[Odoo 17] Create a New User in Odoo 17

Hi, Folks!

Odoo 17 offers a user-friendly interface and robust user management capabilities, allowing administrators to easily create and manage user accounts within the system. Whether you’re adding new employees, collaborators, or clients, creating a new user in Odoo 17 is a straightforward process. In this guide, I’ll walk you through the steps to create a new user in Odoo 17.

Prerequisites:

Before you begin, ensure you have:

• Access to an Odoo 17 instance as an administrator.
• Necessary permissions to create new user accounts.

Step 1: Access User Management:

1. Log in to your Odoo 17 instance using your administrator credentials.
2. Once logged in, navigate to the “Settings” menu located in the top left corner of the screen.

Step 2: Navigate to Users:

1. In the Settings menu, select the “Users & Companies” option.
2. Click on “Users” to access the user management section.

Step 3: Add New User:

1. In the Users section, click on the “New” button to add a new user.

2. Fill in the required information for the new user, including:

• Name: Enter the full name of the user.
• Email: Provide the email address associated with the user’s account.
• Password: Set a password for the user. You can either choose a temporary password or let Odoo generate one automatically.

• Access Rights: Assign appropriate access rights and roles to the user based on their role within the organization. This includes permissions to access specific modules, create/edit records, and perform other actions within Odoo.

Step 4: Save User Details:

1. Once you’ve entered all the required information, click on the “Save” button to create the new user.
2. Odoo will validate the user details and create the new user account accordingly.

You can see the user status is ‘Never Connected’. Therefore, we should verify user by log in with the credentials you already made for the new user.

Step 5: Notify User:

1. After creating the user account, you may want to notify the user about their new account.
2. You can either manually send them their login credentials or configure Odoo to automatically send an email notification with login instructions to the user’s email address.

Step 6: Verify User Access:

1. To ensure the new user has access to the necessary modules and functionalities, log out of your administrator account.
2. Log in to Odoo using the credentials of the newly created user to verify their access rights and permissions.

Here you can see the user status changed to ‘Confirmed’.

Congratulations! You’ve successfully created a new user in Odoo 17 🎉

In addition, I will demonstrate how to create users for certain roles. In this case, I will create users for purchase, iventory, and accounting employees.

Purchase Employee

Assign the role “Administrator” to the Inventory — Purchase section.

Inventory Employee

Assign the role “Administrator” to the Inventory — Inventory section.

Accounting Employee

Assign the role “Billing Administrator” to the Accounting — Invoicing section.

There you are! You have succesfully create 3 different roles for new user.

Conclusion

With Odoo’s intuitive user management features, administrators can efficiently onboard new users and grant them appropriate access to the system. Whether you’re adding employees, partners, or customers, creating user accounts in Odoo 17 is a seamless process that ensures smooth collaboration and productivity within your organization.

Feel free to customize the new user and company depending on your organization’s needs. Happy Odoo-ing!