"Log in As" (Legacy Impersonation)

Owned by Seth Petry-Johnson
Last updated: May 23, 2023

This page refers to a legacy feature which is now referred to as "Log In As".

11.0.24 introduced a new "Impersonation" feature that is documented here: Impersonation

Purpose

Impersonation allows an administrator to log in as if they were another user, which allows that administrator to see exactly what that other user would see when logged in. This is a useful tool for troubleshooting and user acceptance testing.

Implementation details

Requires the AdminArea :: CanLogInAsOtherUser permission.

Restrictions

Impersonation is only available in non-production environments.

All actions performed using impersonation are logged as if they were performed by the impersonated user; the logging system does not track who is actually logged in. Therefore, to preserve the integrity of the production audit logs, we do not permit impersonation in production.

Therefore, impersonation is primarily used as a testing and troubleshooting tool and not to support any real-world use cases.