Enable showing users in the Home view

To monitor users in the Home view, you must enable the option in the global system properties.

The settings defined in the global system properties apply to all administrators in all Administrative Domains.

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Steps

  1. Select Menu > System Tools > Global System Properties.
  2. On the Global Options tab, select Show Users in the Home View.
  3. Configure the other settings in the User Information section.
  4. Click OK.

Global System Properties dialog box — Global Options tab

Use this tab to show users in the Home view. You can also authorize McAfee® Global Threat Intelligence™ (McAfee GTI) and McAfee® Threat Intelligence Exchange (TIE) usage.

Option Definition
Enable McAfee Global Threat Intelligence (GTI) and McAfee Threat Intelligence Exchange (TIE) usage When selected, enables McAfee GTI and McAfee TIE usage.
Show Users in the Home View When selected, users that have been recently active are shown in the Home view.
Retrieve Information for Users Active A user is considered active if they have generated log data. Select the time period to retrieve the information. The longer the time period, the greater the performance impact.
Display Users as
  • User Names — The name of the user is shown. The information is shown as it is shown in the logs.
  • Source IP Addresses — If user name information is not available, or cannot be shown due to privacy legislation, you can show only the source IP address of the user.
Show Users From These Networks

(Only if Display Users as is Source IP Addresses

 If you want to show users as source IP addresses, select the networks where your users are located.