4. Account & User Administration
Account & User Administration Overview
Effective user management is essential for maintaining security, controlling access, and ensuring proper governance within your Circularo environment. This section provides comprehensive guidance on creating, managing, and administering user accounts.
User Management Fundamentals
Circularo's user management capabilities allow you to:
Create and provision user accounts with appropriate permissions
Retrieve and search for users based on various criteria
Update user profiles and attributes as organizational needs change
Suspend or delete accounts when they are no longer needed
Manage users within organizational structures and groups
Key User Administration Concepts
User Accounts: Individual identities that access and interact with the system
Organizations: Top-level containers that group users and resources
Groups: Collections of users with similar permissions within an organization
Permissions: Specific actions users are allowed to perform based on group membership
User Lifecycle: The complete journey from account creation through updates to eventual deactivation
Administrative Benefits
Implementing proper user administration provides significant advantages:
Enhanced Security: Control who has access to your organization's documents and data
Operational Efficiency: Streamline onboarding, offboarding, and permission management processes
Organizational Clarity: Maintain accurate records of users, their roles, and responsibilities
Scalability: Efficiently manage user accounts as your organization grows
All user administration operations require a valid authentication token. See the Authentication & Security section for details on obtaining and managing tokens.
Getting Started
The scenarios in this section demonstrate the complete range of user administration capabilities:
Begin with user account creation to understand the fundamental concepts
Explore user retrieval and search to efficiently find and manage users
Learn how to update user profiles to maintain accurate information
Master account suspension and deletion for proper offboarding processes