Defining User Groups and Permissions

This topic applies to Accela Silverlight GIS.

The third step in configuring Accela Silverlight GIS is to define user groups and their permissions. Before you can define a user group and then set its permission levels, you must define a map integration and then set up a connection to a map service. For instructions, see Integrating Your Environment and Setting up a Map Service Connection.

As an agency administrator, you can create and personalize user groups for each map integration environment. When you create user groups, you determine user access to Accela Silverlight GIS features in the map viewer, including navigation tools, map commands, and map layers. The user groups and their permissions that you define for a map integration environment apply to all the map services configured for the environment.

Accela Silverlight GIS automatically creates a default user group when you set up a map integration environment. You cannot edit the default user group name or group description; however, you can edit the default permission levels for the user group and add additional user groups. Multiple user groups can be available for the same map integration.

When you configure an Accela Silverlight GIS user group, Accela recommends that you identify the Civic Platform user group each user belongs to and make sure the permission levels for the user groups correspond.

The following topics explain how to assign permissions to user groups and add additional user groups.