This is a mandatory step when accessing Rules for the first time. It is not possible to create a machine user in Rules after this. A machine user is required to perform actions in the background and needs to be created manually by a human user.
- You already have created a new company in Accounts.
- You are a member of the Customer Administrator user group and have the Rules Advanced user role.
- You are the first user to open Rules for the first time. The button Create machine user is visible.
- Select Create machine user.
- The app opens.
- A Rules specific machine user is created. The machine user is visible in Accounts > Machine users.
- A Rules specific machine user group is created. The user group is visible in Accounts > User groups.
- Go to Launchpad > Accounts.
- Go to User management > User groups.
- Select the Rules specific machine user group.
- In the Edit side pane, navigate to Partitions.
- Confirm that all necessary partitions including owned and shared are selected.
- Confirm with Save.
For more information about machine users, see Building X Accounts User Guide (https://www.siemens.com/download?A6V12669212).