Deleting Users
If a user needs to be deleted, please make sure that the user is not assigned as an author of any content anymore.
If content assigned to the user is not reassigned the deletion will be canceled with the following error message:
There are two different methods to change the author assignments, with different levels of detail:
1. Content Transfer is linked here
In principle, two processes are necessary to manually change the assignments of the author in all relevant content:
1. Inheritance of author assignments via the SABIO tree:
- Start the editing mode in the Tree-Tab by right-clicking any node and selecting "start editing mode" from the context menu.
- If the user that is to be deleted assigned as Author to a node, right-click the node and select "Edit tree node" from the context menu.
- In the panel "Permissions" assign the desired author and select "Apply to all sub-content".
Note: With this method, all subnodes, texts and documents below the edited node will be assigned the new author.
We recommend checking beforehand if any content exists on lower levels assigned to a different author.
If necessary this content can be assigned individually after overwriting the original assignments.
- Subsequently, select the source "All content" in the Search Tab and enter * as the search term.
- Select the user to be deleted in the facet "Author". No texts and documents should be displayed at this point.
- Open all content being displayed via the toolbar of the detailed view, selecting "Edit".
- In the panel "Permissions" change the author to the desired successor and save the respective content.
2. Editing content separately:
- Select the source "All content" in the Search Tab and enter * as the search term.
- Select the user to be deleted in the facet "Author".
- Open all content being displayed via the toolbar of the detailed view, selecting "Edit".
- In the panel "Permissions" change the author to the desired successor and save the respective content.
- Start the editing mode in the Tree-Tab by right-clicking any node and selecting "start editing mode" from the context menu.
- Starting with the first tree level check the node authors by clicking the respective nodes and displaying the node information in the side panel.
- If the user to be deleted is assigned as the author of a node, right-click the node and select "Edit tree node".
- Repeat with all nodes of the tree.
Note: With this method, content can be assigned to different authors.
Workflow for deleting users:
• Log into SABIO with a user that has the permission "can delete users“
• In the Administration-Tab select the source "User"
• Search the list of content for the user you want to delete
• Select the user you want to delete with a left-click
• Select DELETE in the toolbar of the "detailed view" (see screenshot)
• When prompted: "Do you really want to delete this entry?" - select "yes"
Note: The List of users can be dragged wider on the right-hand border like a standard list of content to display a table showing first- and last-name.