V2/Concepts/Preparing for User Creation
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What is needed to create a User
Note: Mandatory information are marked with an ‘*’.
This section helps you to prepare information you need to create a User.
Pre-requisites
If this is your first time creating a User, please read this guide first.
A User requires a Role to be assigned to it, and the User can also be assigned to an Access group. Please read this guide to learn about Roles and how to create a Role. You should also be familiar with the basic Access groups and how to create an Access group.
General Information
- Name*
- Name given to the Expression.
- Type*
- Decides how often the Expression is evaluated, whether it's immediate or on polling.
Expression Editor
You should
- Know what Event the Expression should detect.
- Know what you would like Senfi to do (Action) when the Event is detected
- Create the Event
- Have already created the Assets, Measurement & Metrics to be used as Input in the Expression.
- Know the thresholds or values which indicates occurrence of event.
- Be able to send records to Input measurement & metric.
- (Optional) Be able to send simulated records to Input measurement & metric (to simulate occurrence of event or situation)
- Understand the different kinds of Node Types and their uses in the Expression Editor.