Defining Human Resources in the SCADA System

Introducing the personnel who will use the SCADA system is an important management step for keeping the operations performed by operators under control.

Users who will perform operations on the SCADA system, from operators who will monitor or operate the facility to personnel who will perform engineering activities, must be defined in the system.

Personnel defined in the system can subsequently perform the required operations on SCADA according to the permissions assigned to them. This allows user access and the operations they can perform on the system to be managed in a controlled manner.

The main purpose of Human Resources management is;

The main purpose is to centrally define the identity information of personnel who will use the SCADA system, store user information in an organized manner, and prepare personnel as a user resource that can later be used for authorization operations.

Opening the Human Resources Menu

To perform human resources operations, use theHUMAN RESOURCES menu item in the SCADA tree menu.

EOS SCADA Editor general workspace layout

The HUMAN RESOURCES menu contains two submenus:

  • OPERATOR LIST
  • AUTHORIZATIONS

To create and edit personnel information, first use the OPERATOR LIST section. Personnel access and operation permissions on the SCADA system can then be configured through the AUTHORIZATIONS section.

Creating the Operator List

OPERATOR LIST alt menu item on right fare button by clicking Human Resource Durum Menu can be opened.

EOS SCADA Editor general workspace layout

The following operations can be performed on the human resources list using the opened status menu:

  • Add a new human resource
  • Copy a human resource
  • Cut
  • Paste
  • Delete a human resource
  • Sort human resources

After adding a new human resource, the relevant personnel information can be entered and edited in the settings table located on the right side of the screen.

Human Resource Properties

Basic identity, contact, job, and personal information for a human resource can be defined through the settings table. The table below shows the human resource properties in EOS SCADA, their descriptions, and the specified default values.

Property Name Property Description Default Value
EmployeeId Employee ID number 0
Active Indicates whether the employee is active. false
Name Employee's first name
LastName Employee's last name
OfficePhone Employee's office phone
MobilePhone Employee's mobile phone
HomePhone Employee's home phone
EMailAddress Employee's email address
Gender Employee's gender Male / Female
DateOfBirth Employee's date of birth
Occupation Employee's occupation
Department Employee's department
CountryIdentityNumber Employee's national identity number
CompanyIdentityNumber Employee's company identity number
WorkAddress Employee's work address
HomeAddress Employee's home address
ExtraInformation Additional information about the employee
PassportPhoto Employee's passport-style photograph

Editing Personnel Information

When the user OPERATOR LIST menu item, a window opens in a Tab within the center of the software layout, allowing personnel information to be entered and edited.

EOS SCADA Editor general workspace layout

The identity, contact, job, and other personnel information of the human resource created through this window can be edited.

To transfer changes made to personnel information to the database, select the relevant personnel record in the data table and, after completing the required edits, click the MODIFY button.

Adding a Passport-Style Photograph Using a Camera

If the computer has camera support, EOS SCADA allows a passport-style photograph of the personnel to be captured directly using the camera.

EOS SCADA Editor general workspace layout

To create a passport-style photograph using the camera, follow these steps:

  1. Select Camera select the camera to be used.
  2. Start Camera click the button to start the camera feed.
  3. After the camera image is displayed on the camera screen, CAPTURE AND TRANSFER PHOTO click the button.
  4. The captured image will be displayed in the passport-style photograph area.
  5. Select the relevant personnel row in the data table.
  6. MODIFY butonuna by clicking captured the photograph ilgili personel record transfer rightlanmalıdır.
Capturing a photograph with the camera alone is not sufficient to transfer it to the personnel record.

To associate the photograph with the relevant personnel, the correct personnel record must be selected in the data table and the MODIFY operation must be performed.

Adding a Passport-Style Photograph from a File

A personnel photograph can be captured using a camera or added to the database using a previously prepared image file.

To add a passport-style photograph in a supported image format such as JPEG or BMP, click the passport-style photograph area with the left mouse button.

Select the image to use from the file selection window. The selected image will be displayed in the passport-style photograph area.

  1. Click the passport-style photograph area with the left mouse button.
  2. Select the photograph to use from the file selection window.
  3. Check that the selected photograph is displayed in the passport-style photograph area.
  4. Select the personnel row to which the photograph will be assigned.
  5. Click the MODIFY button to transfer the photograph to the relevant personnel record.

Saving Human Resources Information

After completing operations on personnel information, permissions, and passport-style photographs, the changes must be saved to the database.

EOS SCADA Editor general workspace layout

If the changes are not saved, the modifications may not be stored permanently. Therefore, after adding or modifying human resources information, make sure that the project/database is saved.

CAUTION:

The save operation must always be performed after completing changes to human resource information. In particular, verify that records such as personnel information and passport-style photographs are associated with the correct user.

Importance of Human Resources Management

Creating a human resources list in EOS SCADA is not limited to entering personnel information into the system. This list is a centralized user resource where personnel who will use the SCADA system are defined and which forms the basis for authorization operations in later stages.

Properly defining personnel makes user management more organized; the operations users can perform on SCADA can then be controlled through authorization mechanisms.

Therefore, creating the human resources list is an important configuration step, especially in SCADA systems with multiple operators or personnel with different duties and responsibilities.

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