# 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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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 |
| 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 the 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
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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### 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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