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# Users

# What is a User?

A user is a member of an organisation. The user has full rights within the organisation and can create and manage other users or assistants. Other users within the organisation are seen to be peers of the user; they all have the same permissions and rights. There is no concept of a super-user within the Gateway; if a user creates another user they both have the same rights, the first user within a group is no more powerful than any other user.

Below is listed the functions that a user can perform on the different Registration and Enrolment interfaces that the Gateway provides:

Function | Description
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Creating additional Users | A User can create another User within the organisation.
Deleting a User | A User can delete another User
Creating an Assistant | A User can create an Assistant that only they can administer
Deleting Assistant | A User can delete one of their own Assistants
Enrolling in a Service | A User can create an enrolment for the organisation
De-enrolling from a Service | A User can de-enrol the organisation from a service
Assigning a Principal | A User (principal) can assign the right to act upon an enrolment to another User or Assistant
Assigning an Agent Enrolment | A User (agent) can assign the right to act upon an enrolment to another User or Assistant
De-assigning an Enrolment | A User can remove the right to act upon an enrolment from another User or Assistant
Assigning a Client Allocation | A User can assign the right to act upon a client allocation to another User or Assistant
De-assigning a Client Allocation | A User can remove the right to act upon a client allocation from another User or Assistant
Adopting an Assistant | A User can adopt an Assistant that has no parent
Orphaning an Assistant | A User can orphan an Assistant so that it can be adopted by another User
Finding Orphaned Assistants | A User can locate orphaned Assistants

Note: None of the functions listed above can be performed until the organisation has been created with an initial user. For information on this process, see Creating an Organisation.

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