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ANVL Business Administrator (BA) Training

A step-by-step training plan for Business Administrators to learn how to manage users, Groups (Sites), access, and configuration in ANVL—safely and with confidence.

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Written by Lauren Baird
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Training Plan Overview

🎯 What You’ll Learn

By completing this training, you will be able to:

  • Understand how access and permissions work in ANVL

  • Manage users and Groups (Sites) without impacting production

  • Use Admin Portal tools correctly, including bulk actions

  • Organize workflows using categories (without designing workflows)

  • Troubleshoot common admin issues using reference guides

⚠️ Important: All hands-on practice must be completed only in a Demonstration (UAT) Group.


🧭 How This Training Works

Each module follows the same simple flow:

  • Read a small set of focused help articles

  • Practice the task in a Demonstration / UAT Group only

  • Check that your results match what’s expected before moving on


🔐 Required Permissions

Before starting this training, make sure you have the following access:

  • Job Role: Business Administrator

  • Permission Level: Admin / ANVL Web

  • Special Rights: Admin Portal

🔎 Some practice activities may also reference Can Modify User or Workflow Management. These are not required to complete the full training unless specifically assigned by your organization.

⚠️ All practice must be completed in a Demonstration (UAT) Group only.


➤ Module 1: Access & Permissions Basics

🎯 What You’ll Learn

  • Where work happens in ANVL

  • What roles, Special Rights, and account settings control

  • What Business Administrators are responsible for

📘 Read These Articles

🛠️ Practice (UAT Group Only)

  • Open the ANVL Admin Portal

  • Review a user record and identify:

    • Their role (ADMIN or TECH)

    • What product access they have

    • Any Special Rights assigned

✅ You’re Successful When
You can explain why a user can or cannot perform a specific action


➤ Module 2: Managing Users

🎯 What You’ll Learn

  • How to create, update, and inactivate users

  • When to use the Users tab vs. the Admin Portal

  • How to avoid common update errors

📘 Read These Articles

🛠️ Practice (Demonstration Group Only)

  • Create a test user using a CSV

  • Update the user’s Group access

  • Edit one profile field in-line

  • Inactivate the user

✅ You’re Successful When

  • All updates apply without errors

  • You know which tool to use for different update scenarios


➤ Module 3: Supervisors & Assignments

🎯 What You’ll Learn

  • How supervisor relationships affect updates

  • How to fix supervisor-related errors

📘 Read These Articles

🛠️ Practice (Demonstration Group Only)

  • Reassign a user to a new supervisor

  • Remove supervisor status from a test user

✅ You’re Successful When

  • Supervisor changes complete without blocking other updates


➤ Module 4: Groups (Sites) & Hierarchy

🎯 What You’ll Learn

  • How Groups support hierarchy and reporting

  • How to create and update Groups safely

📘 Read These Articles

🛠️ Practice (Demonstration Group Only)

  • Create a new UAT Group

  • Update Group details in-line

  • Locate the Group ID

✅ You’re Successful When

  • Group changes appear correctly in hierarchy and access


➤ Module 5: Workflow & Work Item Categories

🎯 What You’ll Learn

  • What categories do and why they matter

  • How to update categories without disrupting users

📘 Read These Articles

🛠️ Practice (Demonstration Group Only)

  • Create a workflow category

  • Update the category name

  • Reassign workflows and delete the category

✅ You’re Successful When

  • Categories update without affecting active work


➤ Module 6: Group Cleanup & Lifecycle

🎯 What You’ll Learn

  • How to safely move users between Groups

  • When and how to archive Groups

📘 Read These Articles

🛠️ Practice (Demonstration Group Only)

  • Move a user between Groups

  • Clean up active assignments

  • Archive a test Group

✅ You’re Successful When

  • No assignment or access errors remain


➤ Module 7: Reference & Self-Support

🎯 What You’ll Learn

  • How to use reference articles to answer questions quickly

📘 Read These Articles

🛠️ Practice (Demonstration Group Only)

  • Look up and validate user and Group fields using the reference guides

✅ You’re Successful When

  • You can self-diagnose configuration questions without escalation


🔑 Training Complete

You’re ready to work as a Business Administrator when you can:

  • Complete admin tasks confidently in a UAT Group

  • Explain access decisions using the permissions model

  • Make changes without impacting production users


⚠️ Additional Reminder

Never experiment or train in Production Groups. Always use Demonstration / UAT Groups only for practice.

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