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Quick explanation of the difference between PERSON and ORGANIZATION type Members. Last updated: for 11.0.10 |
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Introducing “Member Type”
Every person or company in LearningBuilder is a Member
. They live in the same tables in the database, they are able to log in, and they have a lot of the same functionality.
However, there are two distinct types of Members, indicated by the MemberType
property:
PERSON
- The Member represents an individualORGANIZATION
- The Member represents a company or organization, not a specific person
The Member Type is displayed on the Account Profile screen:
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People vs Organizations in LearningBuilder
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Purpose | Allows a single individual to log in and manage their own credentialing account. Also used to represent a specific Staff member of an Organization. | Allows a corporate entity to maintain a “root account” that “owns” its data, while allowing Staff members to log in and manage that data. |
How is the Member identified? | People have a “First Name” and a “Last Name” | Organizations have a single “Member Name” Organizations also have a “Website” field |
Typical default Role | Practitioner | Provider |
Can the Member have “staff” users beneath it? | No | Yes. See Training - Intro to Providers and Organization Staff |
Can the Member own Activity Definitions? | No | Yes. Providers can create Activities, and their staff members can manage those Activities. |
Can the Member own Learning Plan Instances? | Yes | Yes Staff members cannot manage the Learning Plans owned by their parent Organization. The Organization must log in as itself to act on its Learning Plans. |
Can the Member be listed within a complex hierarchy of accounts? | Only at a “leaf” level; People can belong to an Organization, but a Person cannot belong to another Person. | Organizations can be placed into a hierarchy representing departments of a larger entity (e.g. the government), different regions of a large corporation, etc. |
How are permissions determined? | A Person “has” all of the Permissions linked to each of their granted Roles. | TODO - |