Changing a user's personal details

You can enter various pieces of personal information about the user who will use the account to log on to Oracle Portal, for example their name and contact information.

All fields for personal details are optional and do not have to be filled in for the user account to be valid. However, the more information you provide, the more useful this user's directory listing will be to other users.

You must be the portal administrator to change another user's personal details.

To change a user's personal details:

  1. In the Users portlet, enter the user name of the user whose personal information you want to change in the Name field. If you are not sure of the user name, click and select from the list provided.

    By default, the Users portlet is located on the Oracle Portal home page's Administer tab.

  2. Click Edit.

  3. In the First Name, Middle Name, and Last Name fields, enter the full name of the user.

  4. In the Employee Number field, enter the employee number of the user.

  5. In the E-mail Address field, enter the e-mail address to which to send the user's Workflow notifications. This e-mail address is also included in the user's listing in the portal directory.

  6. In the Job Title field, enter the user's job title, for example Human Resources Manager or Database Administrator. If you are not sure of the user's job title, click and select from the list of titles already in use.

    Note: The job title does not need to already exist. If the job title does not already exist, it is added to the list of job titles exactly as you enter it here, so enter it carefully with the correct spelling and capitalization.

  7. In the Department field, enter the name of the department where the user works, for example Human Resources or Information Systems. If you are not sure of the user's department name, click and select from the list of departments already in use.

    Note: The department name does not need to already exist. If the department name does not already exist, it is added to the list of departments exactly as you enter it here, so enter it carefully with the correct spelling and capitalization.

  8. In the Manager field, enter the user name of the user's manager, for example SCOTT. If you are not sure of the manager's user name, click and select from the list provided.

    Note: The manager's user name must already exist.

  9. In the Spending Limit field, enter the maximum amount the user can spend. Do not include any currency symbols, commas, or periods, for example enter 1000 rather than $1,000.

  10. In the Hire Date field, enter the date when the user joined the company. Use the format specified to the right of the field.

  11. In the Image File field, enter the path and file name of an image to associate with the user, for example:

    c:\healthyliving\webart\photos\scott.jpg

    Click Browse to locate the image if you are not sure of its path or file name. When you click Apply or OK, the image is uploaded to the database.

  12. Click Preferences.

  13. In the Known As field, enter any other name by which the user is known, for example, a nickname.

  14. In the Maiden Name field, enter the user's last name if it was different prior to marriage.

  15. In the Date Of Birth field, enter the user's date of birth in the format specified to the right of the field.

  16. Click Contact Info.

  17. Enter the user's contact information, including telephone numbers and addresses at home and at work.

  18. Click OK.

Note

  • Any user can enter his or her own personal details for names, date of birth, phone numbers, and addresses. You might prefer to leave users to enter this information themselves. A user cannot enter his or her own organizational information--this information must be entered by a portal administrator.

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