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Client

The "Client" object defines a self-contained environment within an AE system. In this environment, you can control and monitor the tasks of the connected computers.

Object class: System object
Object type (short name): CLNT

A Client object is the first object that must be created before you can start working with AE. Within an AE system, a client is clearly identified by its four-digit client number. You can select any number between 0001 and 9999. All other objects of an AE system object (Users, UserGroups, TimeZones, Jobs, Workflows, etc.) are always directly assigned to a particular client.

Clients are defined in the system client 0000. You can create a new client environment by creating a new Client object that must be renamed afterwards. Select a four-digit name for this new Client object.

Note that the Client object is moved to the client environment after it has been renamed. You can edit it subsequently in the System Overview. Select "Client" from the context menu and edit the corresponding client using the command "Edit" (right-click the mouse). Alternately, you can log on to the client with a user and edit the Client object that is stored in <No folder>.

When you log on to an AE system's system client 0000 for the first time, you can use the User object "UC/UC" in combination with the passwordA secret combination of characters for a Automation Engine user. "UC". Automic recommends changing this password immediately after you have logged on for the first time.

System Client 0000

Client 0000 of an AE system is also referred to as the system client. You can use this client to administer the system-internal objects and key settings. Some settings affect all existing clients unless they have been excluded by using local settings and options. Only administrators can change or extend system-client settings.

All other clients and selected users with administrative rights for local clients are created in the system client.

Some of the system client's internal objects are overwritten when an AE update installation is made and can disappear.

Local Clients 0001 to 9999

Client numbers that range from 0001 to 9999 are referred to as local clients. Some client settings can also be changed locally (in the client itself). For this purpose, you required the relevant rights. Client numbers cannot be changed within local clients.

Some of the objects that are supplied in system client 0000 can be overridden by objects that exist in local clients of the same name. Therefore, you can define settings for each local client which differ from the system client.