Using as Another User

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Important:

This documentation is intended for Customers who have already migrated to using Autodesk Accounts. For more information on the Migration process, see the Migration Overview Documentation.

As an Admin, at times you may want to assume the identity of another user so you can view pages as if you were that user. This is now possible with Flow Production Tracking 6.3.10 and later.

Use cases

Assuming another user’s identity can be helpful in a number of ways:

How to assume an identity

  1. As an Admin, go to the Permissions page. Under the advanced tab, check the box that says Perform actions as though logged in as another user *

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  2. Then, explicitly enforce which People Admins can perform actions as by enabling the Admins Can Perform Actions As on a Person's record.

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  3. There are two ways to assume an identity.

  1. Once you assume an identity, you will see:
  1. You can change the identity you are assuming at any time. If you would like to see the site through another user’s settings, then you can search for that user or a specific permission group in the blue banner.

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  2. When you are ready to go back to Flow Production Tracking under your own identity, click “Exit” on the right of the blue banner.

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Auditing Admin events

You can see the log history of the Admin assuming another user’s identity in the Meta Data field of the Event Log Entry for each project.

Note: The Who field shows the person whose identity the Admin was using, and the Meta Data field will show the actual user who generated the event.

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Limitations

The Legacy login and Personal Access Token section of a User's Account settings are not accessible when performing actions as another User. Only the Users themselves can configure and update these settings.