Users

How CommPeak account owners can create and manage multiple users with various roles and control access to different sections.

After signing up at the CommPeak Portal you become the account owner or the main account user. You can create multiple users for your CommPeak account, as many as you wish, and assign various roles to them.

Video Tutorial

To open the Users page, expand Settings in the main menu and click Users.

Screenshot of the Settings > Users page

Settings > Users page

The page displays the number of users currently associated with your account, their credentials, their user roles, and the departments they belong to. It also shows which user account is the main one (the account owner).

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NOTE

A new user's status will be Pending Confirmation until their account is verified.

You can also download the list of users by clicking Download as CSV.

User Roles

Before you create users, define which roles you will assign them.

  • Admin: combines the privileges of all the other roles. Additionally, they can view, add, edit, and delete other users and assign roles to them, except for the main user and other users with the Admin role.
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Only the main user can grant or revoke the Admin's role.

Creating Users

To create a new user:

  1. Click Create New User at the top right corner of the page.

  2. In the sidebar form that appears, enter the new user's first and last names, and their email address.

  3. Select the checkboxes needed to assign the user one or more roles and define which department(s) they belong to.

    Screenshot of the Create new user form

    Create new user form

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Before you can assign users to departments, create at least one department.

  1. Click Create User.
  2. You will get the notification that the user was created.
Screenshot of the User was created notification

User was created notification

  1. The new user will appear on the list with the Pending Confirmation status. To complete the verification, they must click Activate my account in the email they get.
Screenshgot of the Activate my account email

Activate my account email

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To resend the confirmation email, click the Resend button for the corresponding user record.

Screenshot of the Resend buttons and the Email with confirmation link was sent notification

Resend buttons and Email with confirmation link was sent notification

  1. Once the invited user activates their account, their record will become editable.
Screenshot of the record of the user with activated account

User with activated account

Deleting Users

Your ability to delete users depends on your role and the role of the user you want to delete:

  • The account owner can delete any user.
  • Admins can delete users except for the account owner and other admins.
    To delete a user, click the trash icon on the user's line and confirm your action.

To delete a user:

  1. Click the Delete button for the corresponding user record.
Screenshot of the Delete user options

Deleting users option

  1. Confirm the operation by entering your password and click Save Settings:

    Screenshot of the Password Confirmation window

    Password Confirmation window

  2. The user will be deleted from the Users table.

Changing the Main User

By default, the main user, or the account owner, is created when you sign up at the CommPeak Portal. The account owner is granted all the possible permissions by default.

This user has a checkmark on their line in the Main Account column.

Screenshot of the Main Account checkmark

Main Account checkmark

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Only the main user can pass this role to other users.

To make a user the account owner:

  1. Click the edit icon on the user's line.
  2. In the sidebar that pops up, select the Set as Main Account User radiobutton.
Screenshot of the Set as Main Account User radiobutton

Set as Main Account User radiobutton

  1. Click Save Changes.
  2. Confirm the operation by entering your password and click Save Settings.
  3. The main account user will be changed.


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