Manage Users

This section covers topics related to managing users in Kloudfuse.

  • Users must have unique emails.

  • User management actions can be performed only by users with Admin privileges.

Kloudfuse fully provisions users on their initial (first) login.

To manage users, follow these steps:

  1. Select the Admin tab, and then the User Management option in the drop-down menu.

    Navigate to the User Management interface
  2. The User Management interface appears. It contains the following:

    1. Search bar to locate specific groups

    2. List of existing users, including the user Name, Login (username), Email, and their Role.

  3. Proceed to make changes, as described in:

Assign Roles

There are three possible roles for users:

Admin

Can change roles and permissions)

Editor

Can make some changes

Viewer

can only view data, but cannot make any changes.

By default, Kloudfuse assigns the Editor role to all users. Each organization can configure their own choice of default role for new users.

To change the user’s role, follow these steps:

  1. Hover your pointer over the Role you plan to change.

    Here, we are changing the role of user7, who is currently and Editor.

  2. When the Edit (pencil) icon appears, click on it.

    Begin editing the role assigned to the user
    Begin editing the role assigned to the user
  3. The User Management interface changes to show the detail of the specific user.

    User Management: detail of one user
    User Management: detail of one user
  4. In the Role section, click Change Role.

  5. When the Role menu appears, select a new role.

    Here, we are change the role from Editor to Admin.

    Changing the role from Editor to Admin
    Changing the role from Editor to Admin
  6. Click Save.

You should see a notification that Kloudfuse changed the role successfully.

The User Management interface now lists user7 as Admin.

user 7 has an Admin role

Assign Names

When a user first signs into Kloudfuse, they don’t automatically have their name added to the system.

To assign the name, follow these steps:

  1. Hover your pointer over the role of the user to whom you plan to assign a name.

    Here, we are changing the name of user7.

  2. When the Edit (pencil) icon appears, click on it.

    Edit user
  3. The User Management interface changes to show the detail of the specific user.

    User Management: detail of the user
  4. In the Name section, click the Edit (pencil) icon.

  5. In the Enter name field, enter the name of the user.

    Edit Name
  6. Click Save.

You should see a notification that Kloudfuse changed the name successfully.

The User Management interface now lists user7 as Pippi Longstocking.

user7 is named Pippi Longstocking

Delete a User

Admins can also delete users from the Kloudfuse system.

Follow these steps:

  1. Hover your pointer over the role of the user you plan to delete from the system.

  2. When the Delete (trashcan) icon appears, click it.

    Here, we are deleting user15.

    Deleting a user
  3. Kloudfuse prompts you to confirm deleting a user.

    You can click Delete to confirm, or Cancel to stop deleting the user.

    Confirm or cancel deleting the user

You should see a notification that Kloudfuse deleted the user successfully.

The User Management interface no longer lists user15.