Assign site admin roles in event portal

All show management staff responsible for setting up your event portal, managing features, and assisting clients with their exhibitor experience must first receive admin permissions. 

Admins can self-enroll and gain access to the site by accessing the event portal link & clicking Register or by adding the /join suffix to your event portal URL.

This article reviews the following:

1. Accessing the Admin Panel

2. Configuring Admin Permissions

A. Defining Admin Roles

B. Assigning & Managing Admin Roles

Step 1. Access the Admin Panel

Click Path - Access your Admin Panel 

To access the Admin Panel:

1. Login to your Event Portal.
2. Click your username to open the dropdown menu.
3. Click Admin Panel.

A. Defining Admin Roles

A standard admin access role is created by the A2Z team when your site is initially deployed. For larger event management teams, you can define unique roles with limited permissions, then assign them to individual team staff members e.g., an admin role for show managers and a different role for design managers.

Click Path - Create Admin Roles 

Begin creating admin roles by first navigating to the Admin Panel, then complete the following:

1. Click Site Administration.
2. Click Admin Roles.
3. Select the permissions you wish to grant from the Profile Attributes column.
4. Enter a profile name in the New Profile column, then click Save Profiles.
5. Scroll down to view & confirm you successfully created the Admin Profile.

B. Assigning and Managing Admin Roles

After creating your admin roles, you can now grant admin access to your staff. From the Admin List page, you can also modify or remove assigned permissions previously granted to existing users.

Click Path - Assign New Admin Role 

Assign an Admin Role to an existing user by first navigating to the Admin Panel then complete the following:

1. Click Manage Members.
2. Click Members Search.
3. Conduct a search to locate the desired Member User Profile.
4. Access the user profile by clicking any column in the Member Listing Search Results. 
5. Click the Admin Roles tab.
6. Select the desired Admin Role radio button.
7. Click Save Admin Role.

Click Path - Manage Existing Admin Roles

Manage existing users with assigned admin roles by first navigating to the Admin Panel then complete the following:

1. Click Site Administration.
2. Click Admin List.
3. Locate the target user then select the appropriate Admin Profile Role from the dropdown menu or select the Delete checkbox if you wish to completely remove the admin role.
4. Click Save Profiles.