# Buyer users
From the Buyers (Procurement) tab, you can add, manage, and deactivate your organization's buyer users in Fairmarkit. In addition, you can send invitations, edit user preferences, and view a user's recent activity. Buyer users include users assigned to the Buyer, Supervisor, Admin, Observer, and Collaborator roles. See [User roles (buyers) ](/buyers/getting-started-as-a-buyer/user-roles-buyers.md)for more information about each role.
**Access**: To access these settings, you will need to be assigned to the Admin role for your organization.
### Access list of users
You can access a list of buyers defined for your organization from the Administration screen.
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From the **menu**, select *Administration*.
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Select the Buyers tab.\
Procurement list
#### Procurement - column descriptions
| Column | Description |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Name | Displays the full name of the user. The user's email displays below their name |
| Role | Displays the user's role. [For more information, see User roles (buyers).](/buyers/getting-started-as-a-buyer/user-roles-buyers.md) |
| Status | Displays the user's status. In addition, the date of their last system activity (e.g., created date, last login, last event, etc.) displays under their status. |
| Requests | Displays a summary status of all of their Fairmarkit events. |
| actions  | A list of available actions for the user. |
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### Find users
You can quickly find users through the sort, search, and filter options.
#### Sort users
The top of the list includes a header for each column. Click a header to sort the list by the column. Once selected, an arrow displays next to the header. Click the header again to switch the sort between ascending and descending order.
#### Search users
You can search for users using the Search bar. Click the Cancel button in the search bar to view the complete list again.
#### View active users
To filter the list to only active users, select the **Active users only** check box.
### Add a user
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Click **Create User.**\
The Create Procurement user window displays.
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Enter information about the user.\
See Procurement user field descriptions
#### Procurement user field descriptions
The following outlines the fields used to define a procurement user. The \*required fields are marked.
| Field | Description | |
| ------------- | --------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| \* | Email | Enter the user's email. |
| \* | Role | Select the user's role. Available roles include Admin, Supervisor, Observer, Buyer, and Collaborator. [For more information, see User roles (buyers).](/buyers/getting-started-as-a-buyer/user-roles-buyers.md) |
| \* | First name | Enter the user's first name. |
| \* | Last name | Enter the user's last name. |
| | Send invitation email immediately | Select to send an invitation to Fairmarkit to the user's email. |
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### Send an invitation to Fairmarkit
For users to be able to use Fairmarkit, they will need to receive an invitation to sign up. There are two ways to send an invitation to a user:
**Note**: If your organization uses SSO integration and it is set up to provision buyers, you will not need to send a Fairmarkit invitation to users.
* **When adding a user**: When you are creating a user, select the **Send invitation email immediately** check box.
* **After adding a user**: For a user's line, click actions and then select **Send Invitation**.
### Edit a user's information
After you have created a user, you may need to edit their information.
* For a user's line, click **actions** and then select **Edit User Info**.\
The Edit Procurement user info window displays in edit mode.
### Edit user preferences
The Edit buyer preferences window allows you to update configurations for a specific user in your organization. [For more information, see Edit buyer preferences.](/buyers/administration/buyer-users/edit-buyer-preferences.md)
* For a user's line, click **actions** and then select **Edit User Preferences.**\
The Edit Buyer preferences window displays in edit mode.
With user status, you can control which users are active in Fairmarkit. Once deactivated, you can activate a user again, if necessary.
### Update a user's status
With user status, you can control which users are active in Fairmarkit. Once deactivated, you can activate a user again, if necessary.
* **Deactivate a user**: For the user's line, click **actions** and then select **Deactivate**.\
The user is marked as Inactive and will no longer be able to create and manage events for your organization.
* **Activate a use**r: For the user's line, click **actions** and then select **Activate**.\
The user is activated and will be able to create and manage events for your organization.
### View a user's recent activity
With the View recent activity option, you can audit a user's activity in Fairmarkit.
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For a user's line, click **actions** and then select **View recent activity**.\
The History window displays.
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From this window you can:
* **Sort**: Click a header to sort the list by the column.
* **Filter**: Filter the list based on an action.
* **Search**: Search the messages in the list.
* **Download Excel**: Download the entire list in Microsoft Excel format.
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