Change User

Change User lets you link a Team Member to a User Record. This link is essential if you want an employee with a Team Member record to see their own pages through the Sage People WX self service portal.

Salesforce Lightning Experience:

Button set on the Team Member Detail page, with the cursor on the Change User button

Salesforce Classic interface:

Button set on the Team Member Detail page, with the cursor on the Change User button

  • For a new Team Member, Change User lets you create the User Record automatically. This establishes the link between the Team Member and the User Record for you
  • For an existing Team Member with a User Record you haven't linked. Change User lets you make the link between the Team Member and the User Record

For Change User to work, ensure:

  • Your company has enough remaining unused Sage People licenses to let you create the new User Records. To check, go to Setup and in Quick Find enter Company Information
  • The Team Member has at least these fields defined:
    • Start date. This can be a future date
    • First name and Surname
    • Email address

The user types you can create depend on your permissions and your user profile. For more information, see Setup HCM & WX.

Link a Team Member to a new User record

  1. Select Change User.

    Sage People prompts you to select the change type:

    Screenshot showing change user page to select change type

  2. Select Link to New User to create a new Salesforce User record.

    Sage People displays the User Details page:

    Screenshot showing change user page when link to new user is selected

  3. Complete the fields as follows:

    Field What to enter
    Email

    The Team Member's email address.

    Sage People automatically enters the email address from the Team Member record.

    Username

    The unique username of the Team Member's User record.

    Sage People automatically creates a username based on the email address on the Team Member record. If necessary, it adds numbers to the left of the @ sign to ensure uniqueness.

    If your organization has defined a Username domain on the HCM package configuration page, the system-generated username uses the domain.

    User Profile

    The picklist contains the profiles for user types you have the permission to create. Select the user profile for the Team Member. When assigning permission set groups, select the Salesforce Standard profile.

    Select Permission Set Groups

    Select at least one permission set group.

    In the list of available groups, choose one or more Permission Set Groups to assign to the user. Select the right chevron > to move to the Selected list.

    Select Permission Sets

    Lets you optionally assign permission sets not included in the Permission Set Groups you've chosen. In the list of available sets, choose one or more Permission Sets to assign to the user. Select the right chevron > to move to the Selected list.

    Single Sign-On User Details section
    Federation Id

    If the field is blank and you're using Single Sign-On, enter the federation id associated with the user.

    If you aren't using Single Sign-On, leave this blank.

  4. Select Save.

    Sage People displays a success message at the top of the page.

  5. Select Done.

    Sage People redisplays the Team Member Details page.

Link a Team Member to an existing User record

  1. Select Change User.

    Sage People prompts you to select the change type:

    Screenshot showing change user page to select change type

  2. Select Link to Existing User.

    Sage People displays the User Details page:

    Screenshot showing change user page when link to existing user is selected

  3. Complete the fields as follows:

    Field What to enter
    User

    Use search to select the User record to link to this Team Member record.

    Salesforce Access

    Checkbox. Check to include access to Salesforce on the top menu for this user. Defaults to unchecked. Leave unchecked for WX self service portal users.

  4. Select Save.

    Sage People displays a success message at the top of the page:

    Screenshot showing success message for changing a user

  5. Select Done.

    Sage People redisplays the Team Member Details page.

You can confirm that Team Members have links to User Records by looking in the User column on the Team Member Home page:

Team Member list view with User column

The User column displays the User Record name linked to each Team Member.