Logging in as another user in the Inspector

When you test your process in the Inspector, you might want to act as a different user to see if your task flow is working as expected, or to test the access that you set up for your users. To facilitate testing, the Inspector allows the process creator to perform any task, even if the user is not part of the user group that is authorized to perform the task in Workplace. The user authentication mode in the Inspector determines whether you run your tasks as the current user, or as another user. The user authentication mode must be set before you run or debug a task. After it is set, the user authentication mode is active for all subsequent tasks.
To change the user authentication mode so that you can log in as another user:
  1. Run the process until the token stops at the activity that you want.
  2. Click Set user authentication Set user authentication.
  3. In the Set user authentication dialog, select Another user and click OK.
  4. Run or debug the task.
  5. In the sidebar of the Inspector, you are provided with a URL. Copy the URL.
  6. Open a different browser session. You must open a browser session that does not share a session with the designer, otherwise when you log in as another user you lose your designer session. Some simple ways to open a different browser session:
    • In Internet Explorer, open in private browsing mode (Ctrl+Shift+P).
    • In Firefox, open a private window (Ctrl+Shift+P).
    • In Chrome, open a window by using the incognito mode (Ctrl+Shift+N).
  7. Paste the URL that you copied into the browser window that you just opened. At the login prompt, log in as a different user. You can now work with the task in the newly opened browser session.
You can continue to switch back and forth between the debugging sessions in both browsers. When you are done, you can reset the user authentication mode to current user and continue running your tasks without needing to log in.