Users
The Users page lists everyone who can sign in to your Nextal account. From here you add users, edit their details, set or reset their password, choose the security group that controls what they can access, and activate or deactivate accounts.
The user list
Each row is one user account and shows:
- Name — with the person’s initials, and whether the account is a regular User or a Technical account.
- Creation date — when the account was created.
- Last connection — when the user last signed in, shown as a relative time (for example “3 days ago”), or Never if they haven’t signed in yet.
- Status — Active or Inactive (see below).
- Group — the security group assigned to the user.
- Action — the ⋯ menu with Edit, Edit password, and Activate / Deactivate.
You can search users by name, filter by name, creation date or last-update date, sort by name, status or creation date, and page through the list.
Active vs. inactive
A user is Active only when the account is enabled, not locked, and within its valid date range. Anything else — deactivated, past its end date, or locked — shows as Inactive. Inactive users can’t sign in.
Adding a user
Click Add a user to open the side panel and fill in:
- First name and Last name — required.
- Email — required; the address the user signs in with.
- Start date and End date — the period the account is valid.
- Password — required. Type one, or click Generate password to create a strong one and Copy it to share with the user. Passwords must be at least 10 characters.
- Type — leave it as a regular user, or turn on Technical account. (Technical accounts aren’t assigned a security group.)
- User security group — for a regular user, choose the security group that controls what they can access.
Click Add to create the account.
Editing a user
Click a user’s name (or Edit in the row menu) to reopen the side panel and update their first and last name, email, start and end dates, type, and security group. The password isn’t changed here — use Edit password instead.
Setting or resetting a password
Choose Edit password from the row menu to set a new one — type a password or Generate a strong one, Copy it, and Save. (When you first add a user, you set the initial password the same way.)
Activating and deactivating
From the row menu, Deactivate a user to immediately stop them from signing in (for example when someone leaves), or Activate a deactivated user to restore access. Deactivating keeps all of the user’s history intact.
Security group
Each regular user is assigned one security group, which controls what they can see and do across Nextal. See Security groups for how groups and their permissions work.
Tips
- Deactivate accounts as soon as someone leaves so access is removed right away — their history stays intact.
- Set an end date for temporary or contract users so their access expires on its own.
- Share generated passwords securely, and have the user change theirs after the first sign-in.