Administrators can search for users and manage their roles
in the User Roles page.
About this task
To search for users and manage their roles:
Procedure
- In the navigation pane, click . The User
Roles page is displayed.
- In the search fields provided, you can enter search criteria
by given name, surname, user ID, and email address. If
you do not have exact details for a particular item, all of the search
fields support using an asterisk (*) as a wildcard
character. For example, to return all user records with a given name
that starts with
Mich
, enter mich* in
the First name field.Tip: You can
leave the search fields blank to return all user records.
Tip: To return only users that are currently logged in, leave
the search fields blank and select the Active Users Only check
box.
- From the Number of results
to display list, select the number of records that you
want returned and click Search.
Restriction: Returned records are displayed in one page only.
If more records are available than the setting you chose from the
list, only a partial list is returned. To display all records you
need to search again after selecting a larger number from the Number
of results to display list.
A
list of records that match your search criteria are listed in the
grid.
- Select a user from the User ID column. A list of available roles for the selected user is displayed
on a new page. Those roles that are currently associated with the
selected user are checked.
- Modify the roles associated with the user as required,
that is, check the roles that you want associated with the user and
clear those that you do not.
- Click Save to commit your changes,
or Reset to reset the form to its initial state. Once you click Save, the User
Roles page is displayed. The entry for the user in the Roles column
is updated to reflect your changes.
What to do next
You can select another user from the search results and update
their role settings, enter new search criteria to manage other user
records, or close the
User Roles page.