Manage users

This document provides information about how to use the Google Spectrum Access System (SAS) Portal to manage your users and operational configurations.

User roles

One of the most important operations that you are responsible for as a network architect or planner is to manage users in SAS. To successfully do so, you must understand the various user roles supported by SAS. The following table explains these roles.

User roles Permissions
Administrator
  • View, create, edit, and delete Citizens Broadband Radio Service Device (CBSD) configurations.
  • Save and mark CBSD configurations as ready for a Certified Professional Installer (CPI) to sign.
  • Add users and assign roles.
Certified Professional Installer (CPI)
  • View, create, edit, and delete CBSD configurations.
  • Validate and sign CBSD configurations.
  • Verify CPI identity.
Viewer View CBSD configurations.
Editor View, create, edit, and delete CBSD configurations.

If you have the Administrator role, you can add, remove, and assign user roles within your organization at the following level:

The users added at the customer account or node level inherit the same permissions for the nodes and deployments below that level. The newly added user gets an email notification with a link to the SAS Portal.

To be able to perform any user- or configuration-related tasks, you must sign in to the SAS Portal.

Sign in to the SAS Portal

  1. Go to the SAS Portal.
  2. Sign in with the Google Account that is sent to you by SAS Support.

Prevent accidental changes

To prevent accidental changes to user management settings, you can lock the root settings. To lock the root settings, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the SAS Portal.
  2. Optional: Click View deployments.
  3. Select the deployment, and then click Open.
  4. On the left, click Settings.
  5. On the right, click Lock node.

Add a user

To add a user, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the SAS Portal.
  2. Optional: Click View deployments.
  3. Select the deployment, and then click Open.
  4. On the left, click Settings.
  5. Optional: To unlock the user management settings, click Unlock node.
  6. In the User Management section, click Add.
  7. For Add user, select the role and then enter the user's Google Account.
  8. Click Share.

Remove a user

To remove a user, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the SAS Portal.
  2. Optional: Click View deployments.
  3. Select the deployment, and then click Open.
  4. On the left, click Settings.
  5. Optional: To unlock the user management settings, click Unlock node.
  6. In the User Management section, select the user that you want to remove, and then click Remove.

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