Create and Edit Users
This page has instructions for creating and editing users in Sumo Logic. For information about deleting a user, see Delete a User.
Create a user
To create a user
- Go to Administration > Users and Roles > Users.
- Click the + Add User on the upper right side of the page.
- The Create New User pane appears on the right side of the page.
- First Name. Enter the user’s first name.
- Last Name. Enter the user’s last name.
- Email. Enter the user’s email address. We recommend that the email match one of your corporate domains of your Sumo Logic account and not be sent to a personal account. For new users, Sumo Logic automatically sends a temporary password to the user at the email address you've entered. A user who logs in to Sumo Logic for the first time is prompted to change the temporary password.
- Assigned Roles. Click in this field to display a list of Sumo Logic roles. Click a role to assign it to the user. For more information about roles, see Role-Based Access Control. If you select multiple roles, the user is given highest level of access of all the assigned roles.
- Repeat the previous step to assign additional roles to the user.
- Click Save when you are done assigning roles to the user.
View a user
- Go to Administration > Users and Roles > Users.
- Click the row for the user you want to view.
- A pane appears on the right side of the page with the user's details.
The page displays:- The user's first and last name, and email address.
- The roles assigned the user.
- The user's account status.
- Whether or not 2-step verification is enabled for the user.
- The user's role search filter.
- The capabilities that the user's roles grant.
Edit a user
- Go to Administration > Users and Roles > Users.
- Select the row for the user you want to edit and choose Edit from the three-dot options menu.
- An edit pane appears on the right side of the page. For information about edit options, see Create a user above.
- After editing the user, click Save.