Add a user

Steps for adding a new user

Here are the steps for adding a new user. You can read some background information about the process further down this page.

1. In the toolbar at the top, go to Data > Users.
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2. Over on the right, select Add User.
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3. Remember to add the user to your department, otherwise they will disappear from your list as soon as you select Create User.
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4. Complete the remaining fields:
   

    

   Field	Definition	Recommendation
   E-mail	Enter the user e-mail address. Note: this is often used to log into the system.	For UoC users, use their @cam email address.   For guest users, use their supplied email address.
   ID	Enter a Unique ID for the user e.g. a staff ID
   Forename	Enter the user’s first name.
   Surname	Enter the user’s last name.
   Role	Enter the role the user will have in the system - most users are a Room Requester. Department Manager is responsible for: setting up rooms and users training Room Managers communicating with Room Managers and Room Requestors raising technical issues with UIS   Room Manager is responsible for approving room bookings Room Requestor is able to make room bookings Custodian is a service provider in each department who look after aspects of the booking such as room layout, catering, facilities needed.
   Department	Select from the list box the department(s) a user can be assigned.	Must be filled in, otherwise the user will be invisible to you.
   Departments Managed Rooms Managed	These are role-specific fields, amd will only appear on the form if the roles of 'Department Manager' or 'Room Manager' are chosen. See the images below.	For a Department Manager, choose the department they will be managing. If you leave it blank, they will just be a Room Requestor in the department. For a Room Manager, choose the rooms you want them to manage, you don't need to select all rooms, and each Room Manager can have their own collection of rooms to manage.
   Type	Assign the user type e.g. “Staff”
   External Auth	Set this flag if the user is using your organisation’s single sign-on authentication method to access the Booker system.	This must be ticked for UoC users, so they can login via Raven.   Leave unticked for guest users.

   Optional fields on the Create User page

    

   Field	Definition	Recommendation
   Booking Limit	The maximum hours the user can book in a month.
   Advanced Limit	How many days into the future a user can book.
   Can be booked by others	Controls whether this person can be booked on behalf of.
   Can book for others	Controls whether this person can book on behalf of others.
   Privileged User	For users with “Room Requester” access; user’s bookings are automatically approved.
   Outside hours	Controls whether a user can book outside the normal operating hours of the room.
   Display Admin	Used in conjunction with Room Display software; allows the user to configure the display screens.
   Additional Services	Controls whether the user can request services such a change of room layout when making a booking.	Usually ticked for all users
   Visitor Manager	Controls whether the user can see the Visitor Manager Screen.
   Stop Welcome Email	If this is checked, stops newly created user from receiving a welcome email.

    

   If you're adding a Department Manager

   After you've created a user with the role of Department Manager you would normally add the user to the Department in the Departments Managed field.

   Otherwise they will be a Department Manager, but not managing any of your departments.

   Of course they may be a Department Manager somewhere else, but just a Room Requestor in your department, so in this case it's OK to leave this setting as it is.

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   If you're adding a Room Manager

   After you've created a user with the role of Room Manager you would normally choose the specific rooms that they will manage in the Rooms Managed field.

   Otherwise they will be a Room Manager, but without any rooms to manage.

   Of course they may be a Room Manager somewhere else, but just a Room Requestor in your department, so in this case it's OK to leave this setting as it is.

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5. Select Create User to finish.

After you've created a Custodian

After you've created a Custodian you must go to the relevant building and add them to that building. 
Otherwise they will be a Custodian, but without a building to manage.

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To summarise:

• For all new users of any type – add them to your department
• For newly added Department Managers – choose the specific department(s) they will manage in the Departments Managed field
• For newly added Room Managers – choose the specific room(s) they will manage in the Rooms Managed field
• For newly added Custodians – go to the building and add them to the building

Background Info

When adding a user there are a number of settings that need to be chosen: these are the three main ones.

1. Role 
2. Department
3. Role-specific permissions

Here is a summary for each role:

* This of course will be limited to your own departments or sub-departments.

In the case of adding a new Department Manager, it seems odd to have to add the department twice: once in the ‘Department’ setting, and again in the ‘Departments Managed’ setting, especially if you look after only one department.

However, it makes more sense in the case of more than one department. As users can have only one role, they’ll need to have the Department Manager role for managing at least one department. In other departments they are in they may just be a normal Room Requester. So the ‘Departments Managed’ field is used to enable a user to be a Department Manager in that department.

This table shows what happens as each field is filled in.

The same principle applies to adding new Room Managers and Custodians.

Ghost users

While the Role field is mandatory, the other two settings are not. This means that you can inadvertently create a user without a department or role-specific permissions.

If you add a new user without choosing a department, they won’t appear on your list of users: although they’re in the system they will be invisible to you. The remedy is to contact the Booker helpdesk at roombookingsystem@uis.cam.ac.uk with the details of the new user, and ask them to fill in the correct department for you.

Existing users from other departments

There is a another case where trying to add a user will fail. A user can be linked to more than one department, so if 
your new user is already in Booker in another department you’ll see a brief error message in the top right of the screen, just after you select Create User.
  

You need to email the Booker helpdesk at roombookingsystem@uis.cam.ac.uk to get the user added to your department.