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title: "User Setup"
description: "API documentation for setting up a new user in Business NXT, including creating layouts and assigning application access roles."
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  en: https://docs.vismasoftware.no/businessnxtapi/authentication/service/user_setup/index.md
lastmod: 2026-07-10
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> Documentation index: https://docs.vismasoftware.no/businessnxtapi/authentication/service/llms.txt


# User Setup

Last modified July 10, 2026

> API documentation for setting up a new user in Business NXT, including creating layouts and assigning application access roles.


In order to perform operations in company in Business NXT using GraphQL from a service (using an access token with *client credentials* grant type), you must perform in Business NXT the registration steps described below.

> [!TIP]
>
> In order to be able to add users to the `User` table, your Visma.net user must have the `Application access` and `System supervisor` roles assign in **Visma.net Admin**.
>
> ![Application access role](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/businessnxtapi/authentication/service/vbuser7.png)

> [!NOTE]
> The user added in this step to the `User` table is not a Visma.Net user and not added in **Visma.Net Admin**. It is only a mapping between a Business NXT user and Developer Portal client ID.

The setup consists of the following steps:

1. Create a new layout and add the **User** table.
![Open the User table](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/businessnxtapi/authentication/service/vbuser1.png)

2. Unhide the **Connect Application** column from this table.
![Unhide the Connect Application column](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/businessnxtapi/authentication/service/vbuser2.png)

3. Add a new user having the same name as the client identifier (*client_id*) of your newly registered service. You must check the *Connect application* checkbox before saving the new user.
![Add a new user](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/businessnxtapi/authentication/service/vbuser3.png)

4. Either create a new layout or use the same layout and add the **Connect Application Access** table.
![Open the Connect Application Access table](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/businessnxtapi/authentication/service/vbuser4.png)

5. Add the newly created user to this table. Select the company to which you want to grant access to your service by entering its number in the **Column no.** field.
![Add the new user](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/businessnxtapi/authentication/service/vbuser5.png)

6. Select the desired access group that defines the access rights for this company.
![Select an access group](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/businessnxtapi/authentication/service/vbuser6.png)

7. Save the changes to the table.

You must repeat the steps 5 and 6 for each company to which you want to grant access for your service.


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