Users

Last Updated November 19, 2024

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Brief overview

The Users page allows you to add, view and edit your WalkMe users. Access it from admin.walkme.com under the Users & Roles section.

You can also add users via the editor (see below).

Use cases

• Improve user management consistency across accounts
• Help WalkMe admins manage team permissions by standardizing role distribution and hierarchy in each account
• Add a new permission type to support basic use cases (separate publish to Production/Test)
• Increase account security by reducing the number of “Admin” users per account

Create a new user

1. Click on the + icon
2. Enter the email address of the new user(s)
3.  Click Add or press Enter to add the user(s) to the list
4. Choose which role and system(s) to assign to the user
   • Only one role can be assigned to a user. This role will apply to the user for all Systems they are assigned to.[/ht_message
5. Select Login method and enter SSO ID
   • SSO information will only display if you have SSO enabled in the Security tab
     
6. Click Send Invitation to send an activation email to the user(s)
7. The user will immediately receive an e-mail prompting them to activate their WalkMe account
   • The email might go to the Spam folder. Please check there before contacting Support for assistance.
8. The user must click Activate My Account in the email and it will navigate them to the WalkMe login page
9. The new user can set up their WalkMe account by entering a password and clicking Sign Up
   • Passwords must be at least 10 characters and contain 1 special character

View a user's status

1. Go to the Users Page
2. View the "Status" column in the Users' table

Resend a activation email

1. Click on the relevant user from the Users list
   • The user must be in orange "Provisioned" status to re-activate
2. Click Resend Email to resend the activation email to the user

Reset a user's password

1. Click on the relevant user from the Users list
   • The user must be in green "Active" status
2. Click on Reset Password Via Email to send an email prompting a user to reset their password

Edit a user

1. Click on the User row you want to edit
2. Change the desired details
3. Click Save

Manage access requests

• The Access Requests tab is visible only to users with Admin role
• Here, Admins can review requests from users who want to join the account
• The Admin can assign a role, system(s), and SSO to those users in the same way as described in the steps above

Export users list

1. On the Users tab, click the button with the three dots
2. Click Export Users List

Managing Users via the Editor

Users with admin permissions can manage users and systems in the editor.

1. Click on the name of the system you're currently on
2. Click on the Options menu

• Manage Users – Allows you to view current system users, invite new users, and access link to Users & Roles in the Admin Center
• Manage Systems – Opens the Systems screen in the Admin Center

After clicking Manage Users you will be able to view the current users for a system and invite new users to join by using the Invite Users icon:

Invite Users

By clicking the Invite Users icon, users with Write permissions can invite users to the System.

• Option to bulk invite users by pasting directly from Excel, Google Sheet, etc.
• Pasting or typing a list of users can be done in one of the following options:
  • Separated by semicolons (';')
  • Separated by line breaks
  • Separated by spaces
  • Separated by commas (',')

Press enter on keyboard or click Add once finished entering new user email addresses.

• Once added to the list, a User's role can be modified using the Roles dropdown
  • Note: A user that already exists in the Account cannot be edited from the Editor since the role is set in the Account level and affects others Systems
  • Please use the Admin Center to edit an existing role
• Sending the invitation will send an email with an activation link to the invited user or users

Learn more about Systems and Account Management.