How to create users?
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In the How to create user lists? section, we learnt how to create a user list where we created a user list called EMPLOYEE. Let’s create a user named John Smith in the EMPLOYEE user list with the following details:
Email address: john@gmail.com
Phone Number: 9876543210
Designation: Manager
Role: Department Head
Let’s add in a condition that the user must be deactivated after 26/08/2021. Let’s begin.
To create a user,
1. From the Studio dropdown list in the menu bar, click Manage users. The User Lists screen is displayed.
2. From User Lists, select the user list name to which you want to add the user.
3. On the top right of the screen, click Add New User.
The new user details screen is displayed.
4. Under General Details, enter/select the following details for the user:
The six parameters mentioned above are the default parameters. To add any other field, refer How to add custom user list parameters.
The name, phone number and email address of the user are sufficient to create the user. We can come back and enter the values for the remaining parameters and assign more roles to the user at a later point. Refer Assigning custom roles to users.
5. To add groups to the user profile, under Group Details, click Add Groups and select the values for the following fields:
Note: You can add multiple groups for a single user. To do so, under Group Details, click Add Another Group and add the group details as described above.
6. At the bottom right of the screen, click Create User.
The confirmation box is displayed.
7. In the confirmation dialog box, click Create. The user John Smith is created.
Field
Description
Value to enter/select
Name*
The name of the user
John Smith
Email*
The email address of the user
john@gmail.com
Phone Number*
The phone number of the user
9876543210
Designation
The official designation title of the user
Manager
Roles
The roles to be assigned to the user
Department Head
Auto Expiry Date
The date on which the user is to be deactivated
26/08/2021
Field
Description
Group Name
The name of the group in which the user should belong
Group Role
The role to be assigned to the user within a group
For more details, see Terminology.