HOW TO: Reset a community portal username and password

Prerequisite: You must have a Salesforce ADMIN account to reset passwords for committee members or for AFDO members.

1

Login to AFDO’s Salesforce dashboard

  • Navigate to https://afdo.my.salesforce.com/
  • enter you email address in the username field
  • enter your password, in the password field
  • Click the LOG IN button

2

Navigate to the SETUP page

  • In the upper right corner of your screen, click the GEAR icon.
  • From the gear dropdown, click the SETUP link.

click the gear icon, then click the setup link in the dropdown

3

From the Setup page, navigate to the USERS page

  • In the live search bar on the left, type the word: Users
  • You will see several results. Click the word Users at the bottom of the list.

enter USERS in the search bar, then click the USERS link in the results

4

Select Active Community User List

  • Next, you’ll be on the USERS page.
  • Find the VIEW dropdown field, and select ACTIVE USERS – COMMUNITY

NOTE: the Active Users – Non Community list consists of internal AFDO staff member login, connected to the AFDO Salesforce administrative site (https://afdo.my.salesforce.com/) – NOT the community portal.

5

Choose user(s) who need a password reset

  • In the USERS page you will see a table of all the active users.
  • FIND the name of the person who needs their password reset.
  • Click on the BOX to the left of their full name.
  • Once you have selected the checkbox, click on the RESET PASSWORD(S) button.

6

Submit password reset

  • After you click the reset button, you will see a pop up – asking you to confirm the password reset.
  • Click the OK.

7

View confirmation screen

  • That’s it! The next screen you see will be a confirmation on the user who will be sent a password reset email.

Here is an example of the email that Salesforce will send to the user. Please note, the email will come from afdo@afdo.org