Before you start
- You need the Admin of Company or Admin of Conglomerate role.
- Adding a user sends a first-access email. For that, the conglomerate’s email server must be set up in Administration › My Conglomerate.
- Each company has a limit of active users, set in the contract.
How access works
- Administrators don’t need permissions. The Admin of Company already accesses everything in the company’s plan, and the Admin of Conglomerate accesses everything. That’s why they don’t appear in groups or in the per-person permissions tab.
- People with the User role start with access to no module. They only see what a group or an individual grant gives them.
- One group is enough. If the person is in several groups and at least one grants an action, they have that action.
- An individual grant adds up. It gives one person something beyond what their groups give, and it stays even if the group loses that access.
- Nothing goes beyond the plan. A module or action outside the company’s plan can’t be granted to anyone.
Add a user
Open the user list
Fill in the details
Choose the role
Create the user
Decide about permissions
Configure now or later
- Do it later is the recommended path. Afterwards, add the person to a group (see Create a group).
- Configure now opens the Access Control and Dashboards tabs. Turn on the modules and actions the person needs and click Finish.
Edit, deactivate and reactivate
In the Users list, each row has three icons: view details (including last access), Edit and Deactivate or Reactivate.- Edit changes name, email, phone, role and the Active status. If you change the email, let the person know: their login changes too.
- Deactivate removes the person’s access to the platform. Permissions, groups and history are kept, and Reactivate restores everything as it was.
- Users can’t be deleted. To remove someone’s access, deactivate them.
Create a group
Open Access Control
Create the group
Choose the members
Set the permissions
Set permissions
Each module appears as a card. Changes are saved as soon as you click, with no save button: the card shows Saved for a moment.- Module Access turns the whole module on and off. When you turn it on, the person or group can view the module. Then select the other actions: create, edit, delete, export, upload files and present.
- View is required while any other action is selected. To remove all access, turn off Module Access.
- The card’s footer summarizes the access: No access, View only or Full access.
- Module Locked means the module isn’t in the company’s plan. Restricted Action means the plan has the module, but not that action.
Change several modules at once
The buttons above the cards change all modules at once, after asking for confirmation:Grant something to one person only
Use this when a person needs something their group doesn’t have.Find the person
Check what they already have
Grant what's missing
Activate the modules of each company
Only for the Admin of Conglomerate. This is where you distribute the contracted modules among the companies of the conglomerate.- In Access Control, choose the Companies tab and select the company.
- Turn modules and actions on or off, as in Set permissions.
Dashboards and agents
Besides the module permission, each dashboard and each agent has its own list of who can use it:- Dashboards: in Administration › Reports & Dashboards, choose who views and who edits each dashboard and, if it uses RLS, which data rule applies to each person.
- Agents: in Administration › Agents, choose who can use each agent in Datatalk AI.
Common problems
“Action Blocked” when clicking New User
“Action Blocked” when clicking New User
“You must configure an SMTP server…” after creating the user
“You must configure an SMTP server…” after creating the user
“Your company has reached the allowed user limit.”
“Your company has reached the allowed user limit.”
“This email is already in use. Please choose another one.”
“This email is already in use. Please choose another one.”
The person didn't receive the first-access email
The person didn't receive the first-access email
I unselected a permission in the Users tab and it came back
I unselected a permission in the Users tab and it came back
I can't find the person to add to a group
I can't find the person to add to a group
The edit icon is disabled: “You don't have permission to edit this user.”
The edit icon is disabled: “You don't have permission to edit this user.”
I granted access, but the person still can't see it
I granted access, but the person still can't see it
- Ask them to reload the page with
F5(on a Mac,Cmd+R). - Check that they’re in the right company, in the selector of the side menu.
- If it’s a dashboard or an agent, also check the access on the item itself (see Dashboards and agents).
- See other cases in I can’t see a menu, button or dashboard.
“Could not save # Access Control permissions.” when finishing the setup
“Could not save # Access Control permissions.” when finishing the setup
Who can help
- The Admin of Conglomerate sets up the email server, adds other Admins of Conglomerate and activates the modules of each company.
- Whoever manages your company’s contract increases the user limit and adds modules that haven’t been contracted yet.

