Connect - Admin: Users, User Groups and Permissions

This article is part of the Connect section.
In the Admin menu > Users submenu, you can:
- create and manage users,
- create and manage user groups,
- assign and unassign permissions.
Use the three options here: Users, User Groups, and Permissions:
Users

To use Connect, users must have a CPL user account.

Select this submenu under Users to create and manage individual users.
- To add a user:
- Click Add New User:

- Fill in the details.
- Click Submit:

- To import users:
- Click Import Core Users:

- This will automatically create Connect accounts for CPL users who haven't joined yet.
- Their CPL and Connect accounts will be linked.
- They will receive an email with a temporary Connect password that they will need to change.
To view inactive users:
Toggle
Include Inactive:

To deactivate a user:
Click the red power icon.
The icon turns green.
To reactivate the user, click the icon again.
Ensure
Include Inactive is toggled to view deactivated users.

To edit a user:
Click the
blue icon at the start of their row:

The Profile Details section will appear at the top:
To edit it, click the blue pencil icon:

To save changes, click the green save icon below the section.
To add a permission:
Select the category and permission under User Permissions.
Toggle Granted on.
Click Assign.
To deactivate a permission:
Select the category and permission under User Permissions.
Toggle Granted off.
Click Assign.
To remove a permission:
Click the red bin icon next to it.

To change a user's password:
Enter the new password in the Password field.
Confirm it in the Re-enter Password field.
Click Save Changes.
To resend email invitations to all CPL users that haven't signed up for Connect yet, click Resend Invitations:

User Groups

User groups
make it easier to assign tasks or permissions to multiple users at once.
Select this submenu under Users to create and manage user groups.
- To create a user group, click the + sign next to User Groups.
- To rename a group, click the blue pencil icon next to its name.
- To add users to a group, select the group, then click the + sign next to [Group Name] Members.
- To view members, click the group's name.
- To delete a group or member, click the bin icon next to it.

Permissions

Select this submenu under Users to manage permissions for users and groups.
Permissions are organised by categories under Categories.
- To assign a permission to a user:
- Click on the name of a category (e.g. Settings).
- Click the first blue button on the right.
- Choose the user's email from the User drop-down.
- Select the appropriate permission.
- Check the Grant/Deny box to activate it immediately or leave it unchecked to enable it later.
- Click Add.


To see which permissions are available in a category, add a user or user group and check the Permission drop-down in the pop-up window.
- After assigning a permission to a user:
- The other permissions in the category will appear for them.
- The selected permission will be colour-coded:
- red for denied (inactive)
- green for granted (active)
- The remaining permissions are greyed out by default.
- To toggle them, click the round white button until it shows the desired colour.

- To assign permissions to a user group:
- Click the second blue button on the right.
- Chose a group.
- Select the permission.
- Check Grant/Deny to activate immediately.
- Click Add.

Permissions assigned to both
users and
user groups will appear under the relevant permission:


Permissions can be managed within a user's profile or on the Permissions page.
The Permissions page is useful for managing permissions across multiple users and groups.
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