Venus Accounts: How do I add or create a user in Venus Control Suite?
Topic
- How do I create a user profile in Venus Control Suite (VCS)?
- How do I add a new user to Venus Control Suite?
Environment
- Product: Venus Basic, Venus Select, Venus Professional, Venus Enterprise
- Components: Venus Pro Ad Grid, Venus Pro Playlist
- Control System: Venus Cloud-Based
🛠️Administrators have access to add additional users. The Administrator is responsible for providing login information to newly created users.
Steps
Determine the appropriate user role via the following options.
Administrator: Full access to all features and functionality of this account. Able to create and modify user accounts.
- This role would be ideal for a display owner, manager, or IT manager.
Standard: Access to all day-to-day operations, content and schedule creation, reporting and diagnostics for this account.
- This role would be ideal for an assistant manager or secretary, or office manager
Basic: Access is limited to creating content (not scheduling), previewing/viewing content and settings and running reports.
- Examples of this role would be designer or student.
For more details, see: Venus Accounts: What rights are associated with the different User roles in Venus Control Suite?
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General breakdown of user rights and roles.
Comparison of user rights and roles for applications.
| Basic | Standard | Admin | |
| Launchpad | Full Access | Full Access | Full Access |
| Full Access | Full Access | ||
| Read Only | Full Access | ||
| Read Only | Full Access | ||
| Read Only | Full Access | ||
| Full Access | Full Access | Full Access | |
| Full Access | Full Access | Full Access | |
| Full Access | Full Access | ||
| Venus - users, accounts | Read Only | Full Access | |
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| Full Access | Full Access | Full Access |
| System Health | Read Only | Full Access | |
| Media Library | Full Access | Full Access | Full Access |
Adding the user
Add user with the Activation Email (Daktronics Hosted environment)
This work is done in the Venus Control Suite's Venus App. For more, see Venus Accounts: How do I log in to Venus Control Suite?
- Navigate to the Users page. Venus Control Suite > Venus App.
- Click on the blue Add New button > Choose Add user with activation email.
- Enter the new user's email address.
- Choose an account from the Account drop-down box. If the current account has no sub-accounts, the current account is selected by default.
- Choose an option from the Role drop-down box to assign the level of user access.
- Click Submit. This will send an activation email to the new user with a link to complete their account setup and create a password. The link in the email is only active for 24 hours.
Add user with temporary password. (Daktronics Hosted environment)
This work is done in the Venus Control Suite's Venus App.
- Navigate to the Users page. Venus Control Suite > Venus App.
- Click on the blue Add New button > Choose Add user with temporary password.
- Enter all the required User Information, which includes the user's email address, account, user role, password, and confirm password. For password requirements, please see Venus Accounts: What are the password requirements for Venus Control Suite?
- Click Save. (The button is located on the top and bottom of the page.
Verify My profile information (On-premis or locally hosted Venus)
This work is done in the Venus Control Suite's Account App that is available. For more, see Venus Accounts: How do I log in to Venus Control Suite?
Editing your profile
- Select the My Profile icon near your Venus username in the top right corner.
- Choose My Profile from the drop down.
Profile
The password and other user information can be verified from this location.
Add new user via the Venus Accounts App. (On-prem or locally hosted Venus)
Add users
- Navigate to the Users page. Venus Control Suite > Accounts App.
- Select Add and complete the user details.
- Click Submit to save the new user information.
Example of Users in the Accounts App.
Venus Control Suite Onboarding
For additional information, please visit: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/support/venus-control-suite/onboarding-basic/getting-started
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