Allows you to specify the user group whose members will have site administrator privileges.
Group filter
Use local machine and domain groups — Use this filter option when you want to choose an existing user group or domain that is accessible from your machine.
Use site server and domain groups — Use this filter option when you want to choose a user group or domain that is accessible from the site server machine.
Site administrator user group — Click the ellipsis button to display the Select Groups dialog box, which allows you to select the Windows user group you want to assign to this new role. The name of the SmartPlant role will be the same as the name of the selected user group.
Add the site administrator group to each plant created — Select this option if you want the site administrator group specified above to be assigned as a role with full control in each new plant created or loaded in the site. Doing this saves you the step of creating a new role to grant these users access to the new plant.
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If you do not already have a user access group created that you can use for site administration purposes, you can leave the wizard running while you use your operating system user access controls to create a group.
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You can change the user group assigned as the site administrator group after site creation. For more information, see Change the Site Administrator User Group.
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When you create or load plants in the site with the Add the site administrator group to each plant created option selected and then later change the Site administrator user group, the roles automatically created in the existing plants are not changed.
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You can also add users to or remove users from this group using your user access controls provided by your operating system, and then click Tools > Refresh Users to update the user access for the site.
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To automatically assign this site administrator user group as a role in each new plant created or loaded in this site, after creating the site, go to the Site Properties > General tab and select the Add the site administrator group to each plant created option. Doing this saves you the step of creating a new role to grant these users access to the new plant. For more information, see General Tab (Site Server Properties Dialog Box).