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Configuring Liferay
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Configuring Liferay Liferay is a very adaptable tool. You can modify and configure it to suit the needs of your application.
User Groups
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User Groups Creating and Managing User Groups Managing Site Membership and Permissions with User Groups User Group Sites
Accounts
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Accounts Available 7.4+ Accounts provide administrators with a way to organize and manage users for various commerce or business needs. Unlike organizations or user groups, accounts help...
Channel Defaults
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Channel Defaults Available Liferay 7.4 U49+/GA49+ After creating a business account, set channel defaults to streamline ordering and tailor Commerce behavior for specific accounts. Channel...
Contacts
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Contacts Liferay DXP 2024.Q2+/Portal GA120+ Using the new Contact tab on an account, you can add contact details related to the account: Addresses Phone Numbers Email Addresses Websites ...
Users and Permissions
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Users and Permissions Liferay comes with a comprehensive framework to manage user access and roles within Liferay. To support complex organizational needs, there are several entities within the...
Account Groups
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Account Groups Available 7.4+ Use Account Groups to organize related accounts. For example, group accounts by region (Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, etc.). Creating an Account Group Open the...
Setting Channel Defaults
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Setting Channel Defaults Liferay 7.4 U49+/GA49+ Users with the necessary account management permissions can set channel defaults for business accounts. Open the Global Menu ( Global Menu ) and...
Roles and Permissions
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Roles and Permissions To get things done in Liferay DXP, users must have the proper permissions. Roles join users with permissions. Most administrative work for roles and permissions is done in...
Adding Addresses to an Account
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Adding Addresses to an Account This article documents how to update an account's billing and shipping addresses using either the Account Management widget or the Control Panel. Using the Account...
Order Management Permissions
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Order Management Permissions With Liferay Commerce, you can use permissions to control access to Order Management applications and resources in the Commerce tab of the Global Menu (Global Menu). ...
Creating a New Account
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Creating a New Account There are two ways to create an account: 1) using the Account Management widget and 2) through the Control Panel. Access to the Control Panel is typically restricted to those...
Using Organizations to Create a Sales Network
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Using Organizations to Create a Sales Network The organizational structure of B2B sales networks can be mirrored in Liferay Commerce using the Organizations feature. Organizations are hierarchical...
Users and Accounts
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Users and Accounts Liferay Commerce provides specialized roles out of the box to satisfy e-commerce needs. These roles are included alongside the standard DXP roles and define basic user profiles...
Inventory Management Permissions
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Inventory Management Permissions With Liferay Commerce, you can use permissions to control access to Inventory Management applications and resources in the Commerce tab of the Global Menu (Global...
Settings Permissions
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Settings Permissions With Liferay Commerce, you can use permissions to control access to Settings applications in the Commerce tab of the Global Menu (Global Menu). Control access to Settings...
Pricing Permissions
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Pricing Permissions With Liferay Commerce, you can use permissions to control access to Pricing applications and resources in the Commerce tab of the Global Menu (Global Menu). Control access to...
Store Management Permissions
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Store Management Permissions With Liferay Commerce, you can use permissions to control access to Store Management applications and resources in the Commerce tab of the Global Menu (Global Menu). ...
Product Management Permissions
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Product Management Permissions With Liferay Commerce, you can use permissions to control access to Product Management applications and resources in the Commerce tab of the Global Menu (Global...
Account Management Page
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Account Management Page The Account Management page is where store administrators and account managers manage users and accounts. Users may be invited to the store and assigned account-specific...
Account Management
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Account Management Available Liferay 7.3 and Below In Liferay, accounts store customer information, such as billing and shipping addresses, order details, and VAT number. Once created, accounts...
Adding Organizations to Accounts for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions
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Adding Organizations to Accounts for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions Organizations can be added to an Account to simplify the management and administration of accounts. To learn more about using...
Creating a New Account Group for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions
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Creating a New Account Group for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions Account Groups allow accounts to be grouped based on business criteria, such as grouping accounts by geographic region (US West...
Commerce Roles and Permissions
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Commerce Roles and Permissions The permissions assigned to a user role determine the Liferay applications and resources they can access and use. You can scope each role to an instance, site,...
Commerce Account Roles
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Commerce Account Roles Account roles are sets of permissions that grant users specific abilities within an account context. These roles can be used to delegate account responsibilities, or paired...
Adding Organizations to Accounts
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Adding Organizations to Accounts Organizations can be added to an Account to simplify the management and administration of accounts. To learn more about using Organizations with Accounts see Using...
Inviting Users to an Account for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions
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Inviting Users to an Account for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions This article documents how to invite users to an account. Corporate accounts can have more than one user assigned to handle...
Creating a New Account Group
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Creating a New Account Group Account Groups allow accounts to be grouped based on business criteria, such as grouping accounts by geographic region (US West Coast, the Midwest, and the South)....
Inviting Users to an Account
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Inviting Users to an Account This article documents how to invite users to an account. Corporate accounts can have more than one user assigned to handle various aspects of a transaction. There are...
Managing Guest User Entries
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Managing Guest User Entries When you create an object and its application UI, unauthenticated users cannot add object entries, even if you add an object-backed application to a page and grant the...
Account Addresses
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Account Addresses Available 7.4+ Account addresses are the billing or shipping addresses associated with Business or Person accounts. Adding an Account Address Open the Global Menu (Global...
Account Management Widget
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Account Management Widget Available 7.4+ Use Account Management widget to manage and access account information from any page. This provides access for those without permission to view the Control...
Channel Defaults Permissions Reference
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Channel Defaults Permissions Reference Liferay DXP 7.4 U75+/GA75+ Setting channel defaults for an account ensures that addresses, shipping options, terms and conditions, and payment methods are...
Using Workflow with Accounts
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Using Workflow with Accounts Liferay 7.4 U49+/GA49+ Accounts are fully integrated with Liferay's workflow engine, so you can enable an approval process for account creation. To enable a workflow...
Organizations
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Organizations Organizations in Liferay can enable distributed user and site management that reflects real world organizational hierarchies. Organizations can nest to an unlimited number of...
Adding Users to Organizations
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Adding Users to Organizations With Liferay organizations, you can manage users and permissions to model your real-life organizational hierarchy, which can then be quickly implemented in...
Adding a New Organization Type
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Adding a New Organization Type By default, Liferay DXP only includes the Organization type. You can configure the existing type or add additional types in System Settings → Users → Organization...
Creating and Managing Organizations
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Creating and Managing Organizations If you're not sure what Organizations are or whether you need them, start here. Adding Organizations Click Users and Organizations from Control Panel → Users....
Organization Roles
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Organization Roles Liferay Organizations provide a convenient way to implement distributed User management. With them, you can use Organization-scoped Roles to assign standard permissions to all...
Organization Sites
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Organization Sites Liferay Organizations enable distributed User management, providing a convenient way to organize and manage instance users and roles to reflect your organizational hierarchy....
Assigning Roles to User Segments
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Assigning Roles to User Segments Liferay DXP 7.2 SP2+, Liferay CE 7.3.1 GA2+ User segments are dynamically assigned user collections. If a segment can be well-defined with the available criteria,...
Assigning Users to Roles
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Assigning Users to Roles The location of a role's assignment UI corresponds with the Role's scope. Regular Roles Globally scoped regular roles are available for configuration in the DXP Control...
Creating and Managing Roles
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Creating and Managing Roles Once you understand roles and permissions, you can create the roles and empower your users to work within your Liferay DXP solution. Create and manage roles in Control...
Default Roles Reference
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Default Roles Reference All roles available in a Liferay DXP installation can be viewed in the Roles administrative application, organized by scope. Navigate there using Control Panel → Users →...
Defining Role Permissions
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Defining Role Permissions Roles collect permissions, so when users are given a role, they inherit all its permissions. If you create a role with permission to access something in the Control...
Understanding Roles and Permissions
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Understanding Roles and Permissions To give users the necessary permissions to perform their intended function within Liferay DXP, you must first associate the set of permissions with a role. ...
Service Accounts
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Service Accounts A service account is a common abstraction in systems used to make authenticated API requests on behalf of the system. Every virtual instance in Liferay comes with one service...
Creating and Managing User Groups
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Creating and Managing User Groups A user group is a list of users created for a specific purpose. User groups can be created across the hierarchical boundaries of organizations. For example, an...
Managing Site Membership and Permissions with User Groups
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Managing Site Membership and Permissions with User Groups You can use user groups to manage site membership, roles, and permissions. Managing Site Membership with User Groups One of the primary...
Introduction to the Admin Account
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Introduction to the Admin Account The Admin User account is created by default in any new installation of Liferay DXP and has full permissions to modify every facet of a Liferay DXP instance. The...
Users
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Users Every person who accesses a Liferay site is considered a user. Unauthenticated users are considered Guest users. Liferay ships out-of-the-box with a default admin user who has complete...
Updating User Profile Pictures for Liferay 7.3 and Earlier Versions
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Updating User Profile Pictures for Liferay 7.3 and Earlier Versions Users have profile pictures. Administrative Users can upload images in the Edit User form, and Users can update their own account...
Adding Addresses to an Account for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions
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Adding Addresses to an Account for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions This article documents how to update an account's billing and shipping addresses using either the Control Panel. Navigate to...
Standard Permissions
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Standard Permissions Liferay defines several standard permissions across various applications and resources, such as view, edit, update, and more. Managing permissions Permissions are best managed...
Adding and Managing Users
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Adding and Managing Users Core user management activities include adding, editing, and deleting users. These activities are typically restricted to Administrative users. Adding Users Open the...
Account Users
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Account Users For Liferay 7.4 U55+/GA55+ Once you've created an account, you can associate existing users with it manually. Alternatively, you can create and associate users with an account...
Adding Subtypes to Account Addresses
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Adding Subtypes to Account Addresses Liferay DXP 2025.Q2+ In addition to billing and shipping address types, administrators can define and assign custom subtypes for account addresses. This...
Creating a New Account for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions
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Creating a New Account for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions Create an account through the Control Panel. Access to the Control Panel is typically restricted to those with administrative...
Commerce Roles Reference
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Commerce Roles Reference Liferay includes four roles out-of-the-box for Commerce: account administrator, account member, buyer, and order manager. You can modify these roles or create additional...
Updating User Profile Pictures
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Updating User Profile Pictures Users have profile pictures. Administrative Users can upload images in the Edit User form, and Users can update their own account information, including profile...