Getting Started
Essential concepts and first steps for managing users and permissions in your ARPIA Workarea.
📘 Getting Started
Essential concepts and first steps for managing users and permissions in your ARPIA Workarea.
Getting Started with User Management#
Welcome! This section covers the foundational concepts you need to understand before managing users and permissions in ARPIA.
Who This Is For#
This section is essential if:
- ✅ You just created your ARPIA Workarea
- ✅ You're the Super User or ADMIN
- ✅ You need to add team members and control their access
- ✅ You're new to ARPIA's permission system
What You'll Learn#
Understanding ARPIA's Permission System#
Read this first to understand the two core concepts:
- Super User Profile - Automatically created and assigned to the Workarea creator. Full, unrestricted access to everything in the Workarea.
- Security Profiles - Custom permission sets you must create for all other users.
Critical: A new Workarea only has the Super User profile available by default. All other profiles must be created manually before adding users.
Time to read: 5 minutes
How to Create a New Workarea#
Understand Workareas before setting up your team:
- How to create and switch between Workareas
- Owner vs Invited user types and how billing works
- Why user type matters when removing users
💳 Note: Workareas, users, and platform features are subject to credit consumption based on your organization's contracted plan. Review your plan before adding Workareas or users.
Time to read: 5 minutes
First-Time Workarea Setup#
Step-by-step guide to set up your Workarea for the first time:
- Create Security Profiles (ADMIN, DEV, USER, VIEWER)
- Add your team members
- Assign profiles to grant access
- Verify everything works
Time to complete: 30-45 minutes
Single Sign-On (SSO)#
Optional but recommended — connect ARPIA to your organization's Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 / Azure AD:
- No passwords to manage
- Login is automatic with your existing provider
- Login method is set per user at creation time
Note: Your ARPIA link must be authorized in your organization's Whitelist before SSO can work. Ask your IT admin if unsure.
Time to read: 5 minutes
Quick Start Path#
If you just created your Workarea:#
- Start with Understanding ARPIA's Permission System
- Then follow First-Time Workarea Setup
- Create your first Security Profiles
- Add your team and assign profiles
- Optionally, configure SSO for passwordless login
If your Workarea is already set up:#
Skip to:
- Security Profile - Manage permission sets
- Users - Manage users
- SSO - Switch users to SSO login
Key Takeaway#
Before you can effectively add users to ARPIA, you must:
- ✅ Understand the Super User profile and how Security Profiles work
- ✅ Create Security Profiles (none exist by default beyond Super User)
- ✅ Decide on login method: Password or SSO (set per user at creation)
- ✅ Then add users and assign profiles
Important for Admins: If you need to switch an existing user to SSO, this must be done from the Workarea where the user was originally created.