We just deployed the option to run the app as one of our users. When you’re in the database view (Data Tab → App Data section), you can see a new column when you’re viewing the list of users. Clicking on ‘Run as →’ will let you run the app as the user you picked, without having to enter this password (or ask for it, which is never great).
This is especially useful when you want to debug privacy stuff, etc. Please not that until you log out (or you run as somebody else), you’ll be logged in as this user.
As an admin you can access all data, that’s what the admin data tab is for. So it doesn’t change anything privacy/security wise. And if you use the link but aren’t the app owner it won’t work.
And it seems like @hindidubbedmovies94 found out one of his users can’t see anything when logged in Best to open the debugger @hindidubbedmovies94 and see if you can spot the issue there.
I am having trouble with this feature also with it always loading the index page where I need a password. I have looked at all my workflows for each page and what happens when page is loaded. I have removed any workflows that redirects user back to the index. What workflows should I be looking at to ensure I can run as a user to see what he/she is seeing and sort out their issues?
@motorhome You are in fact logged in as the user, so you just need to navigate to the page you want either by typing in the page name in the URL or using a menu navigation (if available) on your index page.
It is intentionally going to index when you use Run As. You could also add a workflow to your index page to redirect logged in users “inside” but only if that makes sense for your app.
I’d love, during the development phase at last, to be able to add buttons (or even a dropdown) to quickly “run as” different user types and test the behavior of my app. Is there a way to do that from my app’s page (and not the editor) please?
Thank you - i wasn’t very clear but found a solution to my need. To be more specific, I created N accounts (one for each user type), then added a dropdown with the user types, with a workflow “login the user”, hardcoding the corresponding user’s passwords. I can then easily login as a XX, as a YY (user types). It’s only for development / testing perspective, but I’ll delete that before going to prod.
I love this feature. Is there any way to run it from the front end of an app? I ask because I’d like to make it available to customer support users for which I don’t want to give access to back-end.
Best to open the debugger