Password Management

Password Management Guide

OPERA Hotel Suite
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OPERA Application Users

When using regular OPERA users
Creating a new user
The Opera user login is created in Opera under Setup -> User Configuration -> Users. This path is the same if
you login to PMS, S&C, ORS, OCIS or SFA.

Select the New button and fill in the necessary details of the new user that you are creating. On the lower right
part of this screen the correct boxes should be ticked, representing which application the new user should have
right to access. If the appropriate box is not ticked, then the user will not be able to enter the application even if
user permissions have been granted.

To learn more about the details of

each field in the user creation
screen, simply click F1 and Opera
online help will open and guide you
through the screen.

Note that the password you allocate

must contain at least 7 characters
(the maximum is 40) and contain
both alphabetic and numeric
characters. Only English characters
may be used.

Once the new user has been created, click on Save. Next the appropriate user permissions should be granted to
the user, this is done by clicking on the Permission button and selecting the permissions that this user should
have.

A user can be granted individual

permissions (lower left box) or be
added to an already created user
group (upper left box).

To learn more about how to create

user groups, click on F1 and Opera
online help will guide you through
this process.

Once appropriate permissions or user groups have been granted, click on OK to save and close the screen. The
new user may now access the application with the new login and password.

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Modifying a password

The first time a new user logs into Opera, a change of password is required. The new password must also be no
less than 7 characters (the maximum is 40) and contain both alphabetic and numeric characters. Additionally it
may not be the same password as any of the previous four passwords that this user may have used.

To change the password at any time, go to the Miscellaneous drop down menu and select Change Password.

Note that Opera automatically will force all users to change password after 90 days.

Associated application settings

There are two important application settings that affect the application user.

First, the default time to unlock account which defines how many minutes a user account should remain locked
out after wrong passwords have been entered more than six times. The value should be entered in minutes. A
user account can always be unlocked manually by using the unlock button on the user search screen in the
setup.

Secondly, the number of grace logins defines how many times you wish to allow a user account to be able to
login after his valid password period of 90 days has expired.

When using LDAP functionality for user access

If you have elected to make use of the integrated LDAP functionality in Opera to manage your users, then the
entire password management is no longer done in Opera, as your teams will be using their domain user accounts
in Opera.

If you are interested in implementing LDAP for your hotel, please review the functionality in F1 Opera online help
or feel welcome to contact your local MICROS-Fidelio office.

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