Administrator access permissions

Owned by Megan Storie
Last updated: Aug 14, 2024 by Michelle Ruoff
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Overview

This article explains how to provide administrator access to HelpDesk+ for Slack.

  • Administrators are globally defined per bot.

  • Users can request access to join the administrator list.

 

 

Prerequisites

  1. You must have administrator access to Jira.

 

 

 

Step-by-step guide

 

Configure administrators

  1. Go to https://account.nextup.ai (or your custom URL if self-hosted).

  2. Go to Security under Workspace.

  3. Enable the Restrict Account Access toggle.

  4. Select the users who can manage channel configurations. Don't forget to add yourself (if applicable).

  5. Save settings.

Account Security panel

 

 

 

Request administrator access

  1. Instruct the user to log in to their account at https://account.nextup.ai and request access.

  2. The access request is confirmed.

 

 

 

Approve access requests in Slack

  1. You will receive a notification in Slack when access is requested.

  2. Click Allow to allow access. A notification is sent to the requestor in Slack.

New users added via this process will be visible in the administration list for administrators.

 

 

 

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    • help prevent potential issues when connecting to a specific employee account as the MAU

    • limit access to the main user via Jira configuration. (The main user is the user who initially connected your bot in Slack to your Jira instance, and can be changed from the Account Portal)
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    • Administrators are globally defined per bot.

    • Users can request access to join the administrator list.