Issuing a new card in enhanced user management environment

Note: See Credentials Parameters for more details on how to enable the Enhanced User Management environment.
  1. Click the Users tab, and click Card.
  2. In the Card window, click the New icon. In the Card user name field, enter the card holder’s name. You can enter up to 50 characters.
  3. Click Save.
  4. Double-click the Card type field to open the Card type window. Select the card type for the new card. The card type is used to group cardholders; it is useful for actions such as, modifying an existing card group and creating reports. For more information about how to create or modify card types, see Card Type Definition.
    Note: In the Card type field, you can right-click the Card type field, and select New to create a new card type, select Select to choose an existing card type, or select Edit to edit an existing card type.
  5. Click the Card number tab, and double-click Card #1 if you want to change the label.
  6. In the Card number, enter the card number.
    • If EntraPass was previously configured for Multiple Card Format, you can modify the card format by right-clicking the Card number field. See Defining a Card Display Format to enable the multiple card formats and select a new default card format for Card #1 to Card #5. The default card format is HH:DDDDD (Hexadecimal and decimal 24 bits).
      Note: The Access Level applies to the user which means all 5 cards.
    • When the Multiple Card Format is selected, a list of all card formats is displayed when you right-click the Card number field.
    • When a card format is defined by the system administrator, the card format in use has a check mark next to its description.
    Figure 1. Multiple card formats
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  7. Optional: Assign the Card number immediately.
  8. If you have the appropriate access rights, you can select Display card number to display the user card number in reports and message lists in the EntraPass workstations .
    Note: The creation date, the modification date, and the modification count information automatically displays in the upper right of the Card window.
  9. Select Use expiration date and select the corresponding date.
  10. Select Trace if you want to monitor the use of a particular card. Selecting this option causes the Card traced event to generate each time this card is presented to a card reader. For example, you can request and generate a report containing the Card traced event to verify user actions.
  11. Select Stolen/Lost if the card is stolen or lost. The card will not be functional anymore.
  12. Repeat Steps 5 to 11 for Card #2 to Card #5, if applicable. You can select different options for the 5 cards.
  13. In a hattrix environment, information on the last transaction made on a card displays at the bottom of the Card window. Also, use the Deactivated checkbox to give a card an activated or deactivated status.
Figure 2. Card deactivated status
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Note: These fields display only when the Badging Credential option is activated.