Quick guide for User Administrators

This guide include the following information:

Key responsibilities of a User Administrator

Key responsibilities of a User Administrator

User Administrator are responsible to:

Create and manage experts and their roles for the National Standard Body (NSB) they represent
Create and manage National Committees (NMC)
Main experts role and personal information up-to-date on a regular basis

More information about the role of User Administrator is available in this article: Role of user administrator (video)

Administrated by: indicates the organization that has registered the entry in the GD and that is responsible to manage it
Appointed by: indicated the organization that has nominated the expert or organization to a role
Every National Standards Body (NSB) should appoint at least one centralized voter and one centralized Participant Approver (MPA): Assign the role of centralized voter or ballot monitor (video)
The Employee of Organization registered in the Global Directory must be given a specific function: Assign the role of employee of organization (video)
User Administrator can only appoint a Committee Member to a committee to which its NSB is either P- or O-member
Document Monitor is reserved to NSB staff (person registered as Employee of Organization of the NSB)
When a committee (TC, SC or WG) is flagged as a Closed Group, only ISOCS can update the roles

Warning

When a committee (TC, SC or WG) is flagged as a Closed Group, only ISOC/S can update the roles. Please contact tcsupport@iso.org

Roles maintained by User Administrator	Roles maintained by ISO Central Secretariat
Convenor/Secretary Support team (WG)	Committee Manager & support team
Committee Member	Twinned Committee Manager
Document Monitor	Chairman & Twinned Chairperson
Employee of organization	Convenor & Twinned convenor
All ballot roles	Project Leader
All National roles	Project Submitter
Translator	Liaison Representative
Technical Manager
Meeting Participant Approver (MPA)
NSB Participation (P- and O-members)

All roles and their associated permissions are described in this article: Global Directory roles and permissions

For more information on how to update the user's role refer to the Manage person role section of the knowledge base.

If you have been recently appointed as a User Administrator we encourage you to review this article: Getting started as a User Administrator

If you need help to update a role or you have question about the Global Directory please contact helpdesk@iso.org