Account and Member Administration

LinuxLink Portal Accounts

When you first purchase a susbscription for Timesys Vigiles, Factory, TimeStorm, Embedded Board Farm (EBF) or Test Automation Solution (TAS), when you engage with us for Software Engineering Services, or when you register for a product evaluation, Timesys sets up a LinuxLink portal account for you.

The subscription and the “seats” for that subscription can be assigned to members of the account. If you (or your company) subsequently purchase subscriptions for additional Timesys offerings, these purchases are added to the account and can be assigned to the same or different members.

Account Members

Account member roles/privileges include Manager and Developer.

Manager

When Timesys creates the default members for an account, it contains a single starting member, the Manager. An account must have at least one Manager, but may have more. It is possible that every member of an account could be a Manager. A Manager, like a Developer (see below), can occupy one of the seats in the account. Managers can perform the following actions:

• View the account’s administration details
• Add new members to the account
• Remove members from the account
• Assign a member’s account role/privileges
• Assign Seats to account members
• Access all of the account’s support tickets from the Support tab/page

NOTE: If you have a “free” or “eval” account, you are the Manager for your account and there should be no administrative work to do. The free account is pre-configured for you to create a 30-day trial Node-Locked License for TimeStorm.

Developer

Developer is a user without Manager permissions. A developer role can:

• Generate their own TimeStorm Tools node-locked license once an APPDEV seat has been assigned by a manager.

 

Account Administration / Account Management Page

Any account member having the role of Manager can access the Account Management Page features. Two clicks are needed. First click on your username located in the upper right corner of any page in the LinuxLink portal, and then select Profile from the dropdown menu.

Then, click on the account name link in the Accounts section.

The account management page contains the following three sections as illustrated below:

1. (Account) Info — Where you can update/edit account’s identifying information
2. Members — Where you can view account members, add members to your accounts, set member roles/privileges, and assign subscriptions and licenses to account members
3. Purchases (Subscriptions) — Where you can view your purchases and assign subscriptions & seats to account members/users
    

 

1. Account Info

The Info area contains the account’s identifying information, including the account name, safe name, account description, and creation date. This information was entered when the account was created.

To update the account information:

1. Click the Edit <AccountName> button in the lower right area of the Info section. As a Manager, you can change the name and the descriptive information. The uniqueness is handled by the safename which cannot be edited.
2. Click the Save button to save/confirm changes to the information.
    

2. Members

The Members section is where you can view account members, add members to and remove members from your accounts, set member roles/privileges, and assign product licenses to account members.

To add a NEW member to the account:

1. From within the Account Administration page, scroll to the Members section where you’ll see a list of existing members and their assigned roles.
2. Click on the Edit Members button in the lower right of the Members section. A list of existing account members appears.
3. Scroll to Add a new user section, and enter the required information.
4. Assign a role for the new member.
5. Click the Add User button to add the new user to the account.

To add an existing user (a member of another account or a person who has already has a Timesys LinuxLink portal account) to the account:

1. From within the Account Administration page, scroll to the Members section where you’ll see a list of existing members and their assigned roles.
2. Click on the Edit Members button in the lower right of the Members section. A list of existing account members appears.
3. Scroll to Add an existing user section, and enter the email address for the existing member.
4. Click the Find button to locate the matching user.
5. When the matching user details are displayed, set the member’s role, and then click the Add User button.

To delete a member from the account:

1. From within the Account Administration page, scroll to the Members section where you’ll see a list of existing members and their assigned roles.
2. Click on the Edit Members button in the lower right of the Members section. A list of the account members appears.
3. Check applicable box to the left of a member’s name to remove the member.
4. Click the Save button to save your changes.

To administer a member’s role:

1. From within the Account Administration page, scroll to the Members section where you’ll see a list of existing members and their assigned roles.
2. Click on the Edit Members button in the lower right of the Members section. A list of the account members appears.
3. Check the applicable boxes to the right of the member’s name to change their role.
4. Click the Save button to save your changes.
    

3. Purchases / Subscriptions

Because subscriptions are granted to accounts, the manager determines what subscriptions a member can access. The Purchases section in the Account Administration page allows Managers to assign subscriptions and seats to members/users.

To assign a subscription/seat:

1. From within the Purchases section, click on the Change button that corresponds with the applicable Subscription.

   

2. From the Unassigned Seats area of the page that appears:
   • Select the seat type from the Seat menu. As additional seats are purchased, they will appear in this list.
   • Select the member from the User menu.
   • Click Assign. The seat assignment appears in the Assigned Seats area of the page.

   

To remove a subscription/seat assignment:

1. From within the Purchases section, click on the Change button that corresponds with the applicable Subscription.
2. From within the Assigned Seats section, check the Seat box next to the Assigned User you want to remove.
3. Click the Unassign button. The seat will now be available in the Unassigned Seats area.