Creating a Driver
Use the following instructions to create a driver profile for your fleet. After you have created a driver profile, you can update the driver information from the Driver page in Settings.
Note
Log-in information, including Driver ID, Password, and Fleet name, is case sensitive. Driver password can only be changed from the Samsara dashboard.
- Sign in to your Samsara Dashboard at https://cloud.samsara.com.
- Select Settings (
). - Within Organization settings, select Drivers.
- Select + Add a driver to access the driver creation form.
- Enter the driver information and select Save at the bottom of the form.
Updating Driver Information
After a driver's account has been created, the driver's profile information can be edited using the Edit button next to a driver's account name.
Change Driver Password
- Sign in to your Samsara Dashboard at https://cloud.samsara.com.
- Select Settings ().
- Select Driver App > Drivers.
- Select Edit next to the driver's account name.
- Select Change Password.
- Enter the New Password and Save to confirm the changes.
Deactivating and Reactivating Drivers
In the case of a driver leaving or rejoining a company, you can easily deactivate or reactivate the driver's status in your Samsara Cloud Dashboard.
Important
Before you deactivate a driver in your Samsara Cloud, ensure that the driver has no active sessions in the app and has successfully signed out of the application.
- Log in to your organization in the Samsara Dashboard and navigate to Settings > Driver.
- To the right of the driver's name in the search results, you should see the option to Deactivate.
- Search the driver's name in the search box under Active Drivers.
- To the right of the driver's name in the search results, you should see More options (...).
- Select the More options (...) and you will see the option to Edit or Deactivate.
- Select Ok to confirm driver deactivation.
When you deactivate a driver, their historical records will remain in the Samsara Dashboard. After 30 days, the driver's name will not appear in the Driver HOS report unless a date range is selected in which that driver was active in the dashboard.
If you would like to reactivate a driver:
- Select the Deactivated Drivers tab.
- To the right of the driver's name in the search results, you should see the option to Reactivate when you select the More options (...).
- A pop-up should appear asking, "Are you sure you want to reactivate DRIVER NAME?".
- Select Ok.
Comments
2 comments
There should be an option to delete a deactivated driver.
Yes i fully Agree
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