--- title: Create a new user slug: editorial/create-a-new-user createdAt: 2026-10-27T13:45:29.774Z --- :::hint{type="danger"} **Disclaimer**: This feature has not officially been released yet. Both the feature itself and the documentation are not finalized yet. ::: ## Summary The **Create** button on the **Users** page opens a short wizard. You enter the new user's email address, choose their teams and access, and decide which role they start with in each Purple Hub. The wizard only shows the steps that apply to your choices. The user then receives an invitation email. ## Who can use it - **Team Admins** create users in the teams they administer. - **Purple Super Admins** and **Purple Admins** create users in every team, and Purple staff accounts. Other users do not see the **Create** button. ## Before you start - Read [User Management](docId\:ya-KdOiOeRUGsGqF4ew92) to decide which access the person needs. - Have the person's email address at hand. Each email address can belong to only one user. ## Create a user ### 1. Open the wizard Go to **Users** in the Control Center and click **Create** next to the page title. ![The Create button next to the Users title](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/ygR6KtT9QI_R0u3uKTJsm/WeXpxHop-TwZs9OJvJrw1_users-00-header.png) ### 2. Enter email address and language Enter the **Email Address** of the person you want to invite and choose the **Language** of their invitation email (English or German). Click **Continue**. ![Step Create a new User](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/ygR6KtT9QI_R0u3uKTJsm/WVBdAFdLQFNsy06Kie45W_wiz-01-email.png) If the address already belongs to a user, the wizard says **A user with this email address already exists.** and you cannot continue. Search for the address on the Users page to find that user. ![Error for an email address that already exists](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/ygR6KtT9QI_R0u3uKTJsm/rBmuQMbmCJWc_V7XCjQ5o_wiz-01b-email-exists.png) ### 3. Select teams This step appears when you administer more than one team. Check the teams the user should belong to, or check **All** to select every team in the list. Use **Search teams** to find a team in a long list. Click **Continue**. If you administer only one team, the user is added to that team and the wizard skips this step. ![Step Select Teams](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/ygR6KtT9QI_R0u3uKTJsm/3VcN9A849L6QfLmnJuYux_wiz-04-teams.png) ### 4. Select Control Center access Choose what the user may do in the Control Center: - **Team Admin**: manages the team with all projects and publications, and can create users. - **Build Projects & Edit Publications** (App Admin): works on selected projects (apps) and publications. Also signs in to the Purple Hubs of those projects. - **Edit Publications** (Editor): edits selected publications in the Control Center. Has no Purple Hub access. - **No, Purple Hub access only** (Hub Editor): works only in selected Purple Hubs. Click **Continue**. ![Step Select Control Center Access](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/ygR6KtT9QI_R0u3uKTJsm/HRazMu9fPiswbXb3-_sDm_wiz-05-access.png) ### 5. Select projects This step appears for **Build Projects & Edit Publications**. Check the projects (apps) the user should work on, or **All** to include every project of the selected teams, also those added later. Click **Continue**. ![Step Select Projects](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/ygR6KtT9QI_R0u3uKTJsm/J2JWPvCkxKa7-Twmd4WAM_wiz-06-projects.png) ### 6. Select publications This step appears for **Build Projects & Edit Publications** and **Edit Publications**. Check the publications the user should edit. If you chose **All** projects in the step before, **All** publications is already checked; you can change that. Click **Continue**. ![Step Select Publications](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/ygR6KtT9QI_R0u3uKTJsm/YVcfMVuEIGnYH-ng1KBmQ_wiz-07-publications.png) With several teams selected, pick at least one publication in each team, or check **All**. Otherwise the wizard names the teams that are still missing a publication. For **Edit Publications**, **Continue** creates the user in this step. ### 7. Choose hub roles This step appears for **Team Admin**, **Build Projects & Edit Publications** and **No, Purple Hub access only** when the user gets access to at least one Purple Hub. Otherwise the user is created when you click **Continue** in the step before. **For Team Admins and App Admins**, the list shows every Purple Hub the user will be able to sign in to. Each hub has a **Role** dropdown with that hub's roles, preselected with its default role (**Purple Editor**). Change the role where the user should start with a different one. The **Role** dropdown in the **All** row sets the role for every hub in the list at once; you can still change single hubs afterwards. ![Step Choose Hub Roles for a Team Admin](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/ygR6KtT9QI_R0u3uKTJsm/tEfZarEt8nw2c-TGafA0D_wiz-08b-hub-roles-team-admin.png) ![Choosing the start role for a Purple Hub](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/ygR6KtT9QI_R0u3uKTJsm/DKroGA_7s9bJL3EKEYFCo_wiz-08c-role-dropdown.png) **For Hub Editors** (**No, Purple Hub access only**), check the Purple Hubs the user should be able to sign in to, and pick a role for each checked hub. Check **All** to give access to every Purple Hub of the selected teams, including hubs added later. With individual hubs checked, hubs added later are not included. ![Step Choose Hub Roles for a Hub Editor](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/ygR6KtT9QI_R0u3uKTJsm/G2TdNTw0VeUIwPKfy_d8w_wiz-08f-hub-editor-selected.png) With several teams selected, check at least one Purple Hub in each team, or check **All**. Otherwise the wizard names the teams that are still missing a hub. ![A team without a selected Purple Hub](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/ygR6KtT9QI_R0u3uKTJsm/rcanG0_RMfi7hRy0V4Lb__wiz-08e-hub-editor-team-missing.png) Use **Search hubs** to find a hub by name. Click **Continue** to create the user. :::hint{type="info"} The role you choose here is the role the user starts with. It is applied when the user signs in to the hub for the first time. Later changes are made in the Purple Hub itself, see [User Management](docId\:ya-KdOiOeRUGsGqF4ew92). ::: If the list of Purple Hubs cannot be loaded, click **Retry**. You can also click **Continue** without the list: Team Admins and App Admins then start with the default role in every hub, and Hub Editors get access to every Purple Hub of the selected teams. ### 8. Done The wizard confirms **User has been created**. Click **Close** to return to the Users page, where the new user now appears, or **Continue** to create another user. ![Step User has been created](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/ygR6KtT9QI_R0u3uKTJsm/ls8EO5n0jRHbkZ4WZXLxJ_wiz-09-created.png) ## What the new user receives Right after you create the user, Purple sends them an invitation email in the language you chose. It names the team (or teams) they were invited to and your email address, and contains a temporary password. - Users with Control Center access get a **Sign in** button that leads to the Control Center, plus a link to each Purple Hub they can sign in to. - Hub Editors get a link to each of their Purple Hubs and no Control Center link. When they sign in for the first time, they set their own password and enter their first and last name. Their name then appears in the users list. :::hint{type="info"} If your company signs in to Purple with its own company account (single sign-on), the email contains no password. The user signs in with their company account instead. ::: ## Creating Purple staff accounts Purple Super Admins and Purple Admins see two additional steps after the email address. **Select Account Type**: **Customer Account** continues with the steps above. **Purple Account** is only available for Purple email addresses. ![Step Select Account Type](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/ygR6KtT9QI_R0u3uKTJsm/m9l45sn6WOQwQQkf3-cr2_wiz-02-account-type-external.png) **Select Purple Role**: **Backend Team (Purple Super Admin)** or **Standard (Purple Admin)**. Both get access to all teams, projects and publications and are Hub Super Users in every Purple Hub, so the wizard creates the account right away. ![Step Select Purple Role](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/ygR6KtT9QI_R0u3uKTJsm/1DZrzd8IEvceX1LAyLqxW_wiz-03-purple-role.png)