Edit a User Profile

This lesson guides administrators through making changes to users' information, such as site affiliations, password, name, department affiliations, role, etc.

Where to Start

Click the Administration Gear.
Under Users, click User Management.

Filter for a particular user as needed.
Select Search to apply the filter(s).
Select Actions for the specified user.
Select Edit User to edit the user's information, site & role affiliations, departments, or credentials.
Select Become User to temporarily impersonate the user's account.
Select Change Password to update the user's password.

Change Password

From User Management, select Actions > Change Password next to the user.
Enter a new password for the user.
Select Save changes.

Edit User Details

Note the tabs leading you to any information you wish to edit. Click the tab that relates to the change(s) you wish to make, make the changes. Click Save when you are finished.

Edit Site Affiliations

Click Site & Role Affiliation.
Find the name of the affiliations you wish to delete and select the corresponding checkbox. Note the that all preexisting affiliations are listed.
Select Delete Roles. Note: This also deletes the user role. Be sure to reassign this if necessary.

Add Role

Click Site & Role Affiliation.
Select Add Role. Once clicked, you will receive a pop up menu.
Click Role (or start to type a role name) and a dropdown menu will appear with choices. Do the same for Terms (or chose Select All Terms).
Chose Save Changes. Once clicked the role will populate in the list seen in the previous step.

Edit Departments

Select the Departments tab.
Select the department(s) from the dropdown menu.
Click Save. You will receive a success message and the department chosen will stick in the dropdown menu.

Edit Credentials

Select the Credentials tab.
To make edits or delete any existing credentials, select the pencil (edit) or trash can (delete).
To add a new credential, click Add New Credential.

Next Steps

To learn more about users, visit User Management.

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