Deleting a User

Prerequisites

• Only a user of Admin, Sys Admin or Group Admin type can delete a User.
• Before deleting a user, you must de-activate the User.

Steps to delete a user

1. In the User Manage screen, select the checkbox against the user that you want to delete.
2. Click the deactivate button. A dialog box is displayed asking for confirmation of the deletion.
3. Click Yes. A message displayed the user has been deactivated successfully.
4. Click OK to close this dialog box.
5. Now again, select the checkbox against the user that you want to delete.

6. Click the Delete button. A screen is displayed for a confirmation to delete the user (see Figure 8).

   

   Figure 8: Confirm Deletion

7. Click OK to delete the user. Before being deleted, the user needs to transfer his objects to another user. The Change Ownership screen is displayed (see Figure 9).

   

   Figure 9: Change Ownership

   Once the user is deleted, his objects cannot be viewed by any other member of his group.

8. Select the user to whom you want to transfer the objects, from the drop-down list. Click Get Group(s) button to transfer the objects to the selected user's group. This displays the Select group screen (see Figure 10).

   

   Figure 10: Select Group

9. Select the group to which you want to transfer the objects and click Change Ownership button. This displays the Permanent Delete screen (see Figure 11).

   The Group drop-down list displays only those groups, of which the selected user is a member.

   
   Figure 11: Permanent Delete

    

10. Click OK button to permanently delete the user. A screen is displayed with a message stating "User activity permanently deleted successfully.