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	−	Enter a name for the role
   Map control		Select the access level to the maps for users with this role
   Map management	No access	Users cannot view maps
   	View only	Users can only view maps
   	View/move/scale	Users can views, move, and scale maps
   	Full access	All operations with map are available
   Other
   Archive depth viewing restriction	−	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		Set access permissions to Axxon One functions
   Access to confidential comments	Yes	Add and view confidential comments
   	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 comments in archive	−	Create comments in the archive (see Operator comments) and protected records (see Protecting video recordings from FIFO overwriting)
   	No access	No comments allowed
   	Create	Users can add comments to the archive
   	Create/Protect	Users can add comments to the archive, create protected records
   	Create/Protect/ Edit and delete	Users can add comments to the archive, create and edit protected records
   Allow to delete 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). Set No to require setting a password when exporting (see Exporting frames and video recordings)
   	No
   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 to the tray (see Interface of Axxon One)
   	No
   Operating domain	Yes	Manage Axxon domain (see Operations with domains)
   	No
   Permissions to access via WebUI	Yes	Access to the Web-Server (see Working with Axxon One through the Web-Client)
   	No
   Show captions	Yes	Display captions (see Viewing titles from POS terminals)
   	No
   Show faces	Yes	Showing faces (see Masking faces)
   	No
   System log	Yes	View 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	View masked video (see Configuring privacy masking in archive, Configuring the People masking)
   	No
   Access to Interfaces		Configure the access permissions to the interfaces
   Group panels	Yes	Configure the access permissions to camera groups on the Hardware tab and to the camera groups on the Layouts interface
   	No
   Layouts tab	Yes	Configure the access permissions to the Layouts tab. This parameter applies to both the client and the Web-Client (see Web-Client GUI)
   	No
   Objects panel and Camera search panel	Yes	Configure the access permissions to the Objects panel (see Objects Panel) and the Camera search panel (see Camera Search Panel)
   	No
   Access to Settings
   Archive settings	Yes	Configure the access permissions to the Settings tabs 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 is not available for the user role, the user will not be able to use the created macros until the appropriate permissions are granted. Configure the access permissions to the system error messages 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
   Detection settings	Yes
   	No
   Device settings	Yes
   	No
   Options settings	Yes
   	No
   Programming setup	Yes
   	No
   Show error messages	Yes
   	No
   User Permission settings	Yes
   	Device access rights only
   	No
   Additional
   Comment	−	Specify additional information about the user, if necessary
   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 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. 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. 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 will not be able to use their permissions outside of the selected time schedule
   Video walls management
   Server	Yes	Configure the permissions to manage the connected clients' monitors by setting permissions for each server on Axxon domain. A user who has management permissions for the monitors of a particular server can manage monitors of any client connected to that server
   	No

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

   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 are not 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 is not 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
   	Minimum level	User can control the PTZ device with the corresponding priority (see Controlling a PTZ сamera)
   	Low level
   	Medium level
   	High level
   	Maximum level

4. On the Groups tab, configure the Group permissions if there are camera groups (see Configuring video camera groups).
   

   Device	Access level	Description
   Group permissions		Configure group access permissions to cameras (see Types of permissions to access hardware, archives and macros)
   Camera group	Inherited	Access permissions are inherited from the Default permissions tab → 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 are not 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

5. 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
   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 checkboxes set for all selected cameras when you select any of them.

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

6. 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	Access level is inherited from the Default permissions tab
   	No access	No access to this archive
   	Full access	Full access to the archive

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

   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
   Cycle rules	Inherited	Access level is inherited from the Default permissions tab
   	No access	No access to macros
   	Full access	Full access to macros

8. 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.


   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.