User settings

This page is for administrators: you need access to the administration area to perform the operations described.

To change a user's settings, go to Admin → Users and open the user with the Edit icon. The settings below follow the order on the page. The permissions model is explained in How user permissions work.

General Info

Setting Effect
Email Email address the user signs in with. Required; cannot be changed after creation
First name, Last name First name and surname. Both required

Permissions

Setting Effect
Enabled locale Languages in which the user can edit translated text. Leave empty to allow all languages. For Excel imports, the file's language must be one of those specified
Enabled companies Companies for which the user can change the status in StatusValue attributes
Admin Areas Sections of the administration area the user can access. These are described in How to grant access to the administration area
Groups The user's groups, from the UserGroup reference data list. Used for the Editable by, Configurable by and Hidden User Groups attribute settings and for workflow approvals

All entities

Setting Effect
Can edit all fields The user can edit all product, media and marketing tool attributes that are not read-only, regardless of group membership, and can also see attributes hidden from their groups. In the administration area's Attributes list, they can see, edit and delete all attributes and set their validation rules. Brand restrictions still apply

Product

Setting Effect
Can create new products: → Enabled Products Product entity types the user can create using Add product and Add products in bulk, and delete from the product list
Can edit in bulk The user can bulk edit products
Can export in Excel The user can export products and reference entities to Excel
Can import with Excel The user can import products from Excel
One section per entity type: All Brands, Selected Brands, Enabled Brands Brands whose products the user can edit. If no option is selected, products of that entity type are read-only

Media

Setting Effect
Can upload in bulk The user can use Media Import to upload media in bulk
Can bulk download The user can download multiple media items at once
Can share externally The user can create external media shares
Can change media workspace The user can move a media item to another workspace. Only shown when the media library is enabled
Can delete The user can delete and replace media. Only shown when the media library is disabled: with the library enabled, deletion and replacement depend on workspace permissions

When the media library is enabled, the DAM Permissions and Shooting Permissions sections also appear. These are described in Media library permissions.

Marketing tool

Setting Effect
Can create The user can create marketing tools
Can delete The user can delete marketing tools
All Brands, Selected Brands, Enabled Brands Brands whose marketing tools the user can edit

Reference entity

Setting Effect
Can manage reference entity types The user can create, edit and delete reference entity types
Table for each type: Can create The user can create reference entities of this type and edit their attributes
Table for each type: Can delete The delete icon appears in the list for this type
Table for each type: Can import excel The user can import reference entities of this type from Excel
Table for each type: Can do bulk edit The user can bulk edit reference entities of this type

Workflow

Setting Effect
Product workflow admin The user can start and restart product workflows and complete any step
Can start product workflow The user can start product workflows

DataFlow

Setting Effect
Data Flow admin The user can create, edit, start and schedule data flows
Data flow Viewer The user can view the data flow list and logs

Channels

Setting Effect
Enable Insights The user can see Insights in the menu. Enabled for new users
Enable AI Optimize The user can use AI features, such as AI Tools on the product page and AI operations in bulk editing. AI features must be enabled for the installation
All Channels, Selected Channels Channels the user can work on. With Selected Channels, you select the channels using SELECT ALL and SELECT NONE

For details on restricting brands, channels and languages, see How to restrict a user to specific brands, channels and languages.