User Settings Page
Use the User Settings page to configure user accounts. User account settings are closely related to group account settings.
You can click on the name of the user in the menu to access the User Settings page for the logged-in user.
Note: You must define at least one group and role assignment to save a user account.
| Login Data Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Login | The username to be stored in the Silk Central repository. If you check Mixed mode authentication (LDAP) below, the entered username must match the defined LDAP username. |
| Password | Enter a valid password for the Login that you entered. This password is not related to the LDAP password. |
| Confirm password | Enter the password again to confirm it. |
| Mixed mode authentication (LDAP) | Check this check box to enable both LDAP and local-credential based authentication. If an LDAP server exists, not checking this check box results in LDAP-only authentication. |
| Locked | Check this check box if you want to prevent the user from logging in with the given credentials. This makes the user account inactive. |
| General Data Item | Description |
|---|---|
| First name | Type the user’s first name. This information does not affect the behavior of Silk Central; it simply tracks user contact information. |
| Last name | Type the user’s last name. This information does not affect the behavior of Silk Central; it simply tracks user contact information. |
| Type the user’s email address. This information is used for notification purposes. | |
| Theme | Select a Silk Central version to set the respective color scheme in which Silk Central's UI will be displayed for the selected user. |
| Time zone | The user’s local time zone. Time zone information is used to display times and dates in the user’s local time zone. |
| Date format | The selected date format is presented to the user in lists, reports, and in the calendar whenever Silk Central displays a long date format. |
| Short date format | The selected date format is presented to the user in lists, reports, and in the calendar whenever Silk Central displays a short date format. |
| First day of week | The first day of the week determines the weekly view in reports. |
| CSV separator string | This string is used as a row separator for the user’s downloaded CSV-files. Reports can be downloaded as CSV-files. |
| Default Execution Server | The default execution server is used for trial runs of automated tests. |
| Group and Role Assignments Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Group and Role Assignments table | Lists all existing user group/user role assignments of the user. You can also delete group and role assignments by clicking
 next to the assignment you want to remove.
|
| Group | Select a group to which the user is to be assigned. This list box lists the user groups that have been defined by a Silk Central administrator. Groups that were imported from an LDAP server are only listed, if the user is assigned to them. |
| User role | Select the user role with which the user is to be assigned to the selected group.
The list is populated with the predefined system roles and the custom user roles. |
| Add | Click this button to create a new user group/user role assignment with the group and user role you selected. |
Web-Service Token
This area enables to generate a web-service token, which you can use to authenticate to
Silk Central through a web service.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Generate Token | Generates a new web-service token. |
| Copy Token to Clipboard | Copies the web-service token to the clipboard. This button is only enabled if a token has already been generated. |
| Regenerate Token | Re-generates a new web-service token. This button is only available if a token has already been generated. |
| Delete Token | Deletes a web-service token. This button is only enabled if a token has already been generated. |