The General tab

Table 1. Personnel General tab definitions
Field or button	Description
Personnel View	To view the personnel profile in a Personnel View for Web, select a personnel view from this list. For information about creating personnel views, see Personnel Views for Web.
On Watchlist	Toggle this option to add this person to the Watchlist.
Clearance Filter Level	You can select a Clearance Filter Level for this person from the drop-down list. The available Clearance Filter Levels are numbered 1 through 6. Level 1 is the lowest level and is the default level for both Personnel and Readers. Level 6 is the highest level. You can use the Levels to restrict access by activating an Event that raises the Clearance Filter Level of one or more Readers. Personnel with a lower Clearance Filter Level than the reader are denied access.
	Assist button. If available, click to request assistance for this person. This creates an Event that displays in the Monitoring Station. The behavior of the button can be customized. For more information, refer to the C•CURE 9000 Software Configuration Guide.
First Name	The first name of the person. This field is not required.
Middle Name	The middle name of the person. This field is not required.
Last Name	The last name of the person. The Last Name field is required.
Personnel Type	Select from the list to choose a Personnel type for this Personnel record by clicking and selecting from the dialog box that appears. The system provides four Personnel Types: Employee, Contractor, Visitor, and None. None is the default value. You can create additional Personnel types in Personnel Setup. Additional Personnel Types to meet your site's needs. A Personnel Type called Temporary could be added if your site wanted to identify temporary personnel. Inactivity Periods for specific Personnel Types can disable Personnel Records with this type if their credentials are inactive for that length of time.
Partition	Select from the list the partition that this Personnel record belongs to.
Operator Name	Use this field to identify this person as an operator who can run C•CURE 9000 applications, such as the Administration workstation and the Monitoring Station. If this person is not intended to be a C•CURE 9000 operator, leave this field blank. Find the operator by entering at least two characters. Each operator can be assigned to only one Personnel record. If you try to assign an operator to a Personnel record and that operator is already assigned to another Personnel record, an error message appears and you cannot save the record.
Escort And Supervision Options
Escort Options	Select an Escort Option from the list. The system provides the following four options: Unescorted Visitor: A Visitor to the company who is permitted to go through the facility without an Escort. Escorted Visitor: A Visitor to the company who must be accompanied by an employee designated as an Escort in order to move through the facility. Escort: An Employee trained in using the visitor management policies of the company, who knows what to do in any of the following situations: Escorted Visitor's card fails for clearance. An employee wants to cut in front of or in the middle of the Escorted Visitor queue. None: The default value.
Supervision Options	Select a Supervision Option from the list. The system provides the following three options: None: The default value. Non-Supervised Personnel can pass through the area freely, subject to whatever other restrictions might be in place in the Area, such as anti-passback, occupancy, or other configured rules. Supervised: A personnel who must be accompanied by a personnel with the Supervisor attribute to enter an Area configured as Supervised. Supervisor: A personnel who can enter an Area configured as Supervised. Their presence in this area allows personnel with Supervised option entry. They cannot leave Supervised personnel unattended in the Area configured as Supervised.
Personnel Options
Disabled	Select this option if you want to deny this person access. All of this person's access credentials are denied access while Disabled is selected. Checking this option does not cause any of the person's access credentials to be marked as Disabled on the Credentials tab, but none of these credentials will grant access while Disabled is selected on the General tab.
Alternate Shunt (ADA)	Select this option to cause the alternate shunt relays for ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) door timings to be activated whenever this person is granted access to a door equipped with these options. Alternate shunt relays can provide additional time for a person to go through a door without causing an alarm condition.
PIN Exempt (ADA)	Select this option so that a person seeking access at a reader configured on the Reader Keypad tab for both Card and PIN Required and Allow PIN Exempt does not have to enter the PIN. This is useful for disabled personnel with limited use of their fingers or for those who would have difficulty reaching the reader.
Noticed	Select this option to track activities by this person: Displays the Noticed tag in access/reject admit messages. Triggers any Noticed Events defined when Doors were configured.
Antipassback Exempt	Select this option to make this person exempt from regular and timed antipassback rules for all Areas. The person is permitted to enter and exit antipassback Areas regardless of a violation. While no violation messages are generated or logged, access activity is logged as usual.
Activate Antipassback Event	Select this option so this person activates antipassback events, whether or not the person is antipassback exempt, if the access or exit would ordinarily cause a violation.
Keypad Command Administrator	Select this option to enable this person to use Keypad Commands even if the person is not in a Personnel Group granted the Keypad Command permission.
Intrusion Zone Administrator	Select this option to enable this person to Arm or Disarm Intrusion Zones using the Card swipe Arm/Disarm methods even if the person is not in the Personnel Group configured for that Intrusion Zone.
Inactivity Exempt	Select this option to indicate that this person's credentials cannot be disabled due to a lack of activity in the system.
Can Perform Guard Tour	Select this option to enable this person to be assigned to perform a Guard Tour.
PIN Options
PIN	Defines a Personal Identification Number for this Person. The PIN is used for readers that require Card Access followed by a PIN. The PIN is encrypted when stored in the database. You can enter a PIN or randomly generate a PIN.
	Click to randomly generate a PIN. This setting overrides the Display PIN system variable set to False, the PIN is visible until you exit the Personnel Editor: If the UseGeneralPINForPINOnly system variable is set to True, this field is read-only. The number of digits in the PIN is determined by the PINLength value set in Options & Tools > System Variables. The maximum PIN size is 9 digits.

Personnel View

To view the personnel profile in a Personnel View for Web, select a personnel view from this list. For information about creating personnel views, see Personnel Views for Web.

On Watchlist

Toggle this option to add this person to the Watchlist.

Clearance Filter Level

You can select a Clearance Filter Level for this person from the drop-down list. The available Clearance Filter Levels are numbered 1 through 6.

Level 1 is the lowest level and is the default level for both Personnel and Readers. Level 6 is the highest level.

You can use the Levels to restrict access by activating an Event that raises the Clearance Filter Level of one or more Readers. Personnel with a lower Clearance Filter Level than the reader are denied access.

Assist button. If available, click to request assistance for this person. This creates an Event that displays in the Monitoring Station. The behavior of the button can be customized.

For more information, refer to the C•CURE 9000 Software Configuration Guide.

First Name

The first name of the person. This field is not required.

Middle Name

The middle name of the person. This field is not required.

Last Name

The last name of the person. The Last Name field is required.

Personnel Type

Select from the list to choose a Personnel type for this Personnel record by clicking and selecting from the dialog box that appears. The system provides four Personnel Types: Employee, Contractor, Visitor, and None. None is the default value.

You can create additional Personnel types in Personnel Setup. Additional Personnel Types to meet your site's needs.

A Personnel Type called Temporary could be added if your site wanted to identify temporary personnel.

Inactivity Periods for specific Personnel Types can disable Personnel Records with this type if their credentials are inactive for that length of time.

Partition

Select from the list the partition that this Personnel record belongs to.

Operator Name

Use this field to identify this person as an operator who can run C•CURE 9000 applications, such as the Administration workstation and the Monitoring Station.

If this person is not intended to be a C•CURE 9000 operator, leave this field blank.

Find the operator by entering at least two characters.

Each operator can be assigned to only one Personnel record. If you try to assign an operator to a Personnel record and that operator is already assigned to another Personnel record, an error message appears and you cannot save the record.

Escort And Supervision Options

Escort Options

Select an Escort Option from the list. The system provides the following four options:

Unescorted Visitor: A Visitor to the company who is permitted to go through the facility without an Escort.

Escorted Visitor: A Visitor to the company who must be accompanied by an employee designated as an Escort in order to move through the facility.

Escort: An Employee trained in using the visitor management policies of the company, who knows what to do in any of the following situations:

Escorted Visitor's card fails for clearance.
An employee wants to cut in front of or in the middle of the Escorted Visitor queue.

None: The default value.

Supervision Options

Select a Supervision Option from the list. The system provides the following three options:

None: The default value. Non-Supervised Personnel can pass through the area freely, subject to whatever other restrictions might be in place in the Area, such as anti-passback, occupancy, or other configured rules.

Supervised: A personnel who must be accompanied by a personnel with the Supervisor attribute to enter an Area configured as Supervised.

Supervisor: A personnel who can enter an Area configured as Supervised. Their presence in this area allows personnel with Supervised option entry. They cannot leave Supervised personnel unattended in the Area configured as Supervised.

Personnel Options

Disabled

Select this option if you want to deny this person access. All of this person's access credentials are denied access while Disabled is selected.

Checking this option does not cause any of the person's access credentials to be marked as Disabled on the Credentials tab, but none of these credentials will grant access while Disabled is selected on the General tab.

Alternate Shunt (ADA)

Select this option to cause the alternate shunt relays for ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) door timings to be activated whenever this person is granted access to a door equipped with these options. Alternate shunt relays can provide additional time for a person to go through a door without causing an alarm condition.

PIN Exempt (ADA)

Select this option so that a person seeking access at a reader configured on the Reader Keypad tab for both Card and PIN Required and Allow PIN Exempt does not have to enter the PIN.

This is useful for disabled personnel with limited use of their fingers or for those who would have difficulty reaching the reader.

Noticed

Select this option to track activities by this person:

Displays the Noticed tag in access/reject admit messages.

Triggers any Noticed Events defined when Doors were configured.

Antipassback Exempt

Select this option to make this person exempt from regular and timed antipassback rules for all Areas. The person is permitted to enter and exit antipassback Areas regardless of a violation. While no violation messages are generated or logged, access activity is logged as usual.

Activate Antipassback Event

Select this option so this person activates antipassback events, whether or not the person is antipassback exempt, if the access or exit would ordinarily cause a violation.

Keypad Command Administrator

Select this option to enable this person to use Keypad Commands even if the person is not in a Personnel Group granted the Keypad Command permission.

Intrusion Zone Administrator

Select this option to enable this person to Arm or Disarm Intrusion Zones using the Card swipe Arm/Disarm methods even if the person is not in the Personnel Group configured for that Intrusion Zone.

Inactivity Exempt

Select this option to indicate that this person's credentials cannot be disabled due to a lack of activity in the system.

Can Perform Guard Tour

Select this option to enable this person to be assigned to perform a Guard Tour.

PIN Options

Defines a Personal Identification Number for this Person. The PIN is used for readers that require Card Access followed by a PIN. The PIN is encrypted when stored in the database.

You can enter a PIN or randomly generate a PIN.

Click to randomly generate a PIN.

This setting overrides the Display PIN system variable set to False, the PIN is visible until you exit the Personnel Editor:

If the UseGeneralPINForPINOnly system variable is set to True, this field is read-only.

The number of digits in the PIN is determined by the PINLength value set in Options & Tools > System Variables. The maximum PIN size is 9 digits.