Managing Users

Workspace administrators can create new user accounts, manage existing user accounts, and change user passwords. User accounts are particularly useful if you are using HTML DB Authentication. HTML DB Authentication checks the username and password against the Oracle HTML DB account repository. The Oracle HTML DB account repository contains account information that developers and administrators when logging in to Oracle HTML DB applications.

Topics:

Creating New User Accounts
Editing Existing User Accounts
Changing a User Password

Creating New User Accounts

Workspace administrators create new user accounts on the Create User page.

To create a new user account:

Navigate to the Workspace home page.
Click the Administration icon.
Click Manage HTML DB Users.

The Manage HTML DB Users page appears.
Click Create End User.

The Create User page appears.
Under User Identification, enter the appropriate information. Required fields are marked with a red asterisk (*).
Under Developer Privileges, specify whether the user is a developer or an administrator.
- User is a developer - These users can create and edit applications as well as view developer activity, session state, workspace activity, application, and schema reports.
- User is an administrator - Workspace administrators additionally can create and edit user accounts, manage groups, alter passwords of users within the same workspace, and manage development services.
Under User Groups, select an optional user group.

You can use groups to restrict access to various parts of an application. Groups are primarily useful when using HTML DB Authentication.
Click Create User or Create and Create Another.

See Also:
"Managing Groups" and "Adding Users to and Removing Users from a Group"

Editing Existing User Accounts

Workspace administrators edit existing user accounts on the Edit User page.

To edit an existing a user account:

Navigate to the Workspace home page.
Click the Administration icon.
Click Manage HTML DB Users.

The Manage HTML DB Users page appears.
Click Existing Users.

The Existing Users page appears. You control how the page displays by making a selection from the View list. Available options include:
- Icons (the default) displays each user as a large icon. To edit a user, click the appropriate icon.
- Details displays each user as a line in a report. To edit a user, click a user name.
The Edit User page appears.
Under Developer Privileges, specify whether the user is a developer or an administrator.

Developers having administrator privilege have access to all tools and reports available on the Workspace Administration list. These users can also alter passwords of users within the same workspace.
Under User Groups, select an optional user group.

You can use groups to restrict access to various parts of an application. Groups are primarily useful when using HTML DB Authentication.
Follow the on-screen instructions.

Changing a User Password

Workspace administrators can change the password of any user in their workspace.

To change a user password:

Navigate to the Workspace home page.
Click the Administration icon.
Click Manage HTML DB Users.

The Manage HTML DB Users page appears.
Click Existing Users.

The Existing Users page appears.
To search for an existing user, enter a query in the Find field and clicking Go.
Select a user.
Scroll down to Password, type a new password in the Password and Confirm Password fields, and click Apply Changes.