3.7 Setting Up Common User IDs

To add or update the common user ID VP1:

1. From your browser, sign on to each applicable content provider database to which you want to connect from your PeopleSoft Portal Solutions database.

2. In the content provider database, select the PeopleSoft PeopleTools User Profiles page.

   For PeopleSoft 8.5x databases, select PeopleTools, Security, User Profiles, User Profiles.

3. On the Add a New Value tab, enter VP1 in the User ID field, and then click Add.

4. If this message appears: “The value you tried to add already exists. Select it below if you'd like to update it, or specify a new value in the fields above,” select the VP1 user ID value in the search results.

5. On the General tab, update the following settings:

   1. If the Symbolic ID field is blank, select the symbolic ID for your database.

   2. In the Password field, enter VP1.

   3. In the Confirm Password field, enter VP1.

6. On the ID tab, if the ID Type field is blank, select None.

   If the ID Type field is not blank, do not change it; leave it as is.

7. For PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.5x databases, insert the PeopleSoft Administrator role if it does not already exist on the Roles tab. Do not remove any existing roles.

8. Click Save.