Manage Login Permission Templates

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Rather than manually choosing role permissions for each new login, Login Permission Templates make it much faster to manage large numbers of logins and maintain consistent permissions across them. Login Permission Templates can be created and applied using the Alarm.com customer website.

Manage templates

Templates can be viewed, created, copied, edited, and removed using the Alarm.com customer website.

To view existing templates:

Log in to the Alarm.com customer website.
Verify the Enterprise name is selected, and not a location name. When the Enterprise group is selected, a Locations option shows in the menu instead of Home.
- If a location is selected, use the dropdown menu to select the Enterprise group. Enterprise groups have next to the Enterprise name, whereas locations will have for commercial accounts or for residential accounts next to the location name.
- If the option to select an Enterprise group is not showing, verify the login has access to the Enterprise group.
Click Settings.
Click Login Permission Templates.

To create a new template:

Log in to the Alarm.com customer website.
Verify the Enterprise name is selected, and not a location name. When the Enterprise group is selected, a Locations option shows in the menu instead of Home.
- If a location is selected, use the dropdown menu to select the Enterprise group. Enterprise groups have next to the Enterprise name, whereas locations will have for commercial accounts or for residential accounts next to the location name.
- If the option to select an Enterprise group is not showing, verify the login has access to the Enterprise group.
Click Settings.
Click Login Permission Templates.
Click New Template on either Location Templates or Group Templates.
Name the template.
Enter a brief description of the template.
Select the desired permissions for the template.
Click Save.

To copy a template:

Log in to the Alarm.com customer website.
Verify the Enterprise name is selected, and not a location name. When the Enterprise group is selected, a Locations option shows in the menu instead of Home.
- If a location is selected, use the dropdown menu to select the Enterprise group. Enterprise groups have next to the Enterprise name, whereas locations will have for commercial accounts or for residential accounts next to the location name.
- If the option to select an Enterprise group is not showing, verify the login has access to the Enterprise group.
Click Settings.
Click Login Permission Templates.
Click next to the desired template.
Select the groups to copy the selected login permission template.

Note: If a group already has a template with the same name, that template's permissions will be overridden with the copied template's permissions. Groups that are automatically selected have had this template copied before.
Click Apply.

To edit an existing template:

Note: When an existing Login Permission Template is updated, all logins associated with the template will have their permission automatically updated once the changes are saved.

Log in to the Alarm.com customer website.
Verify the Enterprise name is selected, and not a location name. When the Enterprise group is selected, a Locations option shows in the menu instead of Home.
- If a location is selected, use the dropdown menu to select the Enterprise group. Enterprise groups have next to the Enterprise name, whereas locations will have for commercial accounts or for residential accounts next to the location name.
- If the option to select an Enterprise group is not showing, verify the login has access to the Enterprise group.
Click Settings.
Click Login Permission Templates.
Click on the Login Template to be edited.
Make any desired changes to the permissions.
Click Save.

To remove a template:

Note: If a Login Permission Template is removed, all logins associated with the template will continue to exist, and no changes will be made to their permissions. However, these logins will be reassigned the CUSTOM login role.

Log in to the Alarm.com customer website.
Verify the Enterprise name is selected, and not a location name. When the Enterprise group is selected, a Locations option shows in the menu instead of Home.
- If a location is selected, use the dropdown menu to select the Enterprise group. Enterprise groups have next to the Enterprise name, whereas locations will have for commercial accounts or for residential accounts next to the location name.
- If the option to select an Enterprise group is not showing, verify the login has access to the Enterprise group.
Click Settings.
Click Login Permission Templates.
Click to remove the desired template.

Apply a template

Login permission templates can be applied to new or existing logins at any time from the Manage Login Permissions pages (group and single system). Permission templates are shown in italicized font to distinguish them from non-template login roles such as Administrator and Custom.

To apply a template for group logins:

Log in to the Enterprise group that displays all locations.
Click Users.
Click Manage Logins.
Create a new group login or click to edit for an existing user.
Using the Role dropdown menu, select the desired template.
Click Save.

To apply a template for single system logins:

Log in to the Enterprise group that displays all locations.
Click to select the location from the Locations page.
Click Users.
Click Manage Logins.
Create a new login or click an existing login.
In Permission, click to select Permission Template.

Note: Permission Template will not display if there are no location templates saved on the Enterprise level.
Using the Permission Template dropdown menu, select the desired template.
Click Save.