This article walks through the steps of creating and inviting Vendor users to Gatekeeper, as well as archiving vendor users.
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Vendor users can be created against vendor records within Gatekeeper, to ensure all necessary key contacts have their contact information centralised and up to date. All Internal Gatekeeper users with the Administrator Role can add and amend Vendor User data.
Note: Vendor users are not the same as Gatekeeper users. Vendor users are your external contacts with your chosen vendor, and should not be invited into Gatekeeper as a standard user. Instead, they should be created as vendor users, specifically against the vendor record that they are associated with.
Add a Vendor User against a Vendor Record
To create a vendor user:
- From the navigation menu, click Vendors.
- Search for and click the Vendor that the vendor user belongs to.
- Click Add then select Vendor User.
- Enter the mandatory details:
- First Name
- Last Name
- Complete the optional fields as required:
- Job Title
- Landline
- Mobile
- Profile Picture (Allows you to upload an image from your device)
- Once finished, click Save.

Note: If you have the Vendor Portal Add-on and want to invite vendor users, see oInvite Vendors to the Vendor Portal.
Archive a Vendor User
In order to retain a full audit trail within Gatekeeper, it is not possible to delete vendor users. Instead, you can archive a vendor user if they are no longer needed. To do this:
- From the navigation menu, expand Settings then click Users.
- Click the Vendor Users tab.
- Click on the name of the relevant vendor user.
- Click Reassign to transfer any objects that they own.
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Select the user you want to transfer the objects to, then select the checkboxes for the objects you want to transfer ownership of. Alternatively, select the All checkbox to transfer all records that display in this view.
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- Click Archive.
This will revoke their access and archive their vendor user record.
Relationship Owners
The Archive button will not be available if the vendor user is set as an owner for a vendor record. In the vendor user list, owners are marked as Relationship Owner.
To remove a vendor user as the relationship owner:
- From the navigation menu, click Vendors.
- Expand the 3 dots on the relevant vendor record and select Edit.
- From the Owners section, click the cross icon to remove the vendor user, or select a new vendor user from the dropdown list.
- Click Save & Exit.
Note: If you're unsure which vendor record a user owns, enter their email in the global search to find all associated records.