
   Map control	No access	Select the access level to the maps for users with this role
   Other
   Archive depth viewing restriction (hours)	0	If you need to limit the access of users of this role to all system archives, you can specify the archive depth limit in hours. If no limit is set, users can view all videos
   Access to Functions		Configure access permissions to the Axxon One fucntions
   Access to confidential bookmarks	Yes	Add and view confidential bookmarks
   	No
   Access to Search in archive mode	Yes	Archive search (see Video surveillance in the Archive Search mode)
   	No
   Adding camera to layout in monitoring mode	Yes	Add a camera to a layout in the Live mode (see Adding cameras to cells)
   	No
   Adding/editing presets	Yes	Add and edit presets for PTZ cameras (see Selecting a preset)
   	No
   Alarms processing	−	Alarms management (see Video surveillance in the Alarm management mode)
   	No access	Users have no access to alarm events
   	View only	Users can view alarm events, but they can't assess them
   	Full access	Users can view alarm events and assess them
   Allow deleting records	Yes	Remove videos from the archive (see Deleting a part of archive)
   	No
   Allow unprotected export	Yes	Export frames and videos without password protection (see Frame export, Standard video recordings export). If No, it is necessary to set a password when exporting (see Exporting frames and video recordings)
   	No
   Bookmarks processing	No access	Users can view and export bookmarks
   	Create	Users can create a bookmark without protection and export it. When editing, you can view and add cameras to the bookmark
   	Create/Protect	Users can create a bookmark with or without protection and export it. When editing, you can view and add cameras to the bookmark. You cannot add or remove protection while editing a bookmark
   	Create/Protect/Edit and delete	Users have all options, including bookmark deletion
   Display user login watermark	User login	The option of protection a video by overlaying watermarks with a unique identifier on top of it
   	Full access
   Export	Yes	Export frames and videos (see Exporting frames and video recordings)
   	No
   Layouts editing	Yes	Edit layouts (see Editing layouts)
   	No
   Minimize to taskbar	Yes	Minimize the client of Axxon One (see Interface of Axxon One)
   	No
   Operating domain	Yes	Managing a domain (see Operations with domains)
   	No
   Permission to access via WebUI	Yes	Access to the Web-Server (see Working with Axxon One through the Web client)
   	No
   Show faces	Yes	Showing faces (see Masking faces)
   	No
   Show titles	Yes	Showing titles (see Viewing titles from POS terminals)
   	No
   System log	Yes	Viewing the system log (see System log)
   	No
   Unlock camera menu button	Yes	Context menu of a camera (see Context Menu of the Surveillance window)
   	No
   View masked video	Yes	Showing masked video (see Configuring privacy masking in archive, People masking)
   	No
   Access to Settings
   Archive settings	Yes	Configure the access permissions to the Settings tabs Attention! If you select the Device access rights only value in the User Permission settings parameter, all users of the given role will have the permissions to change only the access permissions to the connected devices. If the Programming setup isn't available for the user role, the user cannot use the created macros on the Programming tab until the appropriate permissions are granted. Configure the access permissions to the system error messages Attention! System error messages are displayed in real-time in the Layouts interface. Critical error messages in the system are displayed regardless of the Show error messages parameter. Critical errors include: geomap connection error; export error; domain disconnection error; insufficient network bandwidth error that is disabled by default. If necessary, you can enable it by adding the SHOW_INSUFFICIENT_BANDWIDTH_WARNING system variable with the TRUE value (see Appendix 9. Creating system variable).
   	No
   Client special options settings	Yes
   	No
   Detection settings	Yes
   	No
   Device settings	Yes
   	No
   Domain options settings	Yes
   	No
   Programming setup	Yes
   	No
   Show error messages	Yes
   	No
   User Permission settings	Yes
   	Device access rights
   	No
   Access to Tabs		Configure access permissions to interfaces
   Group panels	Yes	Configure access permissions to camera groups in the Hardware tab and to camera groups in the Layouts interface
   	No
   Layouts tab	Yes	Configure access permissions to the Axxon One Layouts interface. This parameter refers to the Axxon One client and to the Web-Client (see Web-Client configuration)
   	No
   Objects panel and Camera search panel	Yes	Configure access permissions to the object panel (see Object panel) and camera search panel (see Camera Search Panel).
   	No
   Additional
   Comment		Specify additional information about the user, if necessary
   Personal data settings
   Face recognition	Full access	The value is set by default. The user has full access to the face recognition functionality
   	No access	If the No access value is set, the user has no access to the: face search in the archive (see Search in archive); alert panel (see Alert panel) that won't display videos of alarm events that are associated with faces; events search (see Events search) that won't display event notifications when faces are detected; macros that won't display face settings (see Programming)
   License plate recognition	Full access	The value is set by default. The user has full access to the license plate recognition functionality
   	No access	If the No access value is set, the user has no access to the: license plates search in the archive (see Search in archive); alert panel (see Alert panel) that won't display videos of alarm events that are associated with license plates; events search (see Events search) that won't display event notifications when license plates are detected; macros that won't display license plates settings (see Programming)
   Similitude search	Full access	The value is set by default. The user has full access to the similitude search functionality
   	No access	If the No access value is set, the user has no access to the: similitude search in the archive (see Search in archive); alert panel (see Alert panel) that won't display videos of alarm events that are associated with similitude search; events search (see Events search) that won't display event notifications when a similitude search is detected; macros that won't display similitude search settings (see Programming)
   Vehicle recognition	Full access	The value is set by default. The user has full access to the vehicle recognition functionality
   	No access	If the No access value is set, the user has no access to the: vehicle search in the archive (see Search in archive); alert panel (see Alert panel) that won't display videos of alarm events that are associated with vehicles; events search (see Events search) that won't display event notifications when vehicles are detected; macros that won't display vehicle settings (see Programming)
   Supervisor confirmation
   Supervisor for acccess to export		If the administrator has to confirm the launch of export for users of this role (see Exporting frames and video recordings), select the corresponding role in the list If the administrator has to confirm the login of users of this role (see Starting the client), select the corresponding role in the list Attention! If a user belongs to several roles and each of these roles has its own supervisor, the user can receive confirmation to access export or authorization from a single administrator. Note For example, a user can belong to several roles at the same time: Operator 1, Operator 2, Operator 3. Each of these roles has its own supervisor: For Operator 1, the supervisor is Admin 1. For Operator 2, the supervisor is Admin 2. For Operator 3, the supervisor is Admin 3. The user needs to receive confirmation from only one of the three administrators. If a user belongs to a regular role (such as Operator) and an administrator role at the same time, supervisor confirmation isn't required, provided that the administrator role can be used as supervisor. Note For example, a user belongs to the Operator 1 and Admin 1 roles at the same time. If Admin 1 is selected as supervisor in the Supervisor confirmation settings, the user doesn't need to receive confirmation to access export or authorization.
   Supervisor for authorization in Client
   Time schedule management
   Time schedule		If you need to grant the users in this role permissions only for a certain period of time, select a time schedule from the list. These users willn't be able to use their permissions outside of the selected time schedule
   Video walls management
   TEST	Inherited(No)	Configure the permissions to manage the connected clients' monitors by setting permissions for each server on domain. A user who has management permissions for the monitors of a particular server can manage monitors of any client connected to that server

3. On the Groups tab, configure the Default permissions (see Types of permissions to access hardware, archives and macros).
   

   Note

   When you create a new role, you cannot go to another tab until the role is saved. If you change any access permissions on any tab, you cannot go to another tab until the settings are saved.

   Device	Access level	Description
   Default permissions		Configure the default permissions to devices
   Camera access	No access	No access to the device
   	Archive only	User can view only the archive
   	Live in Armed mode	User can view video from the camera only when the camera is armed
   	Live	User can view live video from the camera. Other functions and device configuration aren't available
   	Live/Archive	User can view live and recorded video from the camera. User cannot arm/disarm/configure the camera
   	Live/Archive/Control	All functions available. User cannot configure the device
   	Live/Archive/Control/Configure	All functions and device configuration available
   Microphone access	No access	User cannot listen to live audio: from the camera; in the archive. Audio recording to an exported file isn't available
   	Live Audio	User can listen to live audio from the camera (the microphone must be turned on). User cannot listen to audio in the archive
   	Live Audio and Archive	All functions are available
   PTZ priority	No access	User cannot control the PTZ device
   	Maximum level	User can control the PTZ device with the corresponding priority (see Controlling a PTZ сamera)
   	High level
   	Medium level
   	Low level
   	Minimum level

4. If necessary, configure the access permissions to a specific device on the Devices tab.
   To do this, select the access level for a specific device (see Types of permissions to access hardware, archives and macros). 
   

   Access level	Device	Access level to device
   Inherited	Camera	Access levels are inherited from the Default permissions tab → Groups or from the group permissions
   	Microphone	Access levels are inherited from the Default permissions tab → Groups
   	PTZ
   No access	Camera	No access to device
   	Microphone
   	PTZ
   Archive only	Camera	Archive only
   	Microphone	Live audio and archive
   	PTZ	Medium level
   Live in Armed mode	Camera	View in armed mode
   	Microphone	Live audio
   	PTZ	Medium level
   Live	Camera	View live video
   	Microphone	Live audio
   	PTZ	Medium level
   Live/Archive	Camera	View live video and archive
   	Microphone	Live audio and archive
   	PTZ	Medium level
   Live/Archive/Control	Camera	All functions, configuration isn't available
   	Microphone	Live audio and archive
   	PTZ	Medium level
   Live/Archive/Control/Configure	Camera	All functions, configuration is available
   	Microphone	Live audio and archive
   	PTZ	Maximum level

   You can specify the access level to a specific camera and extend it to other cameras. To do this, do the following:
   

   1. Select the access level to a camera from a drop-down list on the Devices tab.

   2. Click the button and select the cameras, to which you want to specify the same access level.
      

   3. Click the Apply button.

   As a result, the specified access level is extended to the selected cameras.
   To quickly select multiple cameras, press down the Shift key, select the first and last camera, to which you want to specify the same access level. The checkbox is set for all selected cameras when you select any of them.

   Note

   Similarly, you can extend the access levels to microphones, PTZ devices and archives.

5. Configure the Default permissions to domain archives or Archive permissions to a specific archive in the Archives section.
   

   Device	Access level	Description
   Default permissions		Configure the default access permissions to the archive (see Types of permissions to access hardware, archives and macros)
   Archive access	No access	No access to this archive
   	Full access	Full access to the archive
   Archive permissions		Configure the permissions to a specific archive (see Types of permissions to access hardware, archives and macros)
   Archive	Inherited (full access)	Access level is inherited from the Default permissions tab
   	No access	No access to this archive
   	Full access	Full access to the archive

    
6. Configure the Default permissions to macros or Macro permissions to a specific macro in the Macros section.

   Attention!

   Users outside the admin role can create macros, if they have the permissions to create them. They cannot use them until they have the permissions to use them.

   Macro type	Access level	Description
   Default permissions		Configure the default permissions to macros (see Types of permissions to access hardware, archives and macros)
   Macro access	No access	No access to macros
   	Full access	Full access to macros
   Macro permissions		Configure the access permissions to a specific macro (see Types of permissions to access hardware, archives and macros)
   Automatic rules	Inherited	Access level is inherited from the Default permissions tab
   	No access	No access to macros
   	Full access	Full access to macros
   Event rules	Inherited	Access level is inherited from the Default permissions tab
   	No access	No access to macros
   	Full access	Full access to macros

7. Click the Apply button to save the changes.

A new role is created.

Copying a role

You can copy a role. To do this, do the following:

1. Click the name of the role that you want to copy.
2. Click the Create button.

A new role is created with the same parameters as the selected role.

Removing a role

To remove a role, do the following:

1. Select the role that you want to remove.

2. Click the Remove  button.


   Note

   You cannot delete a role if the user who is logged in belongs to that role.

3. Click the Apply button.

The role is removed. All users who belong to this role are also removed.