User - Main

This page lets you view or define user information and access settings.

To open the page, either:

• Choose the Admin > Users menu item.
• Choose the Main > My Preferences menu item; or,
• Click the Preferences link on the actions/navigation bar;

Note that some fields appear only when the page is opened from the from the Admin menu.

Description of Page

• Basic user identification information is viewed or set in the First Name, Last Name, User ID, and Login ID fields, all of which are available only when the page is opened from the Admin menu.

  User and logon IDs must be unique. An example of a long ID is a single sign-on ID in an LDAP system.

• Language Code defines the language in which the user's screen prompts and messages appear.

The next group of fields is used to view or set user preferences. For example, you can set up portal preferences on a "template user" and indicate that specified users will inherit their portal preferences from the template. Doing so provides consistency in the application of account information and dashboard zones.

The following describes how to use other fields on this page.

• Set User Enabled to allow the user to access the system.

  Note: This field, available only when the page is accessed through the Admin menu, provides special field-level security. A user can change the field only if the Enable/Disable access mode is set.

• Set User Type to Template User if the user's preferences are to match those of other users. This field is available only when the page is accessed through the Admin menu.

• If a user's portal preferences are to be inherited from a "template user", use the Portals Profile User ID to define the user ID of the template user. If applied, the specified user will inherit portal preferences from the Portals Profile User ID and will be unable to customize those preferences. This field is available only when the page is accessed through the Admin menu.

• If a user's favorite links are to be inherited from a "template user", use the Favorites Profile User ID to define the user ID of the template user. If applied, the specified user will inherit favorites preferences from the Favorites Profile User ID and will be unable to customize those preferences. This field is available only when the page is accessed through the Admin menu.

• Display Profile ID defines the display options for the user.
• Though the system does not currently make use of the Email ID field, a user's email address can be entered should your implementation require this information to be recorded.

• Dashboard Width defines the number of pixels to use for the user's dashboard area. For monitors capable of displaying 1024X768 pixels, we recommend a setting of 200.

• Home Page defines the page that appears when the user starts a session or clicks the Home link.

• The User Group collection defines the group(s) with which the user is associated and the date (if any) when the user's association expires. This feature is available only when the page is accessed through the Admin menu. For more information, see The Big Picture Of Application Security.

  Participation in a user group can also be established or maintained through the User Group - Users page.