Remove a User from a Billing Account
You may want to remove users from your Quickbase billing account for a number of reasons. You may have added a user by mistake, or you may want to make sure someone who has left your company no longer has access to your applications. If you simply need to ensure a user is not able to access any application in your billing account, you can use the Deny option.
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About the Deny Option
The Deny option lets you ensure that a user no longer has access to any of the applications in your billing account. Users who have access to applications in other Quickbase billing accounts will be able to continue using those applications, even after you've denied them access to your billing account.
Note: You cannot use the Deny option with a user who is an account administrator.
What happens when I deny a user?
When you deny a user, Quickbase places the user on the Deny list and prevents the user from logging into any application in your billing account.
A denied user still appears in the user list on the application's Manage Users page for any application to which they've been added. You can identify denied users easily; the text on deny list appears in red after the names of all denied users. You can remove these users from your application by using the Remove User button on Manage Users page.
When should I deny a user?
Use Deny in any situation where you want to prevent a verified user from accessing applications in your billing account. For example, suppose that a vendor outside of your company is a user in one of your Quickbase applications. In the middle of the project, you decide to switch vendors. You can use Deny to make sure the first vendor is not able to access applications in your billing account.
Note: It's generally not a good idea to deny Quickbase Customer Care reps, since it blocks access to all apps in your account. If you simply remove the user from the app or apps you've given them access to, you're ensuring that when you need support on another app in your account, the support rep will have the access they need.
Do I pay for denied users?
Users who have been denied do not count toward your billing account's user limit.
Can I remove users from the Deny list?
Of course! You remove a user from the Deny list from the Deny tab on the Manage Billing Account page. The user will then be able to use applications in your account, according to their permissions. Read more about granting a denied user access again.
Using the Deny Tab
The Deny tab shows you all users who are on the Deny list; these users have been denied access to all applications in your account. On this tab, you can add users to the Deny list and grant a denied user access again. You can search for specific denied users by first name, last name, user name, or email address, and use the Show dropdown to filter the list by status. The Show dropdown also allows you to filter by company membership if your company and associated email domains have been registered with Quickbase.
Your initial view of the Deny tab will vary, depending on the number of denied users in your account.
If you don't have a large number of denied users in your account, you'll see an unfiltered view of the Deny tab, showing the list of users that have been denied access to apps in your account. You can click Customize this list to bring you to the pre-filter page. Use this page to show a list of specific users based on email addresses, or if you want to apply two filters to the Deny list, such as status and company membership. You can apply one filter on the pre-filter page, and the other when viewing the Deny list.
If you do have a large number of denied users in your account, you'll see the pre-filter page when you open the Deny tab, allowing you to focus on one subset of users. On the pre-filter page, you can choose to see the following:
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A list of specific users (paste in a list of email addresses)
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All users with a particular status
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Only those users who belong (or who do not belong) to your company. Note that this option appears only if you are using certain Quickbase plans.
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All users. (Note that, depending on how many users you are trying to display, you may experience some performance issues.)
When you choose one of these options and click Show Users, you'll see a filtered view of the Deny tab. You then can apply a second filter using the Show dropdown, if needed.
Denying a User Access to Applications in Your Billing Account
You can use either the Deny tab or the Users with Access tab to add users to the Deny list.
Note: You cannot Deny a user who has account management permissions.
To deny users from the User with Access tab:
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Click the Users with Access tab.
If you have a small number of users, the list of users appears. Otherwise, you see a pre-filter page, allowing you to focus on one subset of your users. Select the filter criteria and click Show Users. The list of users appears.
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Locate the users you want to add to the Deny list.
You can search for specific users by first name, last name, user name, or email address, and use the Show dropdown to filter the list by status or company membership (if you are using certain Quickbase plans).
If you want to apply an additional filter, click Customize this list to open the pre-filter page.
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Select the checkbox next to each user that you want to deny, and then click Add to Deny List.
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Specify whether you want to remove these users from Groups in the confirmation dialog that opens, and then click Add to Deny List.
A message appears, indicating how many users were added to the Deny list.
To deny a user from the Deny tab:
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Click the Deny tab.
If you have a small number of users on the Deny list, the list of denied users appears when you open the Deny tab. Otherwise, the pre-filter page opens first. Select your filter criteria and click Show Users to view the list of denied users.
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Click Add Users to Deny List.
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Enter the users in the text field in the Add Users to Deny List dialog box and click Add. You can also select users from the Address Book by clicking the Address Book button
. When you are finished adding users from the Address Book, click OK to return to the Add Users to Deny List dialog, and then click Add. A message appears, indicating how many users were added to the Deny list.
Granting a User Access Again
Say you've re-hired that consultant to help you with your new project. You can easily remove her from the Deny list and give her access to your account's applications again.
To grant denied users access again:
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Click the Deny tab.
If you have a small number of users on the Deny list, the list of denied users appears when you open the Deny tab. Otherwise, you see a pre-filter page before the list of users appears, allowing you to focus on one subset of your users. Select the filter criteria and click Show Users. The list of denied users appears.
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Locate the users you want to reinstate.
You can search for specific denied users by first name, last name, user name, or email address, and use the Show dropdown to filter the list by status or company membership, if you are using certain Quickbase plans. If you want to apply an additional filter, click Customize this list to open the pre-filter page.
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Select the checkbox next to the users you want to reinstate, and then click Remove from Deny List.
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Click Remove in the confirmation dialog that appears.
A message appears, indicating how many users were removed from the Deny list.
