# Link to Your School

Connect a cloud account to a student or staff profile in your school's database.

* This connects their login to their actual record
* Without this, they can log in but won't see their data
* An administrator does this once for each person

### How to Link an Account (For Administrators)

1. **Open the Profile** In eSkool desktop, go to **Students** or **Staff** and select the person.
2. **Start the Link** Find the cloud account section and choose to link a portal account.
3. **Enter Their Email** Enter the email they registered with on the eSkool web portal.

   ![Linking by email.](https://4009204405-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FLJL6jrNxyIAefKVOqlgh%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-3586da601ddbc32160b2ba27af53572ffdadc929%2Fadding-a-student-by-email_fr.png?alt=media)
4. **Confirm** Confirm the link. The person can now log in to the portal and see their data.