Unison:Administration

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The Unison by Melissa Administration menu contains user information, connections to databases, email notification settings, your license with Melissa, project defaults, and report configurations.

The Administration section will only be visible and accessible to accounts with admin privileges.

Users

This section lists the user accounts set up on the platform. You may also create new users here by clicking the New User button.

The Users page will only be visible and accessible to accounts with admin privileges.

Profile

Clicking on a user name will take you to the My Profile page.

Username

The username of the user.

Reset Password

This button will open the Reset Password window and let you change the user password.

Email

The email address of the user.

First Name

The first name of the user.

Last Name

The last name of the user.

Time Zone

The selected time zone for the user.

LDAP Settings

The configuration settings for the LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) server.

LDAP Connection Settings

Host Address

The LDAP host server address.

Host Port

The port the LDAP host server.

TTL

The LDAP TTL (Time To Live). This specifies the duration, in seconds, the server will store the records until they are revalidated. For example: "3000".

LDAP Binding User

The LDAP Binding User credentials.

Username

The LDAP Binding User name.

Password

The LDAP Binding User password.

LDAP Distinguished Name (DN)

Base DN

This specifies the domain by using DC (Domain Components). For example: "DC=melissadata,DC=com".

User DN

This specifies the server by using OU (Organizational Unit). For example: "OU=mdserver".

RDN Key

The LDAP User Relative Distinguished Name Key. For example: "CN=".

Admin Group

The LDAP Admin Group DN (Distinguished Name). This specifies admin group names. For example: "OU=AdminGroup1,OU=AdminGroup2".

User Group DN

The LDAP User Group DN (Distinguished Name). This specifies user group names. For example: "OU=UserGroup1,OU=UserGroup2".

LDAP Use Attributes

Attribute Username

The username of the account. For example: "sAMAccountName=Username".

Attribute First Name

The First Name associated with the user account. For example: "givenName=FirstName".

Attribute Last Name

The Last Name SN (Surname) associated with the user account. For example: "SN=LastName".

Attribute Email

The LDAP Email. This specifies the email address. For example: "mail=email@domain.com".

LDAP Test

User Credentials

To test your LDAP, enter a Test Username and Test Password and click Verify. You can then refer to Status for more details on the test.

Status

This will show the test status of a basic connection, basic authentication, and user retrieval.