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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.
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.
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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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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Your LINQ EP 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.
Follow these steps to change your user name and/or password. This section displays only if you created a unique username and password when creating your LINQ EP account.
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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 Alio 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 Alio matches an employment status with permission to use your LINQ EP user name and password to access LINQ EP. |
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.
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You cannot reset the default Administrator password. If you try to reset the default Administrator password, the following message will display: "The password cannot be reset for the ADMINISTRATOR account." Click the |
Click the
button to save your new user name and/or password.
When prompted, enter your current password.
Click the
button.
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.
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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 Alio 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 Alio 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.
