TIM Professional offers two methods of securing your system:

Both methods require the main administrator to set up the users and passwords using the entry screen.

Access the top-left menu and select    ->  . In the new window that appears click on the button to add a new user.

The following window will pop up:

Within this screen, you can configure each of the two methods of protection, by following the procedure below:

Console Locking

Set up a user with the username (all characters in lower case), enter a password, then select (Console Access) from the Extension Group drop-down list. Click on the OK button to add the console user to the list.

Only one user named can be setup for Console Access.

Web Username restrictions

TIM Professional allows you to set up users whose access to the system is restricted to specific group.

 

To add a user whose access is restricted to a particular group, access the top-left menu and select    ->  . In the Add New User window that appears, enter a username and password for your new user and select the group you want to grant them access to from the Extension Group drop-down list.

To add a user who may access all extensions, leave the Extension Group drop-down list empty (the default), or select the blank item at the top of the list.

A user who has access to all extension information will be shown in the User List with a  icon, as opposed to a restricted user, a  symbol.

 

 

 

<p>Briefly, there are two methods of protection: console based (to protect the actual application) and network-based (to allow only particular information to reach certain clients).</p>

<p>Both methods require the main administrator to setup users and passwords using a simply entry screen.</p>

<p>The following screen is accessible from the <span class="keyword">View ? Users & passwords...</span> menu.</p>

<p>Add a user by clicking the <img class="icon" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_professional/add_button.png" /> button, then entering the details into the new window that appears...</p>

<img class="screenshot naked" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_professional/protection_method_1.png" alt="Protection method" />

<p>Once you click the <img class="icon" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_professional/add_button.png" /> button, the following window pops up:</p>

<img class="screenshot naked" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_professional/protection_method_2.png" alt="Protection method" />

<p>Using this simple entry screen, you can set each of the two methods of protection by following the procedures here:</p>

<h4>Console Locking</h4>

<p>Set up a user with a username console (in lower case), choose a password, then select <span class="keyword">(Console Access)</span> from the <span class="reference">Extension Group</span> drop-down list.  Click on the <span class="button">OK</span> button, and the user will appear in the list.  Only one user (named console) can be setup for Console Access.</p>

<h4>Web Username restrictions</h4>

<p>When running reports, the extension groups that are accessible can be
forcibly restricted to a single group.  This is most often used in an
organisation where a department manager is given access only to
his/her own information, and no-one else's.</p>

<p>Additionally, any number of users may be setup who may access all extension groups' data.</p>

<p>To setup a user who may only view a single group of extensions, simply click on the <img class="icon" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_professional/add_button.png" /> button on the <span class="keyword">Users & passwords...</span> screen (as described above).  In the <span class="reference">Add New User</span> window that appears, enter a username and a password of your choice, but from the <span class="reference">Extension Group</span> drop-down list, choose the extension group to whom this user is granted access.</p>

<p>To add a user who may access all extensions, leave the <span class="reference">Extension
Group</span> drop-down list empty (the default), or select the blank item at the
top of the list.</p>

<p>A user who has access to all extension information will be shown in the
<span class="reference">User List</span> with a <img class="icon" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_professional/user_icon_1.png" /> icon, as opposed to a
restricted user, a <img class="icon" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_professional/user_icon_2.png" /> symbol.</p>