You can assign Smart Access to occupier users as part of the occupier user creation process. These users can then open particular doors at your site or sites using their access devices.
Important: This topic describes the changes associated with the Create occupier users functionality when Smart Access is in use. An additional page is added to the Create a user wizard, from which you can:
Assign the user an access device (card), by capturing their card ID.
Associate the user with one or more groups; indicating which doors they should be able to open.
Activate access control for the user; granting them access rights when they tap their devices, and, optionally, granting them those access rights even when the site is offline.
Note: When you edit your user, you can manage their Smart Access set up; activating and deactivating them on Smart Access, and capturing their card details. The user's groups are updated in the separate Manage groups dialog box.
Create an occupier user with Smart Access
From Occupiers > <occupier name> > Users:
Follow the standard process to create an occupier user.
For more details, see Create occupier users.
Because you have Smart Access, an additional Smart access page is present in the wizard:
In the Smart access page, specify:
The user's Smart Access status, and details of their access card. For more information, see Smart access set up.
The details of the groups that the user should be a member of. For more information, see Smart Access groups.
Click Add user.
The new occupier user is created with Smart Access details as defined in the Smart Access page.
Note: If the user is created with Access control activated, they will be able to open the doors associated with their groups now.
Create occupier users with Smart Access in Bulk
Where Smart Access is in use, and you are Bulk Loading occupier users, you can load those users with Smart Access card IDs.
From Occupiers > <occupier name> > Users:
Follow the standard process to create a CSV file containing details of the users to Bulk Load.
For more details, see Create users in bulk.Add the following Smart Access details:
In your CSV, add a column and enter a unique Card ID for each user (row).
Note: If any of the selected card IDs are already present in essensys Platform, the upload will fail.In the Add multiple users wizard's Bulk settings page, select Enable user access to indicate that you want all of your users to use Smart Access.
In the Add multiple users wizard's Map fields page, map the name of the column that you added to your CSV to the Card ID value.
These users are each created in the ACTIVE state for Smart Access and with the assigned Card ID from the CSV file.
Tip: You can now edit the group details to assign all of your bulk loaded users to the appropriate Smart Access groups. For more information, see Groups.
User Details - Smart Access
Add a user with Smart Access
Page: Occupiers > <occupier name> > Users > Add a user.
Smart Access set up
Field | Description |
Access control
| Optionally, click Activate to enable Smart Access using this access device (the card with this card ID) when the site is online. Tip: You can stop the card from being used to open doors by deactivating this option. |
Card ID | The identifier associated with the physical access card used by this user. This numeric value is typically found on the reverse of the card. Tip: If you do not know your Card ID, you can tap your card on a card reader and then look in the Access logs to find it. |
Offline access
| Optionally, click Activate to let the user access spaces when Smart Access is offline. |
Smart Access Groups
Select the groups that this user should be added to. When the user is created, the user will be added to any group in the Selected groups column.
Field | Description |
Available groups (per site)
| The groups organized by site. Moving groups from this column into the right-hand Selected groups column selects them for the user.
The groups that will be assigned to the user when you save are shown in the right-hand panel. |
Selected groups | The groups assigned to this user, organized by site.
The selected groups are removed from the list of selected groups. The user will not derive access rights from formerly selected groups. |
Further information
Deleting a user removes all of the user's details, including their Smart Access details. When I delete a user:
The user can no longer open doors with their access card, and their card details are removed from the system.
Tip: This means the card can be reassigned to another user.The user can no longer open doors with your white labeled essensys app.