Users Tab
Information
- In the Users tab of the Administration panel
- new (API) users can be created
- existing user profiles can be edited and
- new users can be invited.
Access path
- Menu → Administration → Users
Menu Item Users
Menu → Administration → Users → Users
Information
- When opening the Users tab, the menu item Users is opened by default.
- Here, all existing users in PLANTA pulse are listed in a table with their data and can be edited.
- Furthermore, new users can be created.
Details
- The following data is shown per user:
- ID
- Username
- Full Name
- Admin
- If Yes, the user has global admin rights.
- Verified
- If No, the user has not yet verified his/her account via the confirmation link sent by e-mail.
- Added on
- Date on which the user was created in PLANTA pulse.
- Active
- If No, the user is inactive and cannot log in anymore.
- Users cannot be deleted.
- If an account is not to be used anymore, the user needs to be set to Active = No via Edit.
- Inactive users will not be removed from boards automatically.
- If No, the user is inactive and cannot log in anymore.
- Online
- Green: The user is currently online.
- Grey: The user is currently offline.
- API User
- An API user is a technical user who can configure the REST API from external systems. More Information
- API users receive global admin rights automatically.
- By clicking on the table headers, the table can be sorted by the columns.
Edit User Data
Procedure
- Menu → Administration → Users → Users
- By clicking on Edit in the right column, the administrator can edit the following data of a user:
- Full Name
- Username
- Password
- Admin
- Active
- Click Save.
Create User
Procedure
- Menu → Administration → Users → Users
- Click the button Create User below the table.
- For the new user, complete the fields Full Name, Username, Password and E-Mail.
- In the listbox API user, select the value No.
- An API user is a technical user who is only used to configure the REST API from external systems. More Information
- An API user cannot be a member of boards or cards.
- This setting cannot be changed later anymore.
- An API user is a technical user who is only used to configure the REST API from external systems. More Information
- In the listbox Invite by E-Mail, select whether the user should be invited via e-mail.
- Click Create.
Create API User
Procedure
- Menu → Administration → Users → Users
- An API user is a technical user who is only used to configure the REST API from external systems.
- To create an API user, click the button Create User below the table.
- Enter a username for the API user.
- The other fields can be left empty.
- In the listbox API user, select the value Yes.
- Click Create.
- The API user is created and in the column API User, the button Create Token appears.
Details
- API users need a token to be able to configure the REST API.
- The token is created via the button Create Token and can then be used for authentication.
- The token can also be used for linking PLANTA pulse and PLANTA project (PLANTA Hybrid).
Menu Item Invite User(s)
Information
- In the menu Invite User(s), new users can be invited.
Procedure
- Menu → Administration → Users → Invite User(s)
- In the field Invite User(s), enter the e-mail address of the person who is to be invited to PLANTA pulse.
- In the area To Board(s), select the boards to which the user should be invited.
- Invite.
- The user will receive an e-mail with an invitation link to the selected board.