User types

The user types section of Impact Fusion is where we can configure settings such as the students default daily spend limit or how much free school meal money is issued to those that are eligible. Typically, most schools will have a ‘Student’ user type that all of the students user accounts belong to and a ‘Staff’ one for staff. Some schools may decide to have ‘Lower school’ and ‘Upper school’ and/or ‘Sixth form’ user types. Doing this the school can set different limits for ‘Lower school’ than ‘Upper school’ or perhaps different FSM allocation times. This configuration also means that the lower school can be reported on separately to the upper school.

This screen is split into two sections, on the left, user types can be created, edited and deleted, and on the right, the settings used on the user types can be configured.

Adding a new user type

1. From the left hand side of the screen, press the Add button.
   
2. Enter a description for the user type and choose what type of user that this user type represents.
   

*For example, if creating a user type for lower school, the represents will still be ‘Student’. This means that they system can still report on all students if required.

3. Press Save to complete.

Editing a user type

To edit an existing user type, select it from the list on the left hand side of the screen and press the Edit button. Edit the user type as required.

Deleting a user type

When a user type is no longer required, it can be easily deleted.

!You cannot delete a user type that is still being used by user accounts. You must first assign these users to a new account type.

1. Select the required user type from the list on the left hand side of the screen.
2. Press Delete and press Yes to confirm.