Personalizing Your Account

In the User page, click the Account link to personalize your application settings, change your user name and password, and change your security questions and answers. You are required to type your password to save your changes.

Modifying Your Application Settings

Use the Application Settings section to:

Change your e-mail address, if granted permission by the administrator
Select the home information that displays in the Employee Directory
Set the start month for the calendars that display on the Pay Check Calendar and Leave Balances pages

Follow these steps to modify your application settings:

Click the Name link to display the User page.
Click the Account link to display the Account page.
Click the Expand button to expand the Application Settings section.

Modify your e-mail address, if necessary.


Tip: Your administrator must grant you permission to change your LINQ EP e-mail address. If permission is not granted, this field is protected.

Under the Personal Directory Settings, click to select any combination of the following check boxes, if displayed:
1. Click to select the Show Home Address check box to display your home address in the Personal Information section of the Employee Directory page. Select this option to make your home address visible to all employees.
2. Click to select the Show Home Phone check box to display your home telephone number in the Personal Information section of the Employee Directory page. Select this option to make your home telephone number visible to all employees.
3. Click to select the Show Mobile Phone 1 check box to display your mobile telephone number in the Personal Information section of the Employee Directory page. Select this option to make your mobile telephone number visible to all employees.
4. Click to select the Show Mobile Phone 2 check box to display second mobile telephone number in the Personal Information section of the Employee Directory page. Select this option to make your second mobile telephone number visible to all employees.
Click to select the Show Home Email check box to display your home e-mail address in the Personal Information section of the Employee Directory page. Select this option to make your home e-mail address visible to all employees.

Leave a check box blank to prevent the corresponding personal information from displaying in the Personal Information section of the Employee Directory page.

Tip: Your LINQ EP administrator determines the Personal Directory Settings that display on this page.

In the Calendar Start Month field, click the Drop-down arrow to select the first month that will display in the calendars throughout LINQ EP. For example, to display a calendar from January through December, select January as the starting month.

Tip: Your LINQ ERP administrator defines the default value for this field.
Click the button to save your application settings.
When prompted, enter your current password.
Click the button.

Modifying Your User Account

Follow these steps to change your user name and/or password. This section displays only if you created a unique usernameType a user name that is at last six characters in length. You can use letters, numbers, and special characters (!, $, &, etc.). and password when creating your LINQ EP account.

Notes: The User Account section does not display if your organization is using LDAP authentication; however, if your organization is using LDAP authentication and allows employees assigned a specific employment status in LINQ ERP to access LINQ EP using their LINQ EP authentication (e.g., a terminated or inactive employee) this section will display if your employment status defined in LINQ ERP matches an employment status with permission to use your LINQ EP user name and password to access LINQ EP.

You can't reset the default Administrator password. The following message will display if you try to reset this password: "The password cannot be reset for the ADMINISTRATOR account."

Click the button to close the message and contract your LINQ ERP system administror for assistance.

Click the Name link to display the User page.
Click the Account link to display the Account page.
Click the Expand button to expand the User Account section.
To change your user name:
- Click to highlight the current user name displayed in the User Name field.
- Type a new User Name that is at least six characters in length. You can use letters, numbers, and special characters (!, $, &, etc.).
To change your password:
- Type your Old Password.
- Type a New Password that is at least eight characters in length. Your password must include upper and lower case letters with at least one lower case letter, one or more numbers (1, 2, 3, etc.) and at least one of these special characters (!@#$%^&*?_~ ).
- Retype your new password in the Confirm Password field.
Click the button to save your new user name and/or password.
When prompted, enter your current password.
Click the button.

Modifying Your Security Questions

You can modify the personal questions that may display when requesting your user name or resetting your password. Examples of personal questions include your favorite hobby, mother's maiden name, the name of the college from which you graduated, and so on. You can also modify the answers to these questions.

Answers to security questions are masked for security purposes. The next time the Account page is accessed the message "Saved Value Not Displayed" is displayed in the Answer field for each security question.

Note: The Security Questions section does not display if your organization is using LDAP authentication; however, if your organization is using LDAP authentication and allows employees assigned a specific employment status in LINQ ERP to access LINQ EP using their LINQ EP authentication (e.g., a terminated or inactive employee) this section will display if your employment status defined in LINQ ERP matches an employment status with permission to use your LINQ EP user name and password to access LINQ EP.

Follow these steps to change a security question and/or answer:

Click the Name link to display the User page.
Click the Account link to display the Account page.
Click the Expand button to expand the Security Questions section.
To change a security question:
- Click to highlight the current question text displayed in the applicable Question (1-3) field.
- Type the new question.
- To change an answer to a security question, type the new answer.
Click the button to save the security questions and/or answers.
When prompted, enter your current password.
Click the button. A message displays"Security Questions and Answers updated."
When finished, close the form.