Adding and managing users

Adding and managing users

As the owner of Service Plus, you can perform user management activities like adding and editing users, assigning applications, designating administrators, configuring access levels, and much more. This article will teach you about users and how to add and manage them in your Service Plus organization.
 
So who is a user? Users are your company's employees, such as support reps, engineers, managers, and customer service heads, who have an authorized profile on the Service Plus platform. These users can securely log in using their account credentials to provide customer service and associated functions.



User Management Activities

Service Plus administrators and users with permission to manage other users can perform the following activities:

Add Users

You can add new users to Service Plus depending on your purchased license seats. For example, if you have purchased 40 license seats, you can add 40 unique users to your account. When you add a user, they will receive an email invitation to join your organization. They need to click through the link in the invite to create their account.
Note
  1. You can only add a maximum of 10 users during the trial period.
To add a user
  1. Sign in to your Zoho Service Plus account as an owner.
  2. Click your Account Photo in the top-right corner of the page.
    A panel slides open from the right.
  3. Click Admin Panel located below your name and email address.
    The Users page will open by default.

  4. Click Add User.
  5. Enter the Email Address of the user.
  6. Select the checkboxes corresponding to the applications you'd like the user to have access to. You will only see applications for which you have administrative privileges.
  7. Select the roles, profiles, and other application-specific information you would like to assign to the user.

  8. Click Add.
Service Plus sends an email invitation to the user to join the account. You can choose to resend this email if needed.
Note
  1. If the user shows as "Pending", it usually means that the person you've invited has not confirmed their account using the email invitation link.

Assign Applications to Users

Not all users will need access to all of the applications in Service Plus. For example, you can add your customer-facing teams to the Desk account while your engineers and project managers to Projects. In such cases, you can add users to your organization and grant them access to individual applications.

To assign applications to users
  1. Click your Account Photo in the top-right corner of the page.
    A panel slides open from the right.
  2. Click Admin Panel located below your name and email address.
    The Users page will open by default.
  3. Hover your cursor over the application column corresponding to a user and click Add.

  4. Select the roles, profiles, and other application-specific information you would like to assign to the user.

  5. Click Assign.
Note
  1. If access to apps is disabled for a user, you can click Enable Access and choose the appropriate role, profile, and department.

Deactivate and Activate Users

If a user should no longer be able to access Service Plus, you can deactivate the user from the Users page. Likewise, if you wish to grant access to a deactivated user again, you can activate them.

To deactivate a user
  1. Click your Account Photo in the top-right corner of the page.
    A panel slides open from the right.
  2. Click Admin Panel located below your name and email address.
    The Users page will open by default.
  3. Select the user you wish to deactivate from Service Plus.
    The user information panel slides open.
  4. Click Deactivate from the top-right corner.
    The user gets deactivated instantly.

To activate a user
  1. Click your Account Photo in the top-right corner of the page.
    A panel slides open from the right.
  2. Click Admin Panel located below your name and email address.
    The Users page will open by default.
  3. From the Users page, select the Active Users drop-down menu (it automatically defaults to Active Users) and select Inactive Users from the menu.

  4. Select the user you wish to activate.
    The user information panel slides open.
  5. Click Activate from the top-right corner.

    You can also select Enable Access corresponding to an application to activate the user in that application.
Note
  1. If you activate a previously deactivated user, they will be added again as any other new user. Thus Service Plus sends an email invitation to the reactivated user to join the account.

Resend Invitation to Users

The users invited to Service Plus but pending confirmation, must accept the email invitation sent to them. Sometimes, users overlook this email, or it lands in their spam folder and goes unnoticed. In such circumstances, administrators can resend the invitation email to the user so they can confirm their account.

To resend the invitation
  1. Click your Account Photo in the top-right corner of the page.
    A panel slides open from the right.
  2. Click Admin Panel located below your name and email address.
    The Users page will open by default.
  3. From the Users page, select the Active Users drop-down menu (it automatically defaults to Active Users) and select Pending Users from the menu.
  4. Select the pending user you wish to send an invitation to.
    The user information panel slides open.
  5. Click Re-send Invitation from the top-right corner.
    The email invitation will be sent instantly.

Note
  1. You can resend an invitation only to the pending users.
  2. If the user is deactivated, you must activate them first to resend an invitation.

Search and Filter Users 

The Users page lets you search for and filter Service Plus users based on their status. 

The following are the different statuses available:
  1. All Users: Displays all users added to applications in your Service Plus account, regardless of whether they are active, inactive, pending, lite, free, or admins.
  2. Active Users: Displays users with an active user license for your Service Plus account. These are individuals who are using Service Plus services.
  3. Inactive Users: Displays users who the administrators of your organization deactivate.
  4. Pending Users: Displays users who have yet to accept the email invitation they received.
  5. Lite Users: Displays users who are only added to Projects, or as Light Agents in Desk.
  6. Admin Users: Displays users in charge of all the applications of your Service Plus organization.

To filter users by status
  1. Click your Account Photo in the top-right corner of the page.
    A panel slides open from the right.
  2. Click Admin Panel located below your name and email address.
    The Users page will open by default.
  3. On the Users page, do the following:
    1. To filter users, select the Active Users drop-down menu (it automatically defaults to Active Users) and choose an appropriate status. Users existing in the selected status will appear.
    2. To search for users, click the Search icon in the first column alongside Name/Email.

Update Application Access for Users

You can edit users' profiles, roles, departments, and other application-specific information anytime. In addition, you can disable users from accessing specific applications in Service Plus.

To edit the application access for a user
  1. On the Users page, select a user under the Name column.
    The user information panel slides open.
  2. Hover your cursor over an application to reveal the edit option.
  3. Click Edit to open the Update User window.
  4. Make the required changes to the user and click Update.

Disable Application Access for Users

You can disable users from accessing specific applications in Service Plus at any time.
 
To disable the application access of a user
  1. On the Users page, select a user under the Name column.
    The user information panel slides open.
  2. Hover your cursor over an application to reveal the disable option.
  3. Click Disable to remove application access for that user. 

Note
  1. When you disable a user from the only application they could access, they will be deactivated and considered inactive.

Delete Users

Deleting a user removes them permanently from the Service Plus account. Deleting a user can only be performed by the Marketing Plus Administrator.
Important
  1. The data managed or associated with deleted users will be retained in the respective Service Plus applications.
  2. You can add deleted users as new Service Plus users at any time.
To delete a user
  1. Click your Account Photo in the top-right corner of the page.
    A panel slides open from the right.
  2. Click Admin Panel located below your name and email address.
    The Users page will open by default.
  3. On the Users page, select a user under the Name column.
    The user information panel slides open.
  4. Click the Delete icon at the top-right corner.
    You’ll see a pop-up confirmation window.

  5. Click Yes, I understand. Delete user in the pop-up window.
    The user gets permanently deleted from Service Plus.

Export Service Plus Users 

As a Service Plus admin, you may need to check who in your organization is active, who has been recently added, who has access to which application, and what their roles are. A basic user export provides all this information and much more.
 
To export users
  1. Sign in to your Service Plus account as an administrator or an owner.
  2. Click your Account Photo in the top-right corner of the page.
    A panel slides open from the right.
  3. Click Admin Panel located below your name and email address.
    The Users page will open by default.
  4. Click the Export Users icon in the top right of the Users page.
    The user data is exported and downloaded in CSV format.

  5. Open the CSV file to view the data.

Understanding and Assigning Lite users  

Users who are only assigned to Analytics or added as light agents in Desk are called lite users in Service Plus. You can purchase lite users as add-ons starting from $10/user/month or $120/user/year. Let's look at what these users can and cannot do in the different Service Plus applications.

Lite Users in Desk

You can add lite users as light agents - one of the default profiles in Desk. The light agents are users with limited permissions who can monitor tickets and share their expertise by adding private ticket comments. For example, light agents cannot edit ticket fields, reply to them or update their ownership. However, they can assist your regular agents by adding private comments to their tickets.
 
Light agents have the following access and permissions:
  1. View tickets, accounts, contact, articles, activities, reports, and dashboards.
  2. View company, products, personal settings (except signatures), and contracts under Setup.
  3. Leave private comments in tickets, contacts, accounts, activities, and articles.
  4. View and customize their profile information.
  5. Export module data using the Import/Export functionality under Setup.
  6. View custom views and create views that are visible only to them.
  7. Receive alerts sent through automation and for ticket escalations. 

Lite users in Analytics

Access to features and data will be based on the Role and the Workspace(s) that they are added to.

Lite users are specific to Analytics and Desk applications in Service Plus. If you assign a lite user to an application besides these, that user will consume one regular license seat of your subscription. Let's say you want to add a user already assigned as a light agent in Desk to SalesIQ. You can only add them if you have an additional license seat available in Service Plus.
 
To add a lite user
  1. Go to Setup > Users and click Add User.
  2. Enter the email in the Email Address field.
  3. Select the Desk checkbox under Applications and select Light Agent under Roles and Permissions.
  4. Select the appropriate Departments to which you would like to add the user.

  5. Select the Analytics checkbox if you would like to give the lite user permission to the Analytics module.
  6. Select the appropriate Role from the drop down list.

    If you select the Role as User, you can also grant administrator privileges for the Workspaces present in the Analytics module.

  7. Click Add

Understanding Account Owners and Administrators 

The account owner and administrators are the primary authority for your organization's Service Plus account. User management in Service Plus allows the account owner and administrators to manage other users by adding, deleting, and assigning roles and departments. Before beginning, take note of these terms:
  1. Account Owner: The person who initially signed up for your Service Plus account is the account owner. Only the account owner can manage the subscription and payment by default, and there is only one account owner. The account owner will have access to all Service Plus applications and can change the organization details and portal URL and designate a new owner.
  2. Application Owners: Application owners can manage core functions in their respective applications. They can also change application-specific information, such as organization details and portal URL, and designate a new owner in a particular application. Like an account owner, there can only be one application owner.
  3. Application Administrators: Administrators are users who can administer the respective application they are assigned to. For example, suppose a user is given an administrative role in Desk and a non-administrator role in Projects, Survey, and Assist. In that case, they can administer all tasks on Desk, but they will have access based on their role assigned in the other applications.

Changing Account Owner

You might need to transfer the account ownership to another person for several reasons. For example, the current owner left the company, switched job roles, or is no longer responsible for managing the account. Whatever the reason is, transferring account ownership to another Service Plus user is quick and easy! However, only the current owner can make this change by signing in to their account.

To change the account owner
  1. Sign in to your Zoho Service Plus account as an owner.
  2. Click your Account Photo in the top-right corner of the page.
    A panel slides open from the right.
  3. Click Admin Panel located below your name and email address.
    The Users page will open by default.
  4. Click the Organization tab from the left pane.
  5. Click Change Owner next to the Owner Information.
    The Change Owner pop-up window will open.

  6. Enter the user's name or email address in the text box.
    A drop-down list will display matching users for the name or email address entered.
  7. Select the user you wish to add as the owner.
  8. Select the checkbox to Make the user as owner of all applications.

  9. Click Change Owner.
    The account and profile now belong to the new owner.
Note
  1. By setting another user to the account owner role, the previous account owner loses access to all subscription-related information, such as invoices and payments.
  2. If your account owner has left the company without transferring ownership, work with your IT administrators to access their mailbox and initiate a password reset, then log in as the account owner and transfer ownership. Contact us to verify your identity and transfer ownership if you cannot resolve this.

Changing Application Owner

The application owner is an administrator of an application but with more rights and permissions to change application-specific information such as organization details, portal URL, and owner.

To change the account owner
  1. Sign in to your Zoho Service Plus account as an owner.
  2. Click your Account Photo in the top-right corner of the page.
    A panel slides open from the right.
  3. Click Admin Panel located below your name and email address.
    The Users page will open by default.
  4. Click the Apps tab from the left pane.
  5. Hover the cursor over an application name and click Change Owner.
    For example, if you want to change the SalesIQ owner, hover the cursor over SalesIQ and click Change Owner corresponding to the application.
    The Change Owner pop-up window will open.

  6. Enter the user's name or email address in the text box.
    A drop-down list will display matching users for the name or email address entered.
  7. Select the user you wish to add as the application owner.

  8. Click Change Owner.
    The owner's name will be updated.
Notes
  1. You can only add active and confirmed users as application owners.
  2. When you change the owner of an application, integrations that the previous application owner set up may break. The new owner might need to reauthorize such integrations.

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