An asterisk () indicates mandatory information. You must enter a value, or the information cannot be saved.
After entering company information, you have to add users to your company and set a primary user for your company. At the bottom of the page, you can also configure an E-signature to electronically sign a bid.
Create users
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On the Users tab, type the first name, last name, position, department, telephone number, and email address of the user in the corresponding boxes.
If you enter multiple email addresses, use ; (semicolon) to separate them.
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Optionally, select the address type from the Address Type list to specify the user as the default addressee for the company address with this address type.
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Define a user name in the Create User Name box.
Special characters, such as §$%&/()=?, are not allowed for the user name.
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Define and confirm the password in the Password and Confirm Password boxes.
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By default, the status is set to Active. To deactivate the user, select Inactive in the Status box.
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To define an expiration date for a user, the primary user can enter a date in the Expiration Date box. After the expiration date, the user account expired and this user can no longer login to the Portal.
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The Set as primary user check box is automatically selected for the first user you create for the company.
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Only one user for each company can be set as the primary user.
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Only the primary user can make someone else the primary user.
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An incorrect value for any of the options is highlighted with a red frame.
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As a primary user, you can click Add New User to add more users.
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When at least one user is created and defined as the primary user, click Next to continue the registration process.
Depending on the Portal configuration, you might see a message, that your account has been created.
Configure E-Signature
If the E-Signature box appears at the bottom of the page, you can define the secret question and answer for your user profile to activate the E-Signature feature.
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E-Signature is only available after submission of the user data.
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The E-Signature box appears only if the Portal is configured accordingly.
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Type your personal secret question.
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Type the answer to your personal secret question.
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Click the link at the bottom of the page to view the certification statement.
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Click Save.
Edit or delete company users
Only the primary users can edit other user's data or delete company users.
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Click the user in the Users box.
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To deactivate a user, select Inactive in the Status list.
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To make an active user the primary contact for the company, select the Set as primary user check box.
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As a primary user, you can select Force Change Password to request the user to change his password when he tries to login next time.
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To delete a user, click Delete next to the user in the Users box.
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Click Save.
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A deactivated user cannot log on to Smart Materials Portal.
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The primary contact of a company cannot be deactivated.