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This topics gives instructions for setting up a new user on Power-Gx and amending existing user details

To add a new Power-Gx user to your system:
1.    Select the Administration menu from the toolbar.
2.    Click Groups and Users .
3.    Right-click  the Users folder.
4.    Select Add a New User from the pop-up context menu.
5.    Type in the new User Name.
6.    Member of Group - from the drop-down menu, select the group that this user is assigned to.  See: User Groups for instructions on setting up these groups.
7.    Logon Company - this is only relevant if you have multiple companies on your system.  Select the default company that Gx should open in when this user logs on
8.    Logon Program - enter the program name that you wish to open when this users logs on.  E.g. CRM.CONTACT.DETAILS for the Gx CRM\ Contact Details program, PURCHASE.SUPPLIER.DETAILS for the Gx Purchase\Supplier Details program, STOCK.SHOPPING for the Gx Stock\Shopping program etc.  Please contact support if you need assistance with this field.
9.    Enter this user's Email Address.
10. New Password - enter a password for this user.
11. Confirm Password - retype the password to check for errors.
12. Tick the check-box for Access to Administration Menu? if this user should have access to the Administration Menu to amend users, groups, vat rates, exchange rates etc.
13. Tick the check-box for Receive System Backup Messages? if this user should receive the daily Power-Gx backup messages
14. Tick the check-box for Receive Web Integration Messages? if this user should receive a message whenever a customer places an order on the E-commerce platform that is integrated with Power-Gx.
15. If you tick the check-box for Auto Select Text then on all forms in the system text will automatically be selected when you click the mouse pointer within a text box, this means that any new value typed will replace the old one. If left unticked then any old value will have to manually deleted before entering a new one.
16. Click the Rep Privileges tab.
17. Tick the check-box in the Allow column for every rep that this user can view information for.
18. Click the Email Signature tab. This tab is used to load an email signature for a user, the signature needs to be in HTML format and will be appended to any email generated for the user.
19. At the Email Signature prompt enter a pathname for the email signature file or alternatively use the button to browse to the file.
20. Click the Import Signature button to load the signature into Power Gx. Once the signature is loaded you may test it by clicking on the Send Test Email button, this will send a email to the user's email address with the signature appended to the body of the email.

Click here to view the User details screen.  Click here to view the Email Signature screen.


To amend an existing Power-Gx user details:
1.   Select the Administration menu from the toolbar.
2.   Click Groups and Users.
3.   Double click Users in the list on the left of the screen to display the current users set up for Power-Gx.
4.   Double-click the user you want to amend details for. 
5.   Amend the data fields as required.  You will need to type the existing Password in order to set a New Password