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Users Actions overview

Click the ... on the left side of a row on the Users listing page to open the Actions menu, which collects the ways to modify the selected User.

A User row with the Actions menu open, showing Add to Bundle, Add to a Team, Change time zone, Disable, Edit profile, Impersonate, Password, Set Role and Permissions, and more
The User Actions menu.

Add to Bundle​

Add to Bundle opens a dialog to add the User to a new or existing Bundle, optionally including the Datasets or Ad hoc Queries the User owns.

The Add to Bundle dialog for a User
The Add to Bundle dialog.

Add to Team​

Add to Team opens a dialog to add the User to Teams. Search for a Team, choose the User's role in the Member Role column (see Assigning roles to Users within Teams), and click Save.

The Add to Team dialog listing Teams with role options
The Add to Team dialog.

Change Time Zone for this User​

Change Time Zone for this User opens a dialog to select the User's time zone.

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Time zone affects the formatting, filters, and aggregations of time and timestamp Fields.

Disable and Enable​

Disable prevents the User from logging in; Enable allows it. The state shows in the Enabled column of the Users listing page.

Edit Profile​

Edit Profile opens a dialog to update the User's profile, including name, display name, email address, time zone, and enabled status.

The Edit profile dialog for a User
The Edit Profile dialog.

Impersonate User​

Impersonate User changes the login session to see content as the selected User. This is only available to Administrators and Super Users. See Impersonate.

Password​

Password has options for updating a User's password, applicable only to local Users. See Passwords and multi-factor authentication.

  • Change Password: change the User's password.
  • Reset Password Expiration Time: reset the expiration window for the User's password.
  • Send User a reset password email: email the User a link to reset their password.

Set Role and Permissions​

Set Role and Permissions opens a dialog to change the User's type or permissions. See Editing a User.

Upload Photo​

Upload Photo opens a dialog to select an image for the User's profile. Click Choose File or drag and drop, then click Save.

The Upload Photo dialog with a Choose File dropzone
The Upload Photo dialog.

Change Domain​

Change Domain opens a dialog for Administrators or Super Users to change the User's authentication domain. It appears only if a domain exists in Informer.

The Change Domain dialog with Active Directory, LDAP, and SAML SSO options
The Change Domain dialog.

Delete​

Delete opens a dialog that confirms deleting the User and asks what to do with the content the User owns: delete it, reassign it to another User, or reassign it to another Team.

The Delete User dialog with content-handling options
The Delete User dialog.

Reassign Ownership​

Reassign Ownership opens a dialog to change the User's content ownership to another User or Team. Use the tabs at the top to find a new owner.

The Change Owner dialog for a User's content
The Change Owner dialog.
Also available through the REST API
Everything on this page is built on Informer's public REST API, the same one the product uses, so your scripts and integrations can do it too. Developer reference: Users.