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teamwork_server_user_guide Chapter 5 - Server Administration

Chapter 5 - Server Administration

Starting the Teamwork Server Administrator

  1. Start the Teamwork Server Administrator by any of the ways below:
  2. In the Login dialog box, enter the administrator user name and password. Besides, enter the host and the port number of the Teamwork Server, which can be the host name or an IP address can be entered. If the connection to the Teamwork Server requires a proxy setting, check Use Proxy and enter the proxy host and number. Click Login to log into the server.
    Figure 5.3 - The Login screen

User

Only a valid user can login to the Teamwork Server. A user can be assigned to one or more projects, and can be granted the permissions to read and/or update them. Moreover, selected users can be granted permission to administer (add/edit/remove) users or projects, so that the users can have all or part of the powers of a Teamwork Server administrator.

Adding a User

  1. To add a user, perform one of the following:
  2. In the Add User dialog box, enter the user name and password of the user. Also, grant him/her the permission of creating/updating/deleting user and project.

    Figure 5.5 - The Add User dialog box

    The descriptions of the fields are shown below (mandatory fields are marked in bold):

    Field Description
    User name The unique id for the user. It can contain any characters
    Password The password for login to the teamwork server
    Confirm password The retyped password, must be the same as in the Password field
    Permissions Select the project/user administration permission for this user
    Table 5.1 - Different fields for adding users
  3. Click OK to add the user.

Editing a User

  1. To edit a user, perform one of the following:
  2. In the Edit User dialog box, readjust the permission granted to this user.

    Figure 5.6 - The Edit User dialog box

    The descriptions of the fields are shown below:

    Field Description
    User name A read-only field that display the user name of the selected user
    Permissions Select the project/user administration permission for this user
    Active Select/deselect to make this user active/inactive. A user is active by default. If you want to disallow a user from using the teamwork server temporarily, just set that user to inactive instead of removing the user
    Table 5.2 - Different fields for editing users
  3. Click OK to confirm the changes.

Changing User Password

  1. To remove a user, perform one of the following:
  2. In the Edit User dialog box, click on the Reset Password... button.

    Figure 5.7 - Attempting to click on the Reset Password... button
  3. In the Reset User Password dialog box, enter the new password.
  4. Click OK to confirm the changes.

Removing a User

To remove a user, perform one of the following:

The removal of a user is irreversible. To disallow a user from using the Teamwork Server temporarily, set the "Active" state of the user to false instead.

Project

Adding a Project

  1. To add a project, perform one of the following:
  2. In the Add Project dialog box, enter the project name and assign users to the project.

    Figure 5.9 - The Add Project dialog box

    The descriptions of the fields are shown below (mandatory fields are marked in bold):

    Field Description
    Project name The unique id for the user. It can contain any characters
    Relative project directory The password for login to the teamwork server
    Description Description of the project
    Project file Select Create new project if you want to create a blank new project, or select Import existing project (and select the project file to import) if you want to import an existing project
    Table 5.3 - Different fields for adding projects
  3. Assigning users to the project, to let them able to read and/or update the project. Select user(s) under the Users list, and press Add as Read Only to add them to the project and grant them the right of reading the project. Similarly, select user(s) and press Add as Read and Update to add them to the project and grant them the right of reading and updating the project.
    Figure 5.10 - Assigning users to a project
  4. Click OK to add the project.

Editing a Project

  1. To edit a project, perform one of the following:
  2. In the Edit Project dialog box, reorganize the user assignment of this project.

    Figure 5.11 - The Edit Project dialog box

    To remove a user from the project, select that user from the Project users list and press Remove.

    To assign a user to the project, select the user under the Users list, and press Add as Read Only or Add as Read and Update to add that user to the project and grant him/her the right of reading and/or updating the project.

  3. Click OK to confirm the changes.
A project must have at least one project user assigned to it.

Removing a Project

To remove a project, perform one of the following:

The project files will not be removed upon removal of a project, and you have to remove them manually.

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