Guided Configuration - Users

The Guided Configuration screen allows an Administrator to configure LiveCompare for its first use, and to maintain an essential set of LiveCompare resources. LiveCompare displays the screen when an Administrator signs in to LiveCompare. Administrators can also access it using the Guided Configuration tool button. tool button in the Dashboard screen, or the Guided Configuration tool button. tool button in the LiveCompare studio.

The Users tab lists the users defined on the LiveCompare server and allows you to create and maintain users.

Create users

To create a user, click Add button. to display the User dialog. Complete the fields as follows:

Field What to do
User Name Enter a sign in username.
Description Enter a description for the user.
User Role

Select the user’s role:

Email Enter the user’s email address.
Password Enter a sign in password for this user. The password is case-sensitive. Note that the requirement for strong passwords is set by default when LiveCompare is configured.
Confirm Password Enter the same password for confirmation.
User must change password at next logon Deselect this checkbox to not require that the user change their password when they next sign in to LiveCompare. This field is not shown for users imported from LDAP.
Consent to Data Privacy Policy The date and time when the user agreed to the terms of the Tricentis data privacy policy. This field is only shown when a user is edited.

Click Save to create the user. The user is added to the Development, Testing, InfoSec and Operations DevOps teams.

Edit users

To edit a user, click the Edit icon. icon in the Actions column for the corresponding row in the Users tab. The User dialog is displayed. Modify the fields as required and click Save to save your changes. Note that the role of the Default Administrator user can't be changed. Use the LiveCompare studio to change a user’s password if required.

Delete users

To delete a user, click the Delete icon. icon in the Actions column for the corresponding row in the Users tab.

Note that when a user account is deleted, it is removed from all Resource Groups of which it is a member. Note that the initial admin user account may not be deleted.

Viewer users

LiveCompare creates a user account named Viewer_<browser cookie name> when a user who does not have a LiveCompare account accesses a report from a shared URL. These user accounts are visible in the Users tab. You can’t sign in to LiveCompare using a Viewer_<browser cookie ID> account because these accounts don’t have a role.

Related topics

Data Grid features

Guided Configuration