HIMSS - Add or Edit a User
Any person that needs to access this system must have their own login and password. System administrators are responsible for ensuring that users have the correct access to the system.
Manage Users
- In
your left-hand navigation menu, click ‘Settings’ > ‘Program Settings’
- Locate
the ‘Users’ Card
- Click
‘Manage Users'
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Add a User
Click
+Add New
Enter
the person’s username, email, and name. A warning will appear if the email is
associated with a different user to avoid duplicate users.
Set
the Status Information and Access information including appropriate system
type, district (if applicable), site (if applicable), and security level for
the user, based on their job function/ responsibility. NOTE - if the Service
Contact security level is selected, an additional field requiring a
description of the service this user provides will appear. This description
assists when a student record is approved to know which area (e.g.,
transportation) a service contact user can help a student.
Click
‘Save and Next’
The
User record will save and offer the ability to add additional levels of Access
with the ‘+ Grant Access’ button. This will be used, for example, if a user
needs access to more than one site, but not ALL sites. An access record can be
made for each site – the user will switch between sites in the Change
Credentials area.
When
an additional access levels are created, click ‘Save and Close.'
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Editing a User
User records can be
edited to change security levels or site access or disable the account if a
user no longer should have access to the system (e.g., they quit or are
terminated). Locate the user you wish to edit using the Search bar at the top
of the screen
- Click the ‘Actions’ button
and select ‘Edit’
- Edit the user record as
needed
- Click ‘Save and Close’ when
finished
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Notes
- Passwords can also be reset
by an administrator – choose ‘Reset Password’ from the Actions button menu.
- Social Workers, School Staff and Service Contacts must
have user account created BEFORE any student records are approved in
order for emails to be sent to them to begin services.
- A user cannot be deleted
if they have ever logged into the system. However, if they shouldn’t have
access to the system, they can be disabled.
Note the red highlighted rows in the image above have been disabled or expired.
- You can modify a user’s access to districts, school
sites, and/or security levels (at your access level or below only) by clicking
Grant Access in the user’s record and assigning additional values or by
clicking the Remove Access button next to a specific access record.
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