Clone an existing user using User Manager

You can create a new user by cloning an existing user.

About this task

If you are adding a number of new users at once who share a number of properties, it might be faster to create one "template" user and then clone that user multiple times to create all the new users you need, changing only the necessary properties for each.

Procedure

  1. Open the User Manager window
  2. Click the lock manager icon Lock button.
  3. In the Users panel, select the user name.

    Expand the locations if necessary to find the user.

  4. Right-click the user and select Clone User.

    The new user is created, with identical properties as the original, including the name.

  5. Select one of the identical users to edit.

    It does not matter which one as they are truly identical.

  6. In the User Personal Information panel, edit the fields as appropriate.
  7. In the User Connection Information panel, edit the fields as appropriate.
  8. In the Roles panel, select or deselect roles as appropriate.
  9. In the Groups panel, select or deselect groups as appropriate.
  10. Click check in manager icon Check In Document to commit your changes.
  11. Inform users of the changes and ask them to close and reopen their CCMS Desktop to apply the changes. Additionally, have an administrator refresh IXIA CCMS Web so that users see the change reflected there.