Add Administrators

When a 8x8 Contact Center order is placed, the Primary Administrator is created in both 8x8 Configuration Manager and Account Manager. The Primary Administrator is then marked with a yellow star in Account Manager Privileges. The Primary Administrator has complete account access; other administrators cannot delete or revoke privileges from the Primary Administrator. However, you can create users in Account Manager and provide administrator privileges to them. These users become Secondary Administrator.

The process of adding a 8x8 Contact Center administrator involves three steps:

You can create new user profiles and configure them as 8x8 Contact Center administrators. The administrators you create serve as Secondary Administrator.

To create a user profile:

  1. Log in to Account Manager and go to the Accounts tab.
  2. Select User Profiles.
  3. Click Create New User Profile and enter the user information.
    The username is populated as soon as you enter an email address, but can be edited. It must be unique to the PBX.
  4. Select the VCC Agent check box if you want the administrator to also serve as a 8x8 Contact Center agent. The new user then appears as both an agent and administrator under the Users tab in 8x8 Configuration Manager.
    If you only want to create a 8x8 Contact Center administrator, clear the VCC Agent check box.
  5. Click Save.
    The new user profile is created and listed under User Profiles in Account Manager. You now need to assign privileges to the new user.

You must assign or update privileges to grant the new users the 8x8 Contact Center administrator privileges. Assigning administrator privileges gives users the abilities of a Secondary Administrator.

To assign privileges to new administrators:

  1. Log in to Account Manager.
  2. Go to the Accounts tab.
  3. Click Privileges.
  4. Click Assign New Privileges.
  5. Select the user profile you created in Step 1.
  6. Select the VCC Admin privileges check box.
  7. (Optional) select all Account Manager Privileges, or the ones that apply.
  8. Select a PBX from the list if you have multiple PBXs.
  9. Click Add.
    The new user is added to the 8x8 Configuration Manager administrators list.
    You can use an existing user's profile as a template and copy the privileges for the new user.
  1. Log in to Account Manager.
  2. Go to the Privileges tab.
  3. Select a user profile you want to use as a template, and click Copy.
  4. Select an existing user profile from the list that you want to copy the privileges to, or create a new one.
  5. Click Copy.

After assigning 8x8 Contact Center administrator privileges to a user profile in Account Manager, you can log in to 8x8 Configuration Manager to review and configure user properties. The new administrators are automatically assigned the System Default role in 8x8 Configuration Manager. The System Default role has viewing permissions by default. However, you can modify it by allowing other permissions such as Write, Create, and Edit.

To configure an administrator:

  1. Log in to 8x8 Configuration Manager.
  2. Go to the Users.
    The new administrator appears under the admins list with a next to it. The Secondary Administrator is indicated with (2).
  3. Find the 8x8 Contact Center administrator you added, and click or Edit .
    The administrator's information such as name, email, login ID, workplace, and SIP phone appears.

    Note: The First Name, Last Name, Email Address, Username, Password, and Login ID fields are inherited from the user profile in Account Manager. You cannot edit them here.

  4. The administrator is assigned to a default role called System Default. If you have created another role, select it from the drop-down list. You can create roles by going to Security > Roles. Refer to Add a Role for more details.
  5. Click Save.
    For configuration details, refer to Add Users in 8x8 Configuration Manager.