User management introduction (OP)

This chapter describes how to create LN users and to authorize these users to use LN. You can define the authorizations for LN in roles and templates that are linked to the LN users. The role and template concept provides you with a user-friendly method to quickly add new users or to update user authorizations.

Centralized user management through IFS

LN supports centralized user management. If user management is centralized, IFS is appointed as the System of Record (SOR) for security users.

In standard cloud installations, in which multiple customers are hosted simultaneously, this is the prescribed configuration. In other installations, this is the recommended configuration.

The security user integration between IFS and LN is role-based: in IFS, you must assign one of three specific, predefined standard roles to a security user. This makes the user an LN user, and grants the user access to the LN application through Infor Ming.le.

These are the standard roles that you can assign to a security user in IFS:

  • Infor-SystemAdministrator - This role is used for overall administrators and makes the user a super user in LN.
  • LN-Administrator - This role is used for LN administrators and makes the user a super user in LN.
  • LN-User - This role makes the user a normal user in LN. To enable the user to actually use the LN application, you must assign additional LN-specific roles.

For details about centralized user management through IFS, see the Infor LN Integration Guide for IFS.