Managing Users
Power users can access the Administer menu where you can manage users. To access the Administer Users page, click Administer, Security, and then Users.
- Login: User login
- First Name: User's first name
- Last Name: User's last name
- Email: User's email address
- Department: User's department
- Group: Dynamically updated text that lists groups chosen with the Assign Additional Group link
- Add Group: Provides the Assign Additional Group link
- Role: Dynamically updated text that lists roles chosen with the Assign Additional Role link
- Add Role: Provides the Assign Additional Role link
- Created At: Date and time when the user was created
- Updated At: Date and time when the user's information was last updated
- Status: Set the user's status (Active or Inactive)
- Settings: Opens the Settings dialog box
Note: The dialog box is available, but the functionality is inactive.
On this page:
Assigning a User to a Group
To assign a user to a group:
- Click Assign Additional Group. The dialog will update with a drop-down list of the available groups.
Note: The Group options in this section are provided as examples only. Group types or group names vary by environment.
- Click the Add Groups drop-down and select the appropriate group from the list.
- Click Save to assign the user to the selected group. The Manage Users dialog box will update the Group field with the assigned group.
- Repeat the previous steps to assign the user to all additional groups.
- Click Cancel next to the group selection to close the drop-down list.
- Close the dialog box by either clicking Cancel or selecting an area in the browser window outside the dialog box.
Note: Click Remove next to the group name to remove a group assignment.
Assigning a User to a Role
To assign a user to a role:
- Click Assign Additional Role. The dialog will update with a drop-down list of the available roles.
Note: Available roles are determined by the licensed modules.
- Select the appropriate role from the Add Role drop-down.
- Click Save to assign the user to the selected role. The Manage Users dialog box will update the Role field with the newly assigned role.
- If applicable, repeat the previous steps to assign the user to additional roles.
- Click Cancel under the role selection to close the drop-down list, then click Cancel in the dialog box or select an area in the browser window outside of the dialog box to close the dialog box.
Note: Click Remove next to the role name to remove an assigned role.
Setting the User Status
To set the user status:
- Click the Status field drop-down list.
- Do one of the following:
- If the user is active, select Active.
- If the user is no longer active, select Inactive to remove access.