Creating installation users in Nebula Beta

Overview

In Salto Nebula there are generally two types of users.

• Users who require access to and within your installation
• Users with management roles

Typically a user is a person who requires access to and within your installation. Users gain access using a key and to give access to these users you need to assign them access rights.

The other type of user is one with a management role. This user has the ability to manage different elements of the software. These elements can be other users, the access rights of those users or the access points associated with those access rights, for example. Users with management roles can differ from one another by the type of role that you assign them. Note that users with management roles can also be users of keys.

Selecting Users on the left menu bar lists the users that have been created within the current installation. If no users are listed already you can create new users as detailed below.

Create a user

To create a user, do the following:

• Choose Users from the left-hand menu
• The Users menu is displayed
• Select Create and fill out the fields as detailed below

Name

The name is composed of two fields: Given name and Family name.

The Given name is the user's personal name, forename or "first" name. First name is not used for this field because the given name is not placed first in some cultures. This field can also contain a middle name.

The Family name is the user's surname or "last" name. Last name is not used for this field because the family name is not placed last in some cultures. This field can also contain more than one surname so that both matrilineal and patrilineal surnames can be included in one place.

The display name shown within Nebula, for example in the user listings, is formed by concatenating the Given and Family name fields.

Email

This field is only required if the user being created needs to manage permissions within the system or will receive a key via the Salto Nebula app.

An email address is asked for when issuing an app key because the system sends an email notification to the user so they can receive the key via the app on their phone. If the user is being assigned a physical key such as a card, fob or wristband, and will not be managing other users in the system - that is, they only need to unlock electronic locks - you do not need to add their email address.

Note: email addresses must be unique per installation. i.e.: you can't have more than one user with the same email address in an installation.

User validity

You can give users time-limited access to the system using the Valid from and Valid until fields. You can delay the time when a user becomes valid by setting the valid from date to a future date. You can also set users to be valid until a specified day, or set the user to always be valid by selecting the Always option.

Note that users remain valid until midnight on the day specified in the Valid until field. Once midnight passes, they will no longer be able to use keys to access to your installation.

See also the sections on blocking users and canceling keys for more information about giving users time-restricted access to the system as well as the dedicated section about validity and expiration.

Upload user profile photo

Once you've created a user you can upload a photo of them. This photo replaces the avatar which is automatically generated when you create a user. You can do this from the individual user information screen.

Select the avatar beside the user's name and you'll see the option to either take a photo, or choose an existing one that you already have on your device or computer. Note that you may need to enable access to the camera to be able to take a photo.

Once you've uploaded or taken the photo you can edit it using the photo editing tool.

Editing a user profile photo

User profile photos must have the following attributes:

• Minimum size of 400×400px
• Maximum weight of 10 MB
• Either JPEG or PNG format