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Viewing Registrered Users
If you want to view list of Bug Registry users, you must choose menu View -> Users or click “View users” button on the application toolbar. List of users is displayed in table form. You can change column order or add/remove columns from the list. You can add new users, change user information or delete users (if you have privilege to do it as Bug Registry user). For detailed description of user privileges see “Adding users” section in this article.

You can refresh current view to display newly created users by choosing menu View -> Refresh or by clicking “Refresh” button on the application toolbar.

Configuring User View
You can configure user view in two ways.
1. You can use drag-and-drop method to change column order in the user view. To do this you must click on the column that you want to move and drag it to the place you want and then drop the column there.
2. You can choose menu View -> Add/remove columns. This will activate “Add/remove columns” dialog box. In this dialog you can choose columns that you want to view by moving them to Selected columns. You can exclude columns from the view by moving them from Selected columns. You can change column order by moving columns up or down in the list of Selected columns.

Adding Users
To add new user you must first open or activate user view window and then choose menu Edit -> Add user or choose Add user command from the context menu. This will activate “Add user” dialog box. In this dialog box enter name, description, group, login, password and e-mail address for new user and click Save button. New user will be added to the user list. Name and description are simple descriptive parameters for the user. Group defines the user privileges in Bug Registry database. See detailed description of user privileges later in this article. Login and password parameters will be used to access Bug Registry database. E-mail address will be used to send e-mail notifications for this user.

If you are using MySQL database server the program will automatically create server user. If you are using Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle you will need to create server logins before you create Bug Registry users.

This function is available only if you have privilege for adding users. See detailed description of user privileges later in this article. Also if you have purchased limited number of user licenses you will not be able to add users after you reach the limit. To avoid this purchase more licenses.

User privileges in Bug Registry
Bug Registry has some predefined user groups. Every group has different user privileges for Bug Registry database access:
1. Administrators.
This group has all access to all Bug Registry functions. Bug Registry has predefined user “Bug Registry administrator”. This user belongs to Administrators group and cannot be deleted from the database.
2. Project managers.
This group has access to functions for managing bugs, users and projects (modules).
3. Developers.
Members of this group cannot manage users and projects (modules). They also cannot add or delete bugs. They can only change bug status.
4. Programmers.
Members of this group cannot manage users and projects (modules). They also cannot add or delete bugs. They can only change bug status.
5. Testers.
Members of this group cannot manage users and projects (modules). They can only manage bugs (add new bugs, change bug information and delete bugs).

Editing Users
To change user information you must first open or activate user view window and then choose menu Edit -> Edit user or choose Edit user command from the context menu. This will activate “Edit user” dialog box. In this dialog box change name, description, group, password or e-mail address for the selected user and click Save button to save changes. Selected user will be changed in the user list. You cannot change user under which you are currently working with Bug Registry. To change this user you must login under another user.

This function is available only if you have privilege for changing users. For detailed description of user privileges see “Adding users” section in this article.

Deleting Users
To delete user you must first select user that you want to delete and then choose menu Edit -> Delete user or choose Delete user command from the context menu. This function is available only if you have privilege for deleting users. For detailed description of user privileges see “Adding users” section in this article.

Printing User View
In Bug Registry you can print list of users as it is displayed in the user view window by choosing menu File -> Print. Before printing you can configure user view window. This allows you to select columns for the report.

You can preview generated list of users by choosing menu File -> Print preview. You will see the generated document in the print preview window. It will either look right, or it won't. If it doesn't then you can return to user view window and make the changes necessary to get the document generating correctly.

Note: You will not be able to print or preview this report if you do not have any printers installed on your computer. Please install a printer before trying to print any reports.