Associating profiles to a user

You can associate one or more profiles to a user or group. Having multiple profiles is beneficial for users that have more than one function and require a different profile for each one. It is also beneficial for administrators because it can reduce the number of profiles that they need to create and maintain.

Tip: It is more efficient to associate profiles to groups rather than individual users. Note that if a user is later added to the group, they will not be assigned the profile that was earlier assigned to the users of the group.

About this task

The following steps explain how to associate profiles from a user account. You can also associate profiles to users (and groups) from the profile page. For more information, see Associating users and groups to a profile

Note that from a group, it is not possible to assign a group to a profile. You must instead, go to the profile page and assign a group to the profile.

Procedure

  1. Click Administration menu > Users and Security > Users.
  2. Select the user that you want to assign a profile to.
  3. In Allowed Profiles, select all the profiles that you want to assign to the user.
  4. Optionally, you can change the user's current profile by selecting a different profile from the Current Profile list.
    Warning: If you change a user's profile while they are logged on you might disrupt their work.
    • If you remove the user's current profile from Allowed Profiles, the user's current profile is set to the first allowed profile in the alphabetical list.
    • For existing users, the Current Profile is set to the user's current profile.
    • For new users, the current profile is set to the default profile, if one exists and is enabled. If an enabled default does not exist, the current profile is set to the fallback profile, if one exists and is enabled. For more information, see Setting a default or fallback profile.
  5. Click Save. The changes take effect immediately.