Guest cards

You can assign cards as Guest Cards to provide temporary access to visitors, contractors, interviewees, or short-term staff.

1. Add and activate a new credential as a Guest Card or assign an existing card to a guest by clicking “Guest Card” in the Add Guest menu or on the Credential Details page.
2. Filter credentials by guest on the Physical Credentials index page.
3. Deassign the guest and assign the card to a user to use it as a regular access card.

If guest access was granted for a fixed period, the card will remain assigned to the guest after expiration, but the Access Rights section will be empty. New access can be granted to the same guest .

Adding Guest cards

Enter card data

1. Sign in to Kisi
2. On your organization dashboard, click on Credentials
3. Click on Add credential and select Guest Card
4. Under the Enter card data tab (selected by default), select the Card Type
5. Enter the card data based on the selected Card Type
6. Click Next
7. Provide the Guest Name
8. Select the group under Search Group
9. Set the validity period by using the Valid from and Valid until fields. To issue a guest card that is active immediately and never expires, leave both fields blank.
10. Click Assign.

Scan at a Kisi Reader

1. Sign in to Kisi
2. On your organization dashboard, click on Credentials
3. Click on Add Credential and select Guest Card
4. Select the Scan at reader tab
5. Under Search place, select the place where the reader you want to use for scanning is installed
6. Under Search door, select the door connected to this reader
7. Under Select reader, select the Kisi reader you want to use for scanning. If the selected door has only one reader assigned, it will be selected by default.
8. Select the credential type
9. Scan your credential by tapping it to the reader
10. Once the credential has been detected, click Next
11. Provide the Guest Name
12. Select the group under Search Group
13. Set the validity period by using the Valid from and Valid until fields. To issue a guest card that is active immediately and never expires, leave both fields blank.
14. Click Assign.

Assigning a guest to an existing card

1. Sign in to Kisi
2. On your organization dashboard, click on Credentials
3. Use the search bar to locate the card or click Assignted To to filter by User or Guest
4. Select the card and click Guest Card
5. Provide the Guest Name
6. Select the group under Search Group
7. Set the validity period by using the Valid from and Valid until fields. To issue a guest card that is active immediately and never expires, leave both fields blank.
8. Click Assign

Info

If the existing card is already assigned to a user or guest, deassign it first, then click Guest Card

Deassigning a guest to an existing card

1. Sign in to Kisi
2. On your organization dashboard, click on Credentials
3. Select the card from the list.
4. Click Deassign and confirm

Tip

You can also use the Search Credentials field to quickly find the card, or click Assigned To to open Assigned to Filter, then under Search By, select Guest, enter the guest's name, and click Apply