Configure and organize operations
Adaxes allows you to perform a wide variety of operations in the web interface – creating objects, adding them to groups, provisioning Exchange mailboxes, and so on. The operations available to each user depend on the permissions granted by security roles. For example, if a user has rights to reset passwords, they will see the Reset password operation in the web interface. Simple enough.
However, many operations are flexible and present additional options to the user executing them. For instance, when converting a mailbox, the user can choose the target mailbox type. When copying a user, they need to decide whether to copy group memberships or not. You might want to simplify some operations by restricting such choices.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to organize and configure operations allowed in the web interface, how to restrict their visibilty, and how to completely disable them.
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Open Adaxes web interface configurator.
How
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On the computer where web interface configurator is installed, open Windows Start menu.
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Click Adaxes Web Interface Configurator.
To configure the web interface, you need to have the appropriate permissions.
Permissions
The permissions to configure the web interface are delegated via security roles. By default, only service administrators have the appropriate permissions. To enable other users to configure the web interface, grant them the corresponding permissions.
To create a security role that grants the permissions to configure web interface:
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In Adaxes administration console, right-click your Adaxes service, point to New and click Security Role.
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Enter a name for the new security role and click Next.
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On the Permissions step, click the down arrow embedded into the Add button and click Configure Web Interface.
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Click Next and follow the steps in the wizard.
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In the top left corner, select the web interface you want to customize.
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In the left navigation menu, click Management, then scroll down to the Operations section.
Operations are organized into groups. Groups allow you to visually separate operations from one another in the web interface and determine the order in which they are displayed.
How to organize operations
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Click the
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In the menu that opens, click Organize.
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To add, edit, delete, and move operation groups, use the buttons located under the list of groups.
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To move operations between groups or change their order within a group, use the buttons located under the list of operations.
The Create operation always appears as a plus button on top of the web interface side panel. Because it is fixed in place, it is technically not part of any group, and does not appear in the Organize dialog.
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You can restrict operations to specific web interface pages. For example, you can disallow deleting objects from search results.
How to disable Delete on search results
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Select the Delete operation.
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On the Visibility tab, clear the checkbox in the Visible column for the Search component.
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You can also disable operations on individual object views. For example, disallow renaming users and only users.
How to disable an operation on an object view
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Select the operation you want to disable.
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On the Visibility tab, clear the checkbox in the Visible column for the object type you need.
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Finally, you can hide operations under the Other collapsible menu, which is displayed below all operation groups.
How to hide an operation under the Other menu
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Select the operation you want to hide.
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On the Visibility tab, select the checkbox in the Other column next to the view where you want to hide the operation.
Hiding an operation under Other has priority over the operation order established when organizing operations into groups.
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Some operations have additional tabs that allow you to further customize that operation.
For more details about customizing specific operations, see:
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To make an operation unavailable in the web interface, clear the checkbox next to it.
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Save the changes.
Section settings can be applied to other web interface configurations. Click the down arrow button in the top right corner of the section and then click Apply to other web interfaces.
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