MIDAS provides administrators with an entire user account toolbox. These tools can limit the functions that each user account can view and access within the booking software.

One of the permissions that can be controlled is the ability for users to change their account password.

“Why would you ever not want to allow this?!” you’re probably thinking!

Many organizations like to create a very limited and generic ‘view only’ account in their MIDAS system. One account that a number of staff all share. Obviously, you wouldn’t want one person to change the account password on such a ‘shared’ account and lock every one else out. So on this account an administrator could revoke the “Can Change Password” permission.

For MIDAS v4.41 we’re added a couple of new and related permissions…

New User Permissions in MIDAS v4.41
New User Permissions in MIDAS v4.41

Allow Users To Change Their Display Name

With the new “Can Change Display Name” permission granted to a user account, that user will be able to change their display name within your MIDAS system any time they wish.

Allow Users To Change Their Email Address

With the new “Can Change Email Address” permission, a user will be able to change the email address associated with their MIDAS user account. This is the address they use to sign in with and receive notifications at.

How a user updates their details

If a user has been granted at least one of the following permissions…

  • Can Change Display Name
  • Can Change Email Address
  • Can Change Password

… then they can change their details at any time from the drop-down menu that’s display when they select their name (under the main date heading), and then select “Your Details”:

Users can manage their account details in MIDAS v4.41
Users can manage their account details in MIDAS v4.41

From the “Your Details” dialog, the user will be able to modify one or more of their details (depending upon permissions granted)

Updating your name, email, or password in MIDAS v4.41
Updating your name, email, or password in MIDAS v4.41

Administrators can also see when a user last updated their details from the Manage Users & Permissions screen:

Administrators can see when each user last made changes to their account
Administrators can see when each user last made changes to their account

For a complete list of all the permissions that can be assigned on a per-user account basis in MIDAS, please see: https://mid.as/help/manage-users-and-permissions/list-of-available-user-permissions