Editing an Existing User Profile

  1. To access the User Manager once logged in, click the button in the lower left hand corner to access the Security Tools and select User Manager or under the “Security” tab at the top of the content editor:
    The application menu showing Content Editor, Media Library, Recycle Bin, Search, Workbox, and Control Panel icons, with a large arrow pointing to the main menu button at the bottom left. The Security Tools menu expanded and highlighted, showing options for Access Viewer, Role Manager, Security Editor, and User Manager, with User Manager highlighted.
    The interface showing the top menu with the Security tab highlighted and the toolbar below showing the User Manager icon highlighted. The left panel showing the SmartCatalog tree with Content and Media Library, and the right panel showing the Items in the Folder area with a Content tile.
  2. Double click the user profile you wish to adjust.
  3. Click the “Member Of” tab on the Edit User window that opens:
    The Edit User window showing tabs for General, Member Of, Profile, Language Settings, and Information, with the Member Of tab highlighted above fields for full name, comment, email, and administrator status.
  4. Click the Edit button in the bottom left hand corner of the window.

    PLEASE NOTE, the roles that you see within do not need to be assigned individually - these roles are inherited by the roles you see without :

    The Edit User window showing the Member Of tab with a list of assigned roles in the center panel, and the Edit button highlighted at the bottom.
  5. Double click from the role lists or use the Add and Remove buttons to add and remove roles to/from the “Selected” window at the right.

    The roles that are within the "Selected" window are the roles assigned to the chosen user profile.

    Click “OK” when you are finished.

    The Select Roles window showing an Available Roles list on the left and a Selected roles panel on the right with three roles listed, with a large arrow pointing to the Selected roles panel. The top of the panel showing Add and Remove buttons highlighted. Pagination controls at the bottom are highlighted, and the OK button is highlighted in the lower right corner.
    Every general user needs a workflow role and at least one access role. Admins need only the admin role.
  6. Click OK to close the User Profile window and save all changes made.
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