Advanced Permission

Advanced Permission

1.0 Introduction

Borealis Advanced Permission allows for a more granular approach to managing operator permissions. The main benefit is that it allows for permissions to be set across multiple sites (as opposed to a single site). When Advanced Permissions is enabled and added to the Borealis subscription, it allows for site-specific operator permissions.

 

2.0 Setup Example

If you are the owner of 2 sites (Site 1 and Site 2), you may wish to setup an operator role that allows for the readers to be controlled on Site 1 but you don't want the operator to be able to control the doors on Site 2. You would create a new operator role called Site 1 Manager which specifically allows for reader control on Site 1 but not Site 2. You would then assign this role to a specific operator (the Site 1 manager).

 

Note: If you are disabling/enabling reader control for a specific site that permission will apply to all the readers on the site. It is not possible to restrict the permission to specific readers.

 

3.0 Enable Advanced Permission

The following steps explain how to enable Advanced permission:

  1. In Borealis, from the main menu, click Subscriptions (located at the bottom of the list).
  2. The subscription screen will appear. Here you will see all the important details that relate to your Borealis subscription.
  3. Click the Enable Advanced Permission button.

    Enable Advanced Permission

  4. The Advanced Permission option will be added to the shopping cart.
  5. The item will now require payment.
  6. Once payment has been made the feature will be fully enabled.
  7. If you are logged into the Borealis user interface you should now log out and then log back in.

 

4.0 Setup an Operator Role and Operator Using Advanced Permission

4.1 Create the New Operator Role

You can now create an operator role that can restrict operator permissions at a site-level. In this example, reader control will be restricted to site 1 only.

 

  1. From the Borealis main menu, click on Operator Roles.

    Operator Roles

  2. Click the CREATE button.

    Create Button

  3. Enter a name for the new operator role.
  4. Enter a brief description of the operator role.

    Site name and description

  5. Place check marks against each permissions that should apply to site 1.

    Operator Reader Control

  6. Click the SAVE button.

 

4.2 Create a New Operator

  1. Click on Operators from the menu on the left.

    Operators

  2. The list of system operators will appear.
  3. Click the INVITE button.
  4. Enter the e-mail address for the new system operator.

    Note: The e-mail address should already be registered for Borealis (using the create new account procedure).

  5. In the Roles section, scroll down the list of sites.
  6. Place a check mark against the new operator role that you previously created.
  7. Click on the field that is displaying 'All Sites' by default.

    Operator roles applied

  8. The system sites will be listed.
  9. Select the site which this operator role applies to.
  10. Click the SAVE button.
  11. The new operator will now be added and they will also receive an e-mail to notify them that they have been added to the system.
  12. The new operator will also be added to the Operators list.

 

5.0 Log in With the New Operator Account

  1. The new system operator can now log into Borealis.
  2. From the main menu on the left.
  3. Click on Hardware >> Readers.
  4. The readers screen will appear.
  5. Place a check mark against any reader you wish to control.
  6. The Lock, Unlock and Temp Unlock buttons will be available.

    Lock and Unlock Buttons

  7. Click on one of the buttons to lock or unlock a reader.

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