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Legacy User Management

Note

Whenever possible, use a runtime version >= 3.5 SP18 Patch 1 and CODESYS Visualization version >= 4.2.0.0 for a new project with a visualization.

Deprecated but still available user management

Legacy user management runs independently of device user management.

In the deprecated visualization user management, you define user groups and visualization users in the Visualization Manager. In the user management dialogs, which request the credentials at runtime, authorized users log in to their visualization with their group permissions. In the visualization, elements can have group-dependent permissions and therefore be visible only to the group, for example.

In a project with several applications, you can configure legacy user management for each application.

Important

When a visualization user management exists, an unregistered user automatically receives the access rights from the None group.

For more information, see: User Management: Legacy

Switch to legacy user management

You have initially created a runtime-based user management. Now you want to decouple this from the device user management and have a separate management only for the visualization users.

  1. In the Visualization Manager, open the User Management tab and click the Groups tab.

  2. Click the Convert to Legacy button.

    User management is decoupled from device user management and converted to legacy. The Users tab opens.

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