Unit Access Rights

Unit Access Rights

Access rights to a unit allow the user to see the location of this unit on the map, track its indicators (speed, altitude, sensor values, and so on), send commands and messages to it, use the unit in reports, notifications, jobs, and perform other actions with it.

You can change access rights to a unit in two ways: in the properties of this unit or in the user properties. In the user properties, you should select Units in the filter, mark the required unit in the list and select the rights the user should have to this unit.

As in the case of other macro-objects, the rights to units are divided into standard and special ones.

Standard access rights

Below are the standard access rights the users may have to units.

Access right

Description

View object and its basic properties

Allows seeing the unit on different lists and tabs, tracking its movement on the map in real time, and, if route access rights are granted, allows tracking the unit movement along the route. 

If this access right is granted, the following data is displayed in the unit tooltip and extended information:

  • last message time;
  • location;
  • speed;
  • altitude;
  • number of visible satellites;
  • counter, parameter and sensor values;
  • geofences within which the unit is located;
  • assigned driver. 

This access right also allows seeing the following information in the unit properties:

  • Unit name, creator, account, counters on the General tab. The names of the creator and account are shown if the View object and its basic properties right to them is granted.
  • Unit caption colour, Track colour and Usage of sensor colours sections on the Advanced tab.
  • Unit sensors on the Sensors tab.
  • Groups to which the unit belongs on the Unit groups tab (if unit group access rights are granted as well).
The View object and its basic properties access right doesn’t allow editing the unit properties and performing other actions with it. Additional access rights are required for this purpose.
The  View object and its basic properties access right is given by default when any other unit access right is granted. To take this right away, you should deprive the user of all the access rights to the unit.

View detailed object properties

Allows seeing the following unit properties:

  • Parameters used in reports and message filtration parameters on the Advanced tab;
  • Eco driving tab;
  • Trip detector tab.

Manage access to this object

Allows seeing the Access tab in the properties of the unit and giving rights to it to other users, including by means of jobs and notifications.

Delete object

Allows deleting the unit from the system.

Rename object

Allows editing the unit name.

View custom fields

Allows seeing general custom fields (that is, the ones not marked as administrative) and the Profile tab in the unit properties. 

Manage custom fields

Allows creating, deleting, changing general custom fields and editing the content of the Profile tab in the unit properties. This access right works only in combination with the previous one.

View admin fields

Allows seeing the custom fields marked as administrative ones in the unit properties.

Manage admin fields

Allows creating, deleting, editing custom fields marked as administrative in the unit properties. This access right works only in combination with the previous one.

Edit not mentioned properties

Allows editing the Unit caption colour, Track colour, and Usage of sensor colours sections on the Advanced tab.

Change icon

Enables the Icon tab in the unit properties, where you can select the unit icon and specify whether it should rotate depending on the direction of movement.

Request reports and messages

This access right allows:

  • getting unit tracks;
  • requesting unit messages;
  • running reports on the unit, including by means of notifications and jobs. 

To request messages of the Log type and run a tabular report of the same name, the Manage object log access right is required, and to run the Custom fields report, the View custom fields and/or View admin fields rights are required.

Edit ACL-propagated objects

Doesn’t influence the user’s access to the unit.

Manage object log

In combination with the Request reports and messages access right, allows requesting messages of the Log type and running a report of the same name. To delete messages of the Log type, the Delete messages right is also required.

In combination with the Manage events right, allows adding custom records to the unit log by registering events.

View and download files

Allows using a file server to view and download files for the unit.

Upload and delete files

Allows using a file server to upload and delete files for the unit.


Special access rights

Below are the special access rights the users may have to units.

Access right

Description

View connectivity settings

Allows seeing the following unit properties on the General tab:

  • device type;
  • server address;
  • unique ID;
  • phone number;
  • password of access to the unit.

If this access right is granted, the unit tooltip and extended information also display the device type, unique ID, and phone number.

In addition, if this right is granted to the user in whose properties the Can send SMS option is enabled, he or she can send SMS messages to the unit.

Edit connectivity settings

Allows editing the following unit properties:

  • device type, unique ID, phone numbers, password of access to the unit on the General tab; 
  • Parameters of message validity filtration on the Advanced tab (if the View detailed object properties right is granted).

Create, edit, and delete sensors

Allow creating, editing and deleting sensors in the unit properties. 

Edit counters

Allows performing the following actions with counters on the General tab: 

  • changing the calculation method for the counters of mileage and engine hours;
  • resetting the GPRS traffic counter and saving its value in the unit history;
  • editing counter values.

In combination with the Use unit in jobs, notifications, routes, retranslators right as well as the Create, edit, and delete jobs and Create, edit, and delete notifications access rights to the resource, allows changing and saving counter values by means of jobs and notifications.

Delete messages

This access right works only with the Request reports and messages right and allows deleting the following types of messages:

  • data messages;
  • sent commands;
  • log (if the Manage log access right is granted).

Send commands

Allows sending commands to the unit in the following ways:

  • manually from the Monitoring tab;
  • Automatically by means of the Send a command to units job (if the Create, edit, and delete jobs access right to the resource and the Use unit in jobs, notifications, routes, retranslators right are granted);
  • automatically by means of a notification with the Send command action (if the Create, edit, and delete notifications access right to the resource and the Use unit in jobs, notifications, routes, retranslators right are granted);
  • manually from the application for iOS and Android.

Manage events

Allows registering the following types of events for the unit on the Monitoring tab:

  • record in the unit log (if the Manage log access right is granted);
  • custom event;
  • unit status;
  • fuel filling;
  • maintenance work.

In combination with the Use unit in jobs, notifications, routes, retranslators right as well as the Create, edit, and delete jobs and Create, edit, and delete notifications access rights to the resource, allows configuring notifications with the Register event for unit action.

In combination with the Register reports and messages access right, allows deleting messages of the Registered events type.

View service intervals

Allows seeing the Service intervals tab in the unit properties and data on the vehicle maintenance in the unit tooltip and extended information.

Create, edit, and delete service intervals

Allows creating, editing, deleting service intervals in the unit properties. This access right works only in combination with the previous one.

Import messages

Allows importing messages to the unit. Works only in combination with the Request reports and messages access right.

Export messages

Allows exporting messages from the unit to a file. Works only in combination with the Request reports and messages access right.

View commands

Allows seeing the Commands tab in the properties of the unit and exporting its commands.

Create, edit, and delete commands

Allows creating, editing and deleting commands in the unit properties. This access right works only in combination with the previous one.

Edit trip detector

Works only in combination with the View detailed object properties right and allows editing the following unit properties:

  • Parameters used in reports, Speeding, Driver activity sections on the Advanced tab;
  • Eco driving tab;
  • Trip detector tab.

Use unit in jobs, notifications, routes, retranslators

Allows performing the following actions:

  • creating jobs for the unit (if the Create, edit, and delete jobs right to the resource is granted);
  • configuring notifications for the unit (if the Create, edit, and delete notifications right to the resource is granted);
  • creating rides for the unit and configuring its automatic assignment to the rides (if route access rights are granted);
  • using the unit in retranslators.

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