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Don't forget to Save & Close on the user level too!

2a) Assign a Service Point

If you are doing testing of functionality involving circulation then you also want to assign a service point to your user.

From your user >> Actions >> Edit >> Scroll down to Service Points >> Click Add Service Points >> Choose one or more service points >> Click Save & Close to return to your user record >> Choose a Service Point preference from the drop-down >> Save & close the user record.

3) Send yourself a reset password email

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You will have 24 hours to set a password.

N.B. If you are creating a student who would just check out items, then steps 2) and 3) are not necessary.