Slate security administrators can impersonate a user.

While you impersonate a user, you see Slate as they see it: you won’t be able to access anything they aren’t permissioned to see. This can be helpful when troubleshooting permissions.

Impersonate a user

To impersonate a user:

1. From the main navigation, select Database.

2. Under Users & Access, select User Permissions.

3. Select a user, or create a new one.

4. Select Impersonate. A browser dialogue appears.

   

5. Click OK. You are redirected to the Slate database as the selected user.

Session toggle

Session Toggle lets you switch between the user you’re impersonating (indicated by a yellow circle around your user icon) and your own account as many times as you’d like.

Select Session Exit to end your impersonation.

Best practices

While impersonating a user:

• Only impersonate one user at a time.

• Don’t open multiple tabs or windows within the same browser when impersonating.