Requesters

From the Requesters tab, you can add, manage, and deactivate your organization's requester users in Fairmarkit. In addition, you can send invitations and view a user's recent activity. Requesters have limited access to Fairmarkit. They can create and submit draft events for review and approval to procurement users with approval permission. Once an event is approved, they can view their event as it progresses through Fairmarkit and communicate with suppliers on the event as needed.

Access: To access these settings, you will need to be assigned to the Admin role for your organization.

Access list of requester users

You can access a list of requester users defined for your organization from the Administration screen.

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From the menu, select Administration.

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Select the Requesters tab. Requesters list

Requesters - column descriptions

Column
Description

Name

Displays the full name of the user. The user's email displays below their name

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 the status of all of their Fairmarkit events.

actions

A list of available actions for the user.

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

To create a new requester user complete the following:

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Click Create User. The Create Requester user window displays

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Enter information about the user. See Requester user field descriptions

Requester user field descriptions

The following outlines the fields used to define a requester user. The *required fields are marked.

Field
Description

*

Email

Enter the user's email.

*

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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Click Create User. The user is created. If the option was selected, an invitation email is sent to the user.

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 Requester user info 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 draft events for your organization.

  • Activate a user: For the user's line, click actions and then select Activate. he user is activated and will be able to create draft 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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