Create a Multiuser Application

Last updated 21/08/2025

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You can find the Create a Multiuser Application video in the Introductory Videos chapter that will cover this documentation.

When you initially save an application in Five, it will be a single-user application. When the application is saved, Five creates your database. Five needs this database created before you can turn your application into multiuser, as Five creates the iUser table in this database. The iUser table is used to store the users of your application.

Create a Multiuser Application

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If you were navigating around Five in the previous chapter, click either the Applications breadcrumb or the Up button in Five's toolbar to return to the Applications view.

1. Click the Edit button in the form app bar.

Figure 1 - Edit button

2. Click the Multiuser switch and the Save button in the form app bar.

Figure 2 - Multiuser application

What Five Creates When an Application Becomes Multiuser

When an application becomes multiuser, Five creates a table called iUser in the application's database. This table is used to store all the users of your application. You can see the iUser record by clicking the Manage button, selecting Data in the menu followed by Tables in the sub-menu and selecting the iUser record in the list.

Figure 3 - Tables menu item

Figure 4 - iUser record

The Users form is created and uses the iUser table as its data source. You can see the Users record by selecting Visual in the menu followed by Forms in the sub-menu and selecting the Users record.

Figure 5 - Forms menu item

Figure 6 - Users form record

The Users menu is created and references the Users form. You can see the Users record by selecting Visual in the menu followed by Menus in the sub-menu and selecting the Users record.

Figure 7 - Menus menu item

Figure 8 - Users menu record