I'm beginning to manage an OI account. I already have an Administrator account, but I would like to check what is going on as external from my institution and as simple user internal of the university.
I already checked the documentation (and forum) and found "Public View", but it leads to the same page without information about how to get to this.
My idea was to register with two other emails address to have an account for each view, but it only works with institutional accounts.
How would you do it without asking other people's account/credentials/time ?
- JJulia Haseleu @jhaseleu
Dear Victory,
Thanks for your reaching out!
Using separate accounts for each access perspective is the best way to test this. OpenIRIS does not offer a "Switch User" or impersonation feature since no two accounts are identical.
To test the different views without troubling colleagues for their credentials or time, we recommend using dedicated test accounts with different email types:
- Administrator view: Use a generic functional email address (e.g., facility-admin@university.ch) for your main admin account.
- Internal regular user view: Use your personal institutional email address (e.g., first.last@university.de) registered as a standard internal user.
- External user view: Use an external email address (such as a @gmail.com account) to register a test account. This will give you the exact view and workflow of a non-affiliated external user.
Tip: To avoid logging in and out constantly, open your different accounts side-by-side using incognito/private windows or separate browser profiles.
Please let me know if you have any further questions!
Best regards,
Julia - Progress