Introduction
You may wish to disable an account if the user is on leave or secondment for a considerable period. You should also disable and delete an account for any users who has left your organisation or transferred to another organisation, even if they still need to use Lawmaker (their new organisation, should create a new account for them.
To Disable an account
Use the filter box, top-left, to find the account by typing in the first few letters of the account name or e-mail address
Click on the Actions Menu
Click on Disable User
Click on the Disable button.
You will be returned to the User Management screen and green notification will be briefly displayed confirming the account has been disabled. The account status will also change to Inactive.
The user will no longer have access to Lawmaker and will receive an ‘Invalid username or password’ message if they try logging into Lawmaker.
To reverse the change:
Click on the Actions Menu
Click on Activate User
A green notification will breifly appear to confirm their account has been activated and user will be able to log in to Lawmaker again using their previous credentials.
To Delete an account
First disable the user, following the steps above
Click on the Actions Menu
Select Delete User
Click on the Delete button
You will be returned to the User Management screen and green notification will be briefly displayed confirming the account has been deleted.
Once you click on Delete the account will be permanently delete and a new account will be need to be created for access to resume.