3 User Information

You can manage your user profile and preferences from the Home page. Changes made to user information take effect immediately.

The following topics are covered in this chapter:

Changing your Password
Editing your Profile
Editing your Preferences

Changing your Password

To change your password:

On the Home page, select Edit Profile. Your user record opens in edit mode.
Select the Change Password action. The Confirm dialog box appears.

Figure 3-1 Confirm Password Change Dialog Box
Enter your current password. Enter your new password. Enter your new password again to confirm the change.
Select Ok. The new password is validated. If there are no errors, your password is changed.

Note:

The system automatically sends you an email message as a confirmation whenever you change your password.

Editing your Profile

To edit your user profile, select Edit Profile. Your user record opens in edit mode. You can edit any of the fields except for the following:

Login Id
Logon id Disabled?
Password Expired
External Authentication
Roles and Permissions fields

The following actions are available on this page:

Validate. The values on the page are validated.
Save. The user record is saved.
Save & Exit. The changes are saved and the tab is closed.
Exit. In the Save dialog box, select if you want to save or discard the changes.
Change password. For more information, see "Changing your Password."

Figure 3-2 User Record

Editing your Preferences

To edit your preferences, select Preferences. The Preferences tab opens. You can edit all of the details on this page.

The following actions are available on this page:

Validate. The values on the page are validated.
Save. The user record is saved.
Save & Exit. The changes are saved and the tab is closed.
Exit. In the Save dialog box, select if you want to save or discard the changes.
Restore default settings.
Restore specification status settings.

Figure 3-3 Preferences Page

Note:

The Switch on auto refresh of list views option will only appear if the feature is enabled for the portal. If used, it potentially improves performance by eliminating the constant rebuilding of lists.

If it is enabled, check the option if you wish to have the contents of list automatically refreshed each time you open the list during the session.

If unchecked, the contents of list views will be automatically refreshed when you initially open the list during the session, but if you switch to another page and return to the list, the contents will only refresh if you use the Refresh action (or close and reopen the list view).