---
title: "Creating and Managing Users"
slug: "users"
description: "The users page allows you to manage the team in Validatar."
updated: 2024-03-20T18:06:55Z
published: 2024-03-20T18:06:55Z
canonical: "docs.validatar.com/users"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Users

## Overview

As the name implies, the Global Settings **Users** page is where you can manage every Validatar user across all projects.

### Displayed Information

![](https://cdn.document360.io/a80bc2a3-87d3-4dc2-9244-a16f33ed193c/Images/Documentation/User%20list.png)

### Action Buttons

| Buttons | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **New User** | Navigate to the Global: User Details page to create a new user. |
| **Open** | Open the selected user's Global: User Details page. |
| **Archive** | Validatar users are not deleted. Rather, they are archived. Clicking the Archive button will archive the selected user. Archived users can be restored. |

## Table Headers

| Header | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **Include archived** (checkbox) | Validatar users are not deleted, rather they are archived. Clicking the **Include archived** checkbox will cause those users to display. |
| **Username** | The username. |
| **First Name** | The user's first name. |
| **Last Name** | The user's last name. |
| **Global Admin** | Displays a checkmark if the user has the Global Admin role. |
| **Test Author** | Displays a checkmark if the user has the Test Author role. |
| **Project Admin** | Displays the project name where the user has the Project Admin role. If the user has Project Admin privileges for more than one project, the number of projects will display instead. |
| **Last Login** | The date the user last logged in. |

## Adding a New User

To add a new user, click the **N****ew User** button on the User list page and enter all required user information.

### Displayed Information

![User Menu](https://cdn.document360.io/a80bc2a3-87d3-4dc2-9244-a16f33ed193c/Images/Documentation/User%20Menu.png)

| **Save** | Saves the new user. |
| --- | --- |
| **First Name** | The user's first name. |
| **Last Name** | The user's last name. |
| **Email** | The user's email address. |
| **Username** | The username. |
| **Password; Confirm Password** | Validatar requires a strong password. A strong password is defined by default as one that is at least 7 characters long and contains three of the following: - Upper-case characters (A-Z) - Lower-case characters (a-z) - Digits (0-9) **Note**: Password settings can be changed under **Global Settings** > **Configuration**. |
| **AD Account** | The AD textbox can be used to link Validatar with Active Directory. |
| **Global Admin Roles** | A global admin has the ability to create, configure, and manage settings for a Validatar instance. A full global admin inherits the following roles: - **Configuration Admin**: Can only see configuration settings. - **Data Source Admin**: Can only manage data sources and view Validatar server logs. - **Security Admin**: Can only manage users and user groups and view Validatar server logs. A user can have a combination of these roles without being a full global admin. There is not a limit on the number of global admins a Validatar instance can have. |
| **Licensed Roles** | There are two types of Validatar users: - **Test Author**: Can create new Validatar tests. - **Viewer**: Can view tests and test results for projects they have access to. All Validatar users are viewers. There is a maximum limit of users who can be test authors at one time based on the edition of Validatar that was purchased. Once that limit is reached, a user will have to lose the test author role for another user to gain it. Find your volume limits under your activated license key or in your Validatar Startup Guide emailed to you from the Validatar Customer Success team. |
| **Project Admin Access** | All active projects display under **Project Admin Access**. Selecting any project will grant the user admin access to that project. Admin access can also be granted via **Project** > **User** **Details**. |

## Access

1. Navigate to **Settings** on the main menu bar.
2. Click **Users**.