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People and roles, step by step

Settings, People is where you add logins and decide what each person can reach. Only an administrator sees it.

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Invite a person

Do this to give a colleague a login to your workspace.

1

Click + Invite

Open Settings, then People under USERS & ACCESS. The People tab lists everyone with a login, with their employee record, role and status. Click + Invite at the top right.

The Invite button marked on the People tab
Start an invite.
2

Type the Email

Type the email address of the person, for example colleague@company.com.

The Email field of the Invite panel marked
Who to invite.
3

Choose a Role

Choose Member or Admin. The “i” icon next to Role explains the difference.

The Member and Admin choice marked
Member or Admin.
4

Leave or set a Password

Password is optional. The “i” icon explains what happens when you leave it empty.

The optional Password field marked
Optional.
5

Choose an Employee

Link the login to an employee record from the list, or leave None. The “i” icon explains why you would link one.

The Employee list marked
Link an employee.
6

Click Send invite

Send invite creates the login. Close at the top of the panel leaves without saving.

The Send invite button marked at the bottom of the panel
Create the login.

See what a role allows

Do this to check which screens a business role reaches before you give it to someone.

1

Click the Roles tab

Click Roles next to People. The number on the tab is how many roles there are.

The Roles tab marked next to People
Open Roles.
2

Find New role

The table lists each role with how many areas it opens and how many people hold it. + New role at the top right makes your own.

The New role button marked
Make a role of your own.
3

Click a role

Click a row, for example Sales User. The ready-made roles carry a Standard tag.

The Sales User role marked in the roles list
Open a role.
4

Read the Access list

A panel lists every area of the product. A ticked area is open to the role. For areas that hold records, Create, Edit and Delete show what the role may do there. The “i” icon explains the list.

The Access heading marked at the top of the role panel
Area by area.
5

Click Duplicate and edit

A standard role cannot be changed. Duplicate and edit makes a copy you can change.

The Duplicate and edit button marked
Change a copy.

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