Veslink - Security

Veslink standardizes voyage communications to help you collect and analyze current positions and other critical voyage data and share information with a network of trusted partners.

Note: You must have the Administer Company Account General Permission enabled.

On the Settings menu, you can click Security to configure users and groups.

Users and Groups

To view and change security settings, hover over the Settings menu and click Security. The Security page lists your users and groups. It also displays Support phone numbers.

To sort the list by a column, click . The symbol changes to  or  to indicate the direction of the sort. Click again to reverse it.

Adding a User

To add a user:

1. Click .
2. On the Add User/User Information page, complete the information.
   
3. Click Permissions, on the left side.
4. On the Add User/Permissions page, to give the user a permission, select its check box.
   
   
   • General Permissions:
     • Administer Company Account: Access Security.
     • Edit Company Profile
     • Define Forms and Vessels
     • Configure System: Access System Configuration.
     • View Dashboard
     • View Voyages
     • View Reports
     • Edit Power BI Reports
     • View Networking: Access the Network.
     • Manage Invitations: Send and accept Network invitations and end partnerships.
     • Access Veslink Distances
     • View Alerts: In the Dashboard Voyage Activity pane, view the Alerts tab.
       Note: This permission is not available for agents.
     • Edit My Profile
     • View Support
     • View API Permissions (requires separate licensing)
       • API Read: Allows access to all Read calls, which use the GET method
       • API Write: Allows access to all Write calls, which typically use the POST and PATCH methods, as well as all Read calls
       • API IMOS Message: Allows access to IMOS message endpoints, as well as all Read and Write calls
   • Form Access:
     
     • View: View a form. This permission can be used to restrict the vessels to which a user, for example, an owner of a chartered-in vessel, has access.
     • Resubmit: Reopen a submitted form, make changes to unprotected fields on it, and resubmit it.
     • Approve: Approve, reject, or modify forms received from vessels.
     • Notes:
       • To work with Veslink forms in IMOS, the user must have the IMOS Module Rights listed under Veslink, to View, Approve, Resubmit, and/or Define forms.
       • A user who imports a form automatically has full permissions to that form.
       • Permissions can be given for All forms or for each form individually.
         • All: To give all or most permissions in a column, select the check box next to All. You can then clear check boxes for individual forms.
         • Individual forms: To give no or few permissions in a column, select check boxes for individual forms.
   • Vessel Access: 
     • To specify the vessels that the user can access, select the Restrict Vessel Access check box. A list of all Veslink vessels appears. Select the Has Access check boxes for the vessels you want the user to be able to access.
   • If you are an Agent using the Agent Portal, you can give the following permissions to users:
     

Note: Users inherit all permissions from any groups to which they belong. There is no way to deny a permission to a single member of a group.

Adding a Group

To add a group:

1. Click .
2. On the Add Group/Group Information page, complete the information.
   
   
   • Form Access: 
     • View: View a form. This permission can be used to restrict the vessels to which a user, for example, an owner of a chartered-in vessel, has access.
     • Resubmit: Reopen a submitted form, make changes to unprotected fields on it, and resubmit it.
     • Approve: Approve, reject, or modify forms received from vessels.
     • Notes:
       • To work with Veslink forms in IMOS, the group must have the IMOS Module Rights listed under Veslink, to View, Approve, Resubmit, and/or Define forms.
       • Permissions can be given for All forms or for each form individually.
       • • All: To give all or most permissions in a column, select the check box next to All. You can then clear check boxes for individual forms.
         • Individual forms: To give no or few permissions in a column, select check boxes for individual forms.
   • Vessel Access: 
     • To specify the vessels that the group can access, select the Restrict Vessel Access check box. A list of all Veslink vessels appears. Select the Has Access check boxes for the vessels you want the group to access.
   • If you are an Agent using the Agent Portal, complete the following information: