Adding a User Profile

You must have access to the Profiles modules to make changes to site terms, profile definitions, and profiles. For information about Business Desk permissions, see About Business Desk Security.

Notes

• If your Commerce Server site uses Active Directory directory service, you cannot create a user logon name that is longer than 20 characters.
• Your New Profile screen might not contain the same properties that are shown in this procedure. The properties in the New Profile screen are determined by the User Object profile definition. If you have changed the properties in the User Object profile definition, those changes will be reflected in the New Profile screen. For information about changing the properties of a profile definition, see Managing Profile Definitions.

To add a new user

1. In Profiles, click Users.
2. In the User Object screen, click on the toolbar.
3. In the New User Object screen, in the General information section, do the following:

   Use this	To do this
   Logon name	Type the logon name for the new user. If your site uses Active Directory, this name cannot exceed 20 characters.
   User password	Type the password for the new user.
   E-mail	Type the e-mail address for the new user.
   User type	Select whether the new user is a Registered or an Anonymous user from the drop-down list. Typically, you will only create registered users.
   User title	Type the title for the new user, such as Mr. or Ms.
   Last name	Type the last name for the new user.
   First name	Type the first name for the new user.
   Telephone number	Type the telephone number for the new user.
   Telephone extension	Type the telephone number extension for the new user.
   Fax number	Type the fax machine telephone number for the new user.
   Fax extension	Type the fax machine telephone number extension for the new user.
   Default Language	Type the default language for the new user.

4. In the Account Info section, do the following:

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   Organization ID	From the drop-down list, specify if you want to Create a new profile or Insert an existing profile in the Organization ID property. If you select Create a new profile, the New Organization screen is displayed. For information about creating a new organization profile, see Adding an Organization Profile. If you select Insert an existing profile, the Organization screen is displayed. To embed the organization profile in the Organization ID property, select the existing organization from the Filtered View list, and then click on the toolbar. For information about finding an existing organization profile, see Finding an Organization Profile.
   Account status	From the drop-down list, specify whether the user has an Active Account or an Inactive Account. The default status is Active Account. Users with inactive accounts will not be able to log on to your site.
   User catalog set	From the drop-down list, select the catalog set you want the user to have access to.
   Date registered	From the drop-down calendar, select the date you register the new user.

5. In the Partner Service section, do the following:

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   Partner service role flags	From the drop-down list, select Normal User or Administrator. The default role flag is Normal User. Administrator users are delegated administrators, and have extended access for their organization (for example, reviewing orders and creating user profiles) in sites that support delegated administrators.

6. To save the new user profile and return to the User Object screen, click on the toolbar.

The new user profile is saved.

See Also

About Profiles

Deleting User Profiles

Finding a User Profile

Adding an Organization Profile

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