Issue a temporary password

Qualifiers

  1. Your role is 'admin'

  2. The Temporary Password feature is turned on for your system

  3. Users / Details Status is 'active'

Create a temporary password

  1. Go to Users / Password

  2. Click Reset

  3. Generate the temporary password. You can

    1. Click on the Image:Key.png to generate a random temporary password or

    2. Manually enter and re-enter a password. This might be easier if you're on the phone to the user and want to relay a password that's easy to remember.

  4. Click Save

  5. Click Send Password if you want to email the user to advise them of the temporary password.

While a temporary password exists

  1. Until the user has updated their password, the temporary password is visible to you on the Users / Details tab

  2. You can re-send the advice email from either the Users / Details tab or the Users / Password tab at any time.

What does the user do next?

  1. On Login, the user is navigated to the Users / Password tab and must change their password before they can continue to use the system.

  2. Once the user has updated their password, Users / Details is updated so that:

    1. the "Password" field is hidden

    2. the "Temporary Password" field is un-checked

    3. the Send Password button is hidden