Manage Profiles

Applies To: Wi-Fi Cloud-managed Access Points (AP125, AP225W, AP325, AP327X, AP420)

A profile is a default set of permissions that define the actions available to a user in Launchpad. In addition to the default, predefined profiles, you can create custom, user-defined profiles to assign to user accounts.

Add a User-Defined Profile

To create a user-defined profile, you start with a Custom profile and modify the privileges for the profile.

To add a user-defined profile:

  1. Open Launchpad.
  2. Select Admin and select the Profiles tab.

Screen shot of the Admin > Profile page in Launchpad

  1. To add a new profile, click New Profile.
  2. In the Profile name text box, type a profile name.
  3. Click Save.
    Once the profile is saved you can configure the privileges for the role.

Screen shot of the Admin > Profiles > New Profile page in Launchpad

  1. To enable Launchpad access in this profile, click Launchpad.
    The Launchpad settings page appears.

Screen shot of the Admin > Profiles > Launchpad settings

  1. Select the privileges settings for Launchpad. For more information, see Assign Service Privileges for Launchpad.
  2. Click Save.
  3. Click the Back to Services icon.
  4. Repeat these steps for the Analyze and Manage services. For more information, see Assign Service Privileges for Analyze and Assign Service Privileges for Manage .

Screen shot of the Admin > Profiles > Analyze settings

Screen shot of the Admin > Profiles > Manage settings

  1. After you complete the configuration settings for the roles on the selected services, click Save.

Edit a User-Defined Profile

You can change the privileges assigned to a user-defined profile. You cannot edit the profile that has been assigned to you.

To edit a user-defined profile:

  1. Open Launchpad.
  2. Select Admin and select the Profiles tab.
  3. Select a profile.
  4. Change the settings specified for the profile.
  5. Click Save.

Delete a User-Defined Profile

You can delete a user-defined profile if no user has been assigned this profile. You cannot delete predefined profiles.

To delete a user-defined profile:

  1. Open Launchpad.
  2. Select Admin and select the Profiles tab.
  3. In the row of the profile to delete, click the Options Menu icon and select Delete.
    A confirmation message appears.
  4. Click Yes.

See a List of Users for the Profile

To see a list of users that have been assigned to a profile:

  1. Open Launchpad.
  2. Select Admin and select the Profiles tab.
    The Profiles page appears with a list of all the configured profiles and the number of users assigned to each profile.
  3. To see the users for a profile, in the Users Assigned column for the profile, click the number.
    The Users page appears with the list of users for the selected profile.