Head Office

Created 04 September 2025 • Updated 08 September 2025

Users

Users can be created and managed centrally at head office, with access granted to head office only, head office and sites, selected sites, or all sites. Roles can be assigned for both front of house and back of house.

Navigate to Staff & Security → Users

Adding Users

Follow these steps to add back of house users:

  1. Click Add

  2. Select the required Locations from the estate structure that the user will have access too

    • Head Office - will only permit users to login at Aztec Head Office Level

    • Companies - will allow users to login to any site within the company

    • Area - will allow users to login to any site within the area

    • Site(s) - will allow users to login to only the selected sites

    In addition to Aztec login the selected sites will also define which sites are shown when running reports

  3. Enter the following user details, First Name | Middle Initial (optional) | Last Name | Description (optional)

  4. Select the User Position

  5. Select the Role Type

    • Front of House - will continue the setup for just front of house (point of sale terminal users only)

    • Back of House - will continue the setup for just back of house

    • Both - will continue the setup for both role types

    In this example, Both is selected. As you continue through the step by step wizard, you will be prompted to enter information for both role types. If only one role type is selected, the wizard will display only the steps relevant to that role
  6. Click Next

  7. Select the required Back of House Roles

    Depending on how roles are configured in your setup, a user can be assigned one or more roles
  8. Click Next

  9. Enter the back of house login details

    • Username (update as required) - taken from the first name entered 

    • New Password

    • Repeat Password

    Passwords must following configured password policy, more information can be found by clicking 'Show password policy rules'

    Zonal recommends always setting an initial password and then requiring the user to change / set their own password on login keeping the change password setting enabled

    Passwords must following configured password policy, more information can be found by clicking 'Show password policy rules'

    Zonal recommends always setting an initial password and then requiring the user to change / set their own password on login

  10. Click Next

  11. Select the required Front of House Roles

  12. Click Next

  13. Enter the front of house Username (this is displayed on point of sale terminals and printed materials)

    Additionally on this step an ESL (Dallas Key / Card Swipe) could be assigned but typically this will be performed on site), if PIN numbers are being used as a login method these are defined on a per site basis, unless the estate setting to manage PINs at Head office is enabled in Base Data → Estate Structure → Estate Settings → Staff & Security

  14. Click Finish

  15. From the User Details screen the following updates can be made

    • Change the Pay Scheme for assigned Back of House Roles

    • Change the Default Terminal Role (if more than one back of house role was assigned)

    • Change other settings across User Details (or other tabs included within the setup)

  16. Click Save

Editing Users

All users across the entire estate can be viewed in Staff & Security at Head Office level, regardless of whether they were created at a site. Existing users assigned to a single site can also be granted access to additional sites as needed.

Users created at site will only display at Head Office when a successful 'Read' comms job has completed and any adjustments such as location access changes will require a 'Send' comms job to the selected sites to update

Follow these steps to edit users:

  1. From the User List make a selection

    • Select an existing user

    • Enter a search filter

    • Click Edit Filter | make a selection | click Save

      • Location Access

      • User Position

      • Role Assigned

      • User Type

      • Status

  2. Update any User Details, Location Access or other settings as required

  3. Click Save

Terminating Users

Back of House Users

Follow these steps to terminate a back of house user:

  1. From the User List make a selection

    For help in making a selection review the Editing Users section above
  2. Click Terminate

  3. Select Yes to confirm the termination

  4. Select the required termination information

    • Type

    • Date

    • Code

    • Notes

  5. Click Save

If the user had different location access (other than head office) a comms 'Send' job will be required to prevent the user from being able to login

Front of House Users

Users with a front of house role can be terminated centrally at Head Office but Zonal recommends that this activity where possible is carried out at site level. Onsite managers can confirm that the user has no active accounts and is clocked out.

Follow these steps to terminate a front of house user:

  1. From the User List make a selection

    For help in making a selection review the Editing Users section above
  2. Click Terminate

  3. Confirm the Terminate User option by selecting Yes

    Only proceed if all site activities are completed
  4. Select the required termination information

    • Type

    • Date

    • Code

    • Notes

  5. Click Save

Reinstating Users

When a user has been terminated it is possible to reinstate them either to correct a mistake or where someone has returned to the business.

Follow these steps to reinstate a user:

  1. Click Edit Filter

  2. Select Employment Status Terminated | make a other selections as required | click Save

  3. Click Reinstate User

  4. Select the required reinstate information

    • Reinstatement Date

    • Reinstatement Code

    • Notes

  5. Click Next

  6. Reconfirm the required Location Access

  7. Click Next

  8. Reconfirm User Details

  9. Reconfirm Roles for both Back / Front of House (as they were previously set)

  10. Enter any Login Details

  11. Click Finish