Use Google for authentication with Showpad

Note: This article is about the new beta Admin App, which is still in development. Changes may occur. Please provide feedback directly in the beta app.

Showpad provides an OAuth-based service that lets users sign in with their Google account. This simplifies access by reducing the need to manage multiple usernames and passwords.

This article describes how you can enable signing in with Google service. Google users are mapped to Showpad users by email address.

Note: Auto-provisioning is not supported to prevent other Google users from signing in to Showpad. You need to create your users with their Google email addresses manually in Showpad.

See how it looks

Key features

• Users can log in to Showpad with their Google accounts
• Reduce security threats to sensitive data loss
• Centralized user, password, and authorization management

You need this to succeed

• Admin App enabled
• Feature availability depends on your subscription package
• Showpad administrator account
• Users need to be created in Showpad with their Google email address

Do this step by step

1. In the Admin App, click the Users tab.

2. Check if the users’ e-mail addresses are Google accounts. If not, create new users with their Google accounts.

3. To enable the sign-in option with a Google account, click the gear icon to open settings.

4. Select Sign On from the left menu and toggle on the Google Authentication switch.

See how it works in the current Online Platform.