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Create and Edit Users

Security Administration > Manage Users > Create and Edit Users

This page is used to create new users or edit existing users. You can establish the roles and permissions associated with each user.

In addition, you can establish the components within ASCENDER that a user can access. After creating users and performing other functions, you must exit any applications to which you are logged on to refresh the security permissions.

All ASCENDER users created in Security Administration are automatically granted permission to view all dashboard elements. However, the content within the dashboard element is driven by your user profile (Profile Name) in Security Administration with the exception of ASCENDER News, which is available to all users. The LEA News may be limited to certain users based on the LEA's preferences when adding the news entry in District Administration.

For additional information about dashboard, review the ASCENDER Homepage & Quick View Dashboard section in the Business or Student Overview guides.

Create a user:

❏ From the Manage Users page, click New User. The New User page is displayed.

Field Description
Last NameType the user's last name. The field can be a maximum of 30 characters.
First NameType the user's first name. The field can be a maximum of 30 characters.
Middle InitialType the first letter of the user's middle name. This field is optional and is only one character.
User IDType a user ID for the user. The field can be a maximum of 29 characters. The first character must be a letter.
Profile Name

An automatically generated name assigned to the user that links the user ID to the user permissions is displayed.

Currently, the ASCENDER Student applications do not use the profile name, although the profile name is still populated for the user.

In most cases, the user ID and the profile name is the same. The following scenarios present instances when the user ID and profile name may differ:

When saving a new user, if the profile name is a duplicate of a deleted user’s profile name, a message is displayed that the profile name is a duplicate and a new profile name must be entered.

When changing the user ID of an existing user, the profile name does not change.

Employee Nbr

Type the six-digit employee number that is assigned to this user in Personnel. The autosuggest displays employee numbers even if the employee does not have an employment info, pay, or job record.

Although completing this field is optional, it is necessary for employees to access pages with account codes, such as the Purchasing > Maintenance > Create/Modify Requisition page and most pages in Finance.

Users who are also approvers will receive an email notification when changes are made in EmployeePortal.

❏ Under Roles, click Add to add roles to the user's profile. The Add Roles pop-up window is displayed.

  • Select the role(s) to be added to the user's profile.
  • Click OK to add the selected roles.
  • Click Cancel to close the pop-up window without adding roles.

❏ Under Applications View, a list of each application available to the user is displayed.

❏ Under Set Password, type a password for the new user. Typically, this is a temporary password that will be provided to the user, and you will have to select Force Reset Password on Login to require the user to set a new password after logging on with the temporary password.

PasswordType the user password.

Requirements:

• 8-46 alphanumeric characters
• Three of the following: uppercase, lowercase, numeric, and special characters
• Case-sensitive

Confirm PasswordRetype the password you entered in the Password field.

For Business users:

❏ Under Pay Frequencies, a list of available pay frequencies is displayed. Select the pay frequencies to be assigned to the user.

❏ Under Warehouses, a list of available warehouses is displayed. Select the warehouses to be assigned to the user.

❏ Click Save. The profile name is populated and the user profile is saved.

After the record is saved and the user profile is created, you can manage user permissions.

  • Select a role under Roles to view the role components. The view is changed from Applications View to Manage Permissions. You can add or update permissions by application in the Manage Permissions view.
  • Click Applications View to return to the Applications View.

❏ Under Manage Permissions (All Apps):

Add an ODBC Login


Edit a user:

❏ From the Manage Users page, under Search Criteria, click Find to perform a search for all users. Or, to perform a search for a specific user, enter data in one or more of the search fields.

  • Select Show Deleted Users to include deleted users in your search. Deleted users are highlighted in red.
  • Click Find. A list of users matching your search criteria is displayed.
  • Select the user to be edited.

❏ Click Edit User to update the roles and responsibilities associated with the user. The Edit User page is displayed.

  • You can make the necessary updates to the user's profile such as password, frequencies, warehouse, etc.
  • In addition, you can select a role to view and manage exceptions/permissions to the roles and responsibilities associated with the user profile.
    • Click + - to expand or collapse available permissions.
    • Select/unselect the permissions to be added to the user.

Notes: A component that is cleared is displayed in red. For example, if Maintenance is cleared, Maintenance is displayed in red.

If a component has a subcategory that is cleared, the upper-level title is displayed in italics. For example, if Utilities has many sublevels, one of which has been cleared, Utilities is displayed in italics denoting that not everything under Utilities is granted permission.

If read-only is selected, the component is displayed in brown. The component must be selected along with the read-only option.

❏ Click Save.


Delete a user:

To completely delete a user from Security Administration, complete the following steps in the order in which they are listed:

❏ District Administration > Workflow

  1. Alternative Approver: Click Clear Row.
  2. Approval Rules: Delete the rules for the Purchasing Requisition workflow type.
  3. Approval Path: Delete the user from the Purchasing Requisition approval path.
  4. First Approver: Delete the user from being a first approver.

❏ District Administration > Maintenance > User Profiles

  • Delete the user's profile.

❏ Security Administration > Manage Users

  • Under Search Criteria, click Find to perform a search for all users. Or, to perform a search for a specific user, enter data in one or more of the search fields.
  • Select Show Deleted Users to include deleted users in your search. Deleted users are highlighted in red.
  • Click Find. A list of users matching your search criteria is displayed.
  • Select the user to be deleted.
  • Click Delete User. A pop-up window prompts you to confirm that you want to delete the user.
  • Click OK to delete the user.

A message indicating that the user was deleted successfully is displayed at the bottom of the page.


Note: Administrative users cannot be deleted. If an administrative user is selected, a message is displayed indicating that the administrative user's properties cannot be changed.

Other functions and features:

Save & Add NewClick to save all changes and clear the page to add data for another user.
Create Role

❏ From the Manage Roles page, click Create New Role.

The Create Role page is displayed.

Role NameType the name of the role to be created.

❏ Under Manage Permissions:

  • Click + - to expand or collapse available role permissions.
  • Select the permissions to be added to the role. Once permission is granted to a component, the title is displayed in green and the associated check box is selected.
  • Multiple applications can be added to a role.
  • Multiple roles can be added to a user.

❏ Click Save. The new role is displayed under Select a Role.

You can continue creating roles as needed.

EditClick to edit the campus(es) associated with the corresponding role.
Unlock

Select to allow the selected locked-out user to log on to ASCENDER without waiting for the required amount of time. Once the option is selected and the page is saved, the option is no longer displayed, and the user is no longer locked out of ASCENDER.

This option is only displayed if the selected user is locked out of ASCENDER. This occurs if the user exceeds the number of allowed login attempts. The number of login attempts is set on the ASCENDER Preferences page in DBA Assistant and is initially set to three.

This option is no longer displayed on the page once the required amount of time has passed. The amount of time that the user is locked out of ASCENDER is set on the ASCENDER Preferences page in DBA Assistant and is initially set to 20 minutes.

manageusers/createeditusers.txt · Last modified: 2024/04/04 16:05 by emoreno