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Best practice - Manage users

Big companies are in a constant state of change. New people join, some move internally, and others say good-bye.

Big companies are in a constant state of change. New people join, some move internally, and others say good-bye.

As platform admin, it is your job to keep the user list on the platform up-to-date to ensure the quality and accuracy of your data.

Efficiently manage all users on your platform by following these simple steps.

Note: The following tips only work for platforms that do not use SSO.

Delete users

Step 1 - Download the user list

Click on the cogwheel in the upper right corner > choose People > select all users > click on More > Download.

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Step 2 - Prepare an Excel table

Open the user list in excel. Add a new column with a user label that indicates which users have to be deleted like e.g. "delete". Add the label to all users that have to be deleted.

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Step 3 - Upload Excel table

Click on the cogwheel in the upper right corner > choose People.

Click on the *Plus icon >*select Import from Excel > drag and drop your Excel file in the dedicated area. Match the columns > click on Next in the left corner > click Import.

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Step 4 - Delete users

Go back to People and filter the list by the user label "delete". Select all users > click on More and then Delete.

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Update user labels & add new users

Step 1 - Download the user list

Click on the cogwheel in the upper right corner > choose People > select all users > click on More > Download.

Download_User_List.png

Step 2 - Prepare an Excel table

Open the user list in excel, update user labels that are outdated and add new users.

Tip: We recommend to use prefixes like e.g. Function, Location, etc. in front of your user labels for improved structure and workflow in excel.

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Step 3 - Delete user labels

Go back to the platform and click on the cogwheel in the upper right corner > choose User labels > Select all user labels > click on the trashcan-icon.

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Step 4 - Upload Excel table

Click on the cogwheel in the upper right corner > choose People.

Click on the *Plus icon >*select Import from Excel > drag and drop your Excel file in the dedicated area. Match the columns > click on Next in the left corner > click Import.

Now the user labels should be updated and news users should be added.

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We hope this article has been useful for you.

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