Is there a possibility to set a first or start page by user role when logging in?

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I have different roles in an app and of course I can setup visibility rules. For one of my roles the first page displayed when switchting to the user role is a hidden page by default. I would like to show a menu page though. Since it is a hidden page I cannot change the order with the pages in the menu structure…

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This may not be what you’re looking for @JCW - but here are two ways I’ve navigated this before.

  1. Set page permission rules based on role
    a. Role A needs to see Page A
    b. Role B needs to see Page B
    If you make those pages only visibile to individuals with the respective roles, and make the pages the top 2 pages in the Nav menu, Role A would see Page A upon login, role B would see Page B upon Login.

  2. Create a “Navigation Page”.
    a. I often create a blank page as my top main page with buttons, links, or both to the various locations a user might go to and the things they would be doing there (e.g. Send an email, view your invoices, request an update).
    You can then either customize sections based on your user roles or customize action buttons (multiple action buttons but only the one visible to the role you need that’s logged in. So Action button A is shown to Role A and takes them to Page A etc.)

Hope this helps!

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Hello Diana,

Thank you so much for the time you took to answer my question. Yes both variants are good approaches. I also work with the navigation page most of the time… And this is what I am actually trying to achieve. I have also unhidden the hidden page and changed the order in the navigation pane but the problem persists. Always the first page when switching users is the hidden page and not the navigation page…

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Hey @JCW! When you say “switching users” are you doing so in build mode to view from a different user role’s perspective? If so, have you tried then going out of build mode to preview mode and see what that use would see when they’re logged in? In build mode it will still show you all pages even if they’re hidden, but in preview mode it’ll show you what that respective user would see.

But that may not be the issue you’re having, not sure :slight_smile:

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It sounds like you got the answer you wanted @JCW (thanks @dianakirby ) but just for anyone else looking at this.

You can customize the home page based on Role by adjusting the visibility rules for the highest page(s) in the sidebar

Here’s the full guide, which includes some trouble-shooting for what to do if the page isn’t what you expect

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