Archibus SaaS Administrator
HQ Sample Project

Archibus includes the HQ sample project with data and floor plans that are based on actual buildings and organizations. The HQ sample project contains several floor plans, as well as comprehensive tables of sample standards, employees, craftspersons, equipment, maintenance procedures, etc. 

Log in as a sample user and explore the Archibus features using the sample data will help you understand how the Archibus applications address specific facilities management goals. For example:

  • If you are curious as to how Archibus handles building efficiency rates, you can load the “Building Performance” report and examine how it calculates and presents rentable and usable area data for the sample HQ project. 
  • If you want to understand a space inventory that tracks vertical penetration and service areas, examine drawing HQ19 (the floor plan of the nineteenth floor of the sample Headquarters building).

While exploring Archibus using the sample HQ project, you can practice with Archibus features by editing the sample data and adding your own records to the sample data.

To access the HQ sample project, you sign in as a sample user, listed in the table below. Contact Archibus Technical Support for passwords for these sample users.

Title Role Sample User Name Security Groups Product Access
Staff Member GUEST AFM-EM   Web Central
Guest GUEST GUEST   Web Central
Foundations Manager 4 - PROCESS OWNER - FOUNDATIONS (ACP) AFM-FDN CALCULATED Web Central
Modules Manager 4 - PROCESS OWNER - MODULES (ACP) AFM-MOD CALCULATED Web Central
SaaS Administrator 4 - CLIENT ADMINISTRATOR (ACP) AFM-CLI % Web Central
SaaS Partner Administrator 4 - PARTNER ADMINISTRATOR (ACP) AFM-BP %

Web Central

Smart Client
System Administrator SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR (ACP) ADMIN % Web Central
CAD Specialist 2 - CAD/BIM USER (ACP) AFM-CAD CALCULATED Smart Client

Craftsperson

(demonstrate mobile)

 OPS CRAFTSPERSON (ACP) AFM-CF

OPS-MOB

SPAC-MOB

SPAC-OCCUP-MOB

 Mobile
Administrator Role

Remember that administration tasks are grouped into coarse-grained roles and each role has multiple responsibilities. 

Guest Role

The GUEST role needs to be limited to just the options that user AFM-EM initially has, which is Workplace.

AFM-EM and other users in the GUEST role should not have access to mobile client applications. The mobile apps do not offer any end-user-facing functionality. Therefore, administrators should not assign corresponding mobile security groups, such as OPS-MOB, to the GUEST role.

Set a sample Archibus Foundations user to a non-English Locale

If you are working with a non-English version of Archibus, you can explore Archibus Foundations using the sample users AFM-FDN.

To set these users to a non-English locale:

  1. Navigate to System / Archibus Administrator - User and Security / Add or Edit Users
  2. Locate the record for use r AFM-FDN.
  3. Set the Locale field to the desired locale and check Create User?
  4. Save your changes.
  5. For user AFM-FDN, republish their home pages. Navigate to System / Add-In Manager / Publish Home Pages by Role
  6. Locate the record for AFM-FDN for the locale you set.
  7. Click Publish.