Manage User Privileges

You can add users to the Privileged List and then assign roles to those users. You can grant users the privileges of a Network Admin, who can access and use the Network Options page, or a Dataverse Admin, who can create and manage dataverses and permit other users access to their dataverses.

You also can clear a role, removing any privileges assigned to a user at any time.

Read the following topics for detailed information about these tasks:

Add User to Privileged List

To add a user to the Privilged List and assign a privileged role to that user:

  1. Log in and navigate to the Network homepage.
  2. Click Network Options in the top-right corner, scroll to Network Users, Groups, Privileges, and then click Manage Users Privileges.
    You see the Dataverse Creation and Network Users' Privileges page.
  3. Under the Network Privileged Users settings enter the username for the selected account in the Enter the Username text field, and then click Add.
    The account is added to the Network Priviledged Users list.
  4. Click the radio button for the role that you choose to assign to this user.
    Note:You must assign a Privileged Role to the user before you click Save Changes, or the user is not added to the Privileged Users list. See Assign Roles for details.
  5. Click Save Changes to save your work. Or click Cancel to lose your changes.
    If your save was successful, you see an Update Successful! message.

Assign Roles

To manage creator and Network permissions for user accounts:

  1. Log in and navigate to the Network homepage.
  2. Click Network Options in the top-right corner, scroll to Network Users, Groups, Privileges, and then click Manage Users Privileges.
    You see the Dataverse Creation and Network Users' Privileges page.
  3. Under the Network Privileged Users settings, locate the username for the selected account to which you choose to assign a role.
  4. To grant a user Network Admin privileges and give that user permission to use Network Options, click the radio button in front of the Network Admin role.
    To grant a user Dataverse Admin privileges and give that user permission to create and manage dataverses, click the radio button in front of the Dataverse Creator role.
  5. Click Save Changes to save your work. Or click Cancel to lose your changes.
    If your save was successful, you see an Update Successful! message.

Clear Roles

To remove permissions for user accounts:

  1. Log in and navigate to the Network homepage.
  2. Click Network Options in the top-right corner, scroll to Network Users, Groups, Privileges, and then click Manage Users Privileges.
    You see the Dataverse Creation and Network Users' Privileges page.
  3. Under the Network Privileged Users settings, locate the username for the selected account for which you choose to remove a role.
  4. To remove creator or Network privileges from a user, click the Clear Role button in the row for that account.
  5. Click Save Changes to save your work. Or click Cancel to lose your changes.
    If your save was successful, you see an Update Successful! message.