Users

TNI allows you to store information about your network users: their photos, names, addresses, contact information, etc.

During the network scan, this information can be automatically collected from Active Directory and user account settings on network computers. Furthermore, you can create a new user record manually.

Viewing and editing users

User information collected from a domain or entered manually is stored in the currently opened Storage. If a user is created based on a local user account, its information is stored in the inventory file of the asset where the account was found.

To manage users, switch to the Users mode, which is usually located near the end of the tab bar.

The user list is displayed on the left side of the main area, with the information about the selected user on the right side. The user list is divided into categories by type: Domain users, Local users, and Added manually.

Users associated with the currently selected asset are displayed in the Local users category. This category is hidden if multiple assets are selected.

If user information has been collected from multiple domains, it is grouped by domain name.

Adding, deleting, and renaming users

To create a new user, click Addabove the user list and enter the username.

To delete a user, click thebutton to the right of the username in the list. To rename a user, double-click the username in the list.

You can delete, rename (the Full name string) domain, local, and manually add users.

Editing user information

After selecting a user in the list, you can view their information on the right: a photo, personal and contact information, and addresses. This information can be edited.

You can upload an avatar or a photo here. To upload an image, click Add in the Photo group and browse to a JPEG, BMP, GIF, or PNG file.

In the next window, select a square area of any size in the image and click Done.

The “Changes detected in storage” notification informs you that the user base has been updated. To avoid overwriting information, refresh the page before making any new changes.

Searching users

To find a user in the list, enter the keyword in the Find users field. The list is filtered as you type, highlighting text that matches the search term.

The search is performed not only in user names but also in all other information fields (e.g. phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and notes). When you select a user after searching, the matching text is highlighted in the information area.

Assigning users to assets

Each asset in the Storage can have a single user assigned to it. Each network asset is by default assigned to the local user account that was logged in during the first scan.

Any asset can be assigned one of its local users, any domain user, or any manually added user. A local user of one asset cannot be assigned to another asset.

To assign a user to an asset or several assets, select them in the Network tree and click the small chain icon next to the user you want to assign.

The linked chainindicates the assigned user.
To unassign a user from the device, click the chainagain. Unassigned users are displayed with the corresponding icon.

Displaying information about assigned users

Information about the assigned user can be viewed in the Common reports mode (category Users). Furthermore, the photo, full name, and contact info of the user assigned to the selected asset can be displayed in the Sidebar.

Any user information field can be added as a column in the Table report (see the Creating a template section).