User (form)

Article
05/05/2014

Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Click System administration > Common > Users > Users. Then click the User button.

Use this form to enter information for a Microsoft Dynamics AX user.

Tasks that use this form

Create new users in Microsoft Dynamics AX

Navigating the form

The following tables provide descriptions for the controls in this form.

Tabs

Tab	Description
General	View or enter basic information about the selected user.
User's roles	View or modify the roles assigned to the selected user.

Buttons

Upper pane

Button	Description
Add organizations	Open the Organizations for the user form to grant access to specific organizations for the selected user in the selected role.
User	Save changes to the current user and clear the form to create a new user.
Import	Open the Active Directory Import Wizard to import user records from Active Directory.
Options	Open the Options form to set up individual options for the selected user, such as default user interface settings and preferred time zone.
Relations	Open the User relations form to set up employees, vendors, and customers as web users so that they can access an Enterprise Portal website.
Log	Open the User log form to view the selected user's logon history and user information.
Online time	View a report of the selected user's time that was spent working in Microsoft Dynamics AX.

Lower pane

Button	Description
Assign roles	Open the Assign roles to user form to specify the roles to assign to the selected user.
Remove	Delete the selected role assignment for the user. If you do not select a role assignment, all role assignments will be deleted.
Edit role	Open the Roles form to modify the permissions for the selected role.
Assign users	Open the Assign users to roles form to assign multiple users to multiple roles.

Fields

Field	Description
User ID	Identification for the user in Microsoft Dynamics AX.
User name	Optional name.
Network domain	The Active Directory domain that the user is associated with, if the user is authenticated by Active Directory. If the user is authenticated by a claims-based authentication provider, this field displays the name of the trusted identity provider in SharePoint that authenticates the user.
Alias	Displays a network alias for Active Directory users. Displays an e-mail address for users that are not in Active Directory.
Account type	Indicates whether the user is authenticated by Active Directory or by a claims-based authentication provider. For more information about claims-based authentication, see the Enterprise Portal documentation.
Default company	A company account that a user can access.
Enabled	Indicates whether the user is allowed to log on to Microsoft Dynamics AX. Warning To disable logon access for a Microsoft Dynamics AX user that is an Active Directory group, we recommend that you delete the Microsoft Dynamics AX user record for the group. When you only clear this check box for a group, the role assignments of the group remain in effect for individual Microsoft Dynamics AX users who belong to the group.
Current partition is default partition	Select this check box to set the partition that you are logged on to as the default partition for the new or selected user. When you modify user settings, if the check box is already selected, you cannot clear it. Instead, you first must log on to the partition that you want to set as the new default partition for the user. Then modify the user settings, and select the check box.
External	Do not select. This option is automatically selected when a user is designated as a web user.