This guide explains the elements of the Administration>Users tab of the Lab Logs system.
Standard User - member with functional access to create, view, and update lab records—such as maintenance logs, QC entries, reagents, or instrument history—within assigned Sites, Departments, or Units. This role includes day-to-day system usage but excludes privileges to manage user access, settings, or system‑wide configurations.
Standard Plus User - member with same access as the Standard User plus access to a few features on the administration page such as add a user, site schedule and add an instrument.
Admin User - an authorized user with elevated access enabling them to manage user accounts, assign permissions to sites/departments/units, elevate other users to administrative roles, and audit user activity through system reports.
System User - Lab Logs employees that develop, manage database, and resolves system issues. Lab Logs employees do not count toward the subscribed User License total.
1. Users Tab - This highlighted tab indicates the current section of the admin interface, showing user-related data and management tools.
2. User Limits & Statistics - This helps administrators track system usage and remaining user capacity.
Note: The User Limit prevents the Active value from exceeding the Limit value. If additional users are needed, consider disabling any user that is no longer considered an active user in the system. If there are not any users that should be disabled, contact Customer Support to increase the account "User Limit".
3. Search Box - Allows administrators to search for specific users by name or other identifiers. Useful for quickly locating individual user accounts.
4. Site Filter Dropdown - Enables filtering users based on their assigned site or location, providing a way to narrow down user lists geographically or organizationally.
5. User Role Filter Dropdown - Lets the admin filter users by their assigned role (e.g., Admin, Logger, Viewer). Helps in managing and viewing users by access level or responsibility.
6. Filtering Checkboxes -
- Hide Loggers Shown with (*): Hides users marked as loggers with an asterisk.
- Show Only Active Users: When checked, displays only currently active users, hiding inactive or archived accounts.
7. Add New User - A button to manually add a new user to the system. Clicking it likely opens a form to enter new user details such as name, role, and email.
8. Users List - This is the main panel displaying user entries, each showing:
User's full name
Unique ID
Additional designation (e.g., inactive status or organization prefix like "LabLogs")
This list can be managed and filtered using some of the various filters discussed in previous numbers.
9. Support Chat Icon - A clickable icon likely used to contact support or open a live chat with the system's help desk. Positioned for quick access in the lower right corner. Best used for...
- System navigation help
- Troubleshooting active tasks
- Immediate questions during work hours