Managing Guest User Accounts

The purpose of a Guest account is to allow an administrator to add users who have read-only access to your dashboard and logs. This allows support people to see the state of your system and proactively monitor various aspects of the databases.

Getting Started

• Log in as Admin to the dashboard and choose "Manage Account" from drop down in top right of page
• Choose "Manage Users" which will open a new page showing the users that have Guest (read-only) access to the Dashboard

Adding a New Guest User

• From the "Manage Users" page choose "Add User"
• In the dialog enter an email address (username) and password for this new guest user. This password must be at least 5 alpha numeric characters.
• Press "Add User"
• At this point you can logout and login as this guest user.

Delete Guest User

• From the "Manage Users" page choose "Delete Account" to the right of the user which you wish to remove
• Confirm deletion of the account

Change Guest User Password

• From the "Manage Users" page choose "Change Password" to the right of the user which you wish to edit
• Enter the old and new password for this user and press "OK"

Reset a Guest Users Password

In the event that you forget the password for the guest user, you can have the Cotega system reset it for you. To do this:

• From the "Manage Users" page choose "Reset Password" to the right of the user which you wish to edit
• Confirm that you want to have the password for this account reset