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Using My Favorites | caNanoLab User's Guide | Glossary
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titleAccess to Admin

Only a logged in administrator can access the Admin menu to add and update users and reset user passwords. Application Support will forward requests to caNanoLab Administrators . If you are not an administrator and need to create new users and or reset user passwords, contact caNanoLab-Support@ISB-CGC.org.

This chapter introduces you to managing user login accounts. Topics in this chapter include:

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When you click Admin, Manage User Accounts appears with the following options.

  • Create a New User

  • Search Existing Users

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 Edit a user account

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. The following sections provide details on these options. 

For information on user roles, refer to caNanoLab User Roles

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User Roles

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Creating a New User Account

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  1. Click Admin.

  2. Click Create New User.

  3. From Create User, fill in the user contact information. The Username and First and Last Name are required.
  4. Specify the User Roleuser role(s) to assign to the user:, as described in caNanoLab User Roles

    1. Researcher

    2. Curator

    3. Admin

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  5. Click SaveSubmit.
    A success message appears in red at the top of the page.

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To search for an existing user

  1. Click Administration Admin.

  2. Click Search Existing Users.

  3. From Search Users, in the Search Name box, you can enter all or part of the user's Username, First, and/or Last Name.

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     If you do not add any parameters in the User Search box, all users are returned.

    User Search Results opens with the On the same page, the system lists user search results with each user's username and contact information.

  4. You can edit and reset the password for any user returned by the search.

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Editing a User Account

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  1. Search for the user.

  2. From the search results, click Edit in the Actions column.

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  3. On Update User, you cannot edit the Username, but you can update the remaining user information. 

  4. To add a user role, click Add and select Curator, Research, and/or Admin.
  5. Click Update when you are done.

    A success message appears in red at the top of the page.

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To reset a user password

  1. Search for the user.
  2. From the search results, click Reset Password in the Actions column.

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  3. On Update User, enter the Old Password and add a New Password. You cannot edit the Username.

  4. Click Reset Password.

    A When you are done, click Submit. A success message appears in red at the top of the page.

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