Setting Up Users

User management requires permissions granted to the Local Admin role. See roles and permissions (below) for details. User management allows you to create, update, disable, and delete users in your organization.

On This Page:

To Create New Users:

1. Click the gear icon in the top toolbar.

2. Click Manage Users

3. Click Add User

4. Fill out the fields on the form

5. Click Save

To Reset a User’s Password:

1. Click the gear icon in the top toolbar and click Manage Users
   
   

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2. Search for the user you want to reset. Double click the user’s row to edit.

3. The password reset is at the bottom of the update form. You can type a new password there and click save.

To Update Existing Users:

1. Click the gear icon on the top toolbar and select Manage Users

2. Search for the user you’d like to update

3. Double click the user’s row in the grid.

4. Edit the user’s settings on the form

5. Click Save.

To Disable Existing Users:

1. Click the gear icon on the top toolbar and select Manage Users

2. Search for the user you’d like to disable

3. Double click the user’s row in the grid.

4. Un-check the Enabled Checkbox

5. Click Save.

Effectively, the user won’t be able to login to VSI but they’ll still be a user until you delete them.

To Delete Existing Users:

1. Click the gear icon on the top toolbar and select Manage Users

2. Search for the user you’d like to update

3. Click the user’s row to select them.

4. Click the red delete button at the bottom of the grid.

Roles and Permissions:

The permissions system in VSI is fairly flat. Given most of the application is read-only by nature, we don’t need granular permissions as you’d see in a lot of corporate systems. These are the roles supported in VSI: