Managing Public Users Associated with Contacts
To enable a public user account, you must associate it with a reference contact. You can directly associate a public user with a contact in the reference contact portlet, and view or edit the public user details there.
| Note:  If a reference contact is inactive, you cannot associate any public user with the contact. If a reference contact is the only contact associated with an enabled public user, you cannot disable the contact. | 
To manage the association between a contact and a public user
- Navigate to the Contact portlet and select the contact you want to work with. - Civic Platform displays the Contact Details. 
- Click the Associated Public User tab. - Civic Platform displays the Associated Public User list portlet. 
- Do any of the following: - To associate a public user with the current contact: - Click Look Up. - Civic Platform displays the public user search form. 
- Use Search to locate the public user you want to associate. 
- Enter any search criteria in the appropriate fields. See Public User Search Fields for field definitions. See Using the Search Features for more information about searching. 
- Click Submit. - Civic Platform displays the list of public users that match your search criteria. 
- Select the public user you want to associate with the contact, and click Connect. - Civic Platform associates the selected public user with the contact. 
 
- To view and edit a public user associated with the contact. - Click the Email field for the public user you want to work with. - Civic Platform displays the public user detail form. 
- Update any fields as necessary. See Public User Search Fields for field definitions. 
- Click Save. - Civic Platform saves your change. 
 
- To remove the association of a public user with the contact. - Select the public user from which you want to remove the association. 
- Click Delete. - Civic Platform removes the association of the public user from the contact.