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How to Manage Users

Create users, update their details, resend invitations, reset passwords, and archive or restore users in the Ventrata Dashboard.

🔐 Required Role Permissions: Grant, Users

You can assign different roles to your users to group them based on the area they work in. You can also update a user's details, resend their invitation, reset their password, or archive users who no longer need access.


Create a New User

Create a user entry in your Ventrata account settings.

  1. In the Ventrata Dashboard, go to [user_name] > Account Settings.

    Account Settings

  2. Press the Users tab.

    Users

  3. Press the + New User button.

    New User

  4. Enter user's name.

    User Name

    📒 NOTE

    The 'Active' checkbox is ticked by default. When unticked, the user account cannot be accessed.

  5. Enter the user's email address.

    Email

    📗 TIP

    This address is the user's username when they log in to the Ventrata Dashboard.

  6. (Optional) Enter the user's mobile phone.

    Mobile

  7. Select user account attributes:

    • Notification email cc - the user will receive updates on all bookings

    • Admin - the user has access to the entire Ventrata Dashboard, can create, delete and update user accounts and their roles

    Notification Email Cc & Admin

  8. Enter a supervisor pin (optional).

    Supervisor Pin

    📒 NOTE
    This pin is used to override certain restrictions for sellers on terminal devices, for example, order cancelation.

  9. Press the Create User button.

    Create User

Once you create the user, they receive an invitation email to set up their Ventrata account. They must open it within 7 days.

Invitation


Update a User

Change a user's details or account attributes.

  1. In the Ventrata Dashboard, go to [user_name] > Account Settings.

    Account Settings

  2. Press the Users tab.

    Users

  3. Open the user account you want to change.

  4. Change the details you need.

  5. Press the Update User button.

    Update User

📗 TIP

To change which roles, destinations or products a user can access, edit their grant. See Grant User Access.


Resend Invitation

Send the invitation again if the user has not accepted it yet.

  1. In the Ventrata Dashboard, go to [user_name] > Account Settings.

    Account Settings

  2. Press the Users tab.

    Users

  3. Open the user account.

  4. Press the Resend Invitation button.

    Resend Invitation

The user receives an invitation in their inbox to set up their Ventrata account. They must open it within 7 days.

Invitation

📒 NOTE

The Resend Invitation button is only available for users who have not yet accepted their invitation. Once they accept it, the button is replaced by the Reset Password button.


Reset a User's Password

Send a password reset to a user who has already accepted their invitation.

  1. In the Ventrata Dashboard, go to [user_name] > Account Settings.

    Account Settings

  2. Press the Users tab.

    Users

  3. Open the user account.

  4. Press the Reset Password button.

    Reset Password

The user receives an email with a reset link. They must open it within 15 minutes and set a new password.

Reset Password Email

⛔️ WARNING

Resetting a user's password also deletes their multi-factor authentication (MFA) settings. If your organisation has enabled MFA, the user is asked to set up their authenticator app again after setting a new password.

📗 TIP

Users can also reset their own password with Forgot your password? on the login page. This does not affect their authenticator app.

📒 NOTE

If you are an admin user and need your own password reset, contact Ventrata Technical Support.


Archive and Restore a User

Remove a user who no longer needs access. Archived users can be restored later.

Archive a User

📗 TIP

If you want to block access only temporarily, untick Active on the user account instead of archiving it.

Active

  1. In the Ventrata Dashboard, go to [user_name] > Account Settings.

    Account Settings

  2. Press the Users tab.

    Users

  3. Open the user account you want to archive.

  4. Press the Archive button.

    Archive

    📗 TIP

    To archive multiple users, tick the checkboxes next to their names and select the Archive bulk action.

    Archive Bulk Action

  5. Press OK to confirm.

    Confirm

  6. Once progress reaches 100%, the user is archived.

    Progress

⛔️ WARNING

Archiving a user removes their access to the Ventrata Dashboard.

Restore a User

  1. In the Ventrata Dashboard, go to [user_name] > Account Settings.

    Account Settings

  2. Press the Users tab.

    Users

  3. Press the Restore button above the users table.

    Restore

  4. Tick the checkboxes next to the users you want to restore.

  5. Select the Restore bulk action.

    Restore Bulk Action

  6. Press Restore to continue.

    Restore

  7. Once progress reaches 100%, the user is restored.

    Progress

When a user is restored, they receive an invitation to set up their Ventrata account. They must open it within 7 days.

Invitation


Grant User Access

Grant existing users access to roles, destinations and products.

  1. In the Ventrata Dashboard, go to Supplier Settings > Grants.

    Grants

  2. Press the + New Grant button.

    New Grant

  3. Select a user from the list of existing users.

    User

  4. Assign one or multiple roles.

    Roles

    📗 TIP
    A role is a set of permissions. Different roles may have different sets of permissions. Make sure you only give users permissions to areas where they really need them.

    📒 NOTE

    When a user is flagged as 'Admin', there is no need to assign a specific role which includes all of the permissions.

  5. Keep 'Allow All Destinations' checked to allow the user to access all supplier destinations or restrict their access by disallowing specific destinations.

  6. Keep 'Allow All Products' checked to allow the user to access all supplier products or restrict their access by disallowing specific products.

    Allow / Disallow Destinations & Products

    ⛔️ WARNING
    Disallowing a destination or product will hide any bookings, transactions or products (if a destination is disallowed) associated with the disallowed items.

  7. Press the Create Grant button.

    Create Grant

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