Administering Vector HelpDesk on the Web
Vector Web Admin is a Web-based administration tool that allows you to:
Add
and edit users and contacts.
Define
workflow rules.
Create
new tabs.
Set
up choice fields.
Enable
e-mail notifications.
Migrate
projects to SQL Server and move projects to different SQL Server computers.
Move
attachments to a different computer.
Integrate
Vector Inventory.
Logging On
You can log on to Vector Web Admin directly from the Web View Editor, using the same logon account you used for the Web View Editor.
To log on to Vector Web Admin
Do one of the following:
In
your Web browser, go to //server/helpdeskadmin, where server is the name
of your Web server.
In
Vector Admin, click Tools > Web > Web Admin.
At
the Web server, click Start > Programs > Vector > HelpDesk > Vector
Web Admin
In
the Web View editor, click Admin and then click Log
On.
Generating Vector Web Admin
When you install the Vector Web Server, the setup program generates a copy of Vector Web Admin. If necessary, you can generate another copy of Vector Web Admin. For example, you may want to change the URL used to access Vector Web Admin.
To generate Vector Web Admin:
1 In the Web View editor, click Admin.
2 If required, change the URL and directory for Vector Web Admin.
3 Click OK.
When you log on to Vector Web Admin, it uses your Windows credentials to run tasks if you are a member of the CensusAdminsGroup group or the local Administrators group on the Vector Server computer. Otherwise, Vector Web Admin runs tasks as CensusUser.
Members of the CensusAdminsGroup group (or of the local Administrators group on the Vector Server computer) have the required permissions to perform any task with Vector Web Admin. The CensusUser account, on the other hand, cannot perform IIS-related tasks such as unloading virtual directories (when logging off users), and may not be able to relocate databases to other computers.
During installation, the Setup program creates the CensusAdminsGroup group and adds all members of the domain Administrators group to the CensusAdminsGroup group. Setup also adds the CensusAdminsGroup to the local Administrators group on the Vector Server computer. The purpose of the CensusAdminsGroup is to control access to Web Admin.