User and Permissions - Managing Users
- Jason Wides
- Marc Amouyal
Users with the “Manage Users & Permissions” permission can create, update, disable or enable users accounts.
From the Sealights dashboard, go to “Settings”
Click the Users section under “Users & Permissions”
Follow the instructions below for the relevant action
Create User
Before people on your team can sign in and use the Sealights platform, they need a user account. The easiest way to add user accounts is to add them individually in Sealights Settings.
From the Sealights dashboard, go to “Settings”.
Click the Users section under “Users & Permissions”.
Click “Create User”
Add User information
First and last name
Email address
Role
(Optional) Permissions
Click “Create”
(Optional) Assign this user to groups
(Optional) Create another user
When you’re done, every new user added can sign in and he/she will need to set a new password upon first login.
Welcome email: The user will receive a welcome email with a temporary password which will expire in 15 days. The “users and permissions administrator” can resend a new welcome email form the user details if the temporary password expired.
Update User
In the Users list, find the user by paging through the list or searching using the search bar.
Click on the user you want to update.
You can update the following user details:
First Name
Last name
Role
Permissions
Assigned groups
Disable User
You can temporarily block a user's access to the Sealights platform by disabling their account. When you disable an account, the user cannot login.
After disabling a user, you can enable the account at any time.
In the Users list, find the user by paging through the list or searching using the search bar.
Hover over the user you want to disable and click on the toggle.
Click “Yes” on the confirmation dialog.
Enable User
You can enable a user’s account that was disabled by you or other administrators.
In the Users list, find the user by paging through the list or searching using the search bar.
Hover over the user you want to enable and click on the toggle.
Click “Yes” on the confirmation dialog.
User Status
Users that are managed by Sealights have 2 types of statuses”: “status” and “password status”.
In the table below, you’ll find the details of what can a user do depending on the statuses
Status \ Password status | Active | Inactive | Deleted |
|---|---|---|---|
| User can login | User cannot login | User cannot login |
| User can login after changing password | User cannot login | User cannot login |
| User cannot login until admin resends temporary password | User cannot login | User cannot login |
| User can login after setting a new password using a confirmation code | User cannot login | User cannot login |
| User cannot login until admin resets password or user uses forgot password | User cannot login | User cannot login |