4 Managing Your Profile with the Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console

4.1 Viewing Your Profile

To view your profile, select the My Profile tab, then choose View My Profile. The View My Profile window appears.

This window is described in "View My Profile".

4.2 Editing Your Profile

To edit your profile:

1. Select the My Profile tab, then choose Edit My Profile. The Edit My Profile window appears.

   This window is described in "Edit My Profile".

2. Make your changes.

3. Choose Submit.

4.3 Changing Your Own Password and Password Hint

You can use the Self-Service Console to change your own password to OracleAS Single Sign-On and other Oracle components. Changing your password for OracleAS Single Sign-On also changes your password for any applications that use OracleAS Single Sign-On for authentication.

To change your password, select the My Profile tab, then select Change My Password. The Change Password window appears. You can use this window to change your password to either OracleAS Single Sign-On or to another Oracle component.

This window is described in "Change Password".

To change your password to Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On:

1. In the Single Sign-On Password section, in the Old Password field, enter your current password.

2. In the New Password field, enter your new password, then confirm it by entering it again in the Confirm New Password field.

3. In the Password Reset section, in the Password Reset Hint field, enter a question—for example, your mother's maiden name. If you later forget your password, then you will be asked this question. If your answer is correct, then your password will be retrieved for you.

4. In the Answer to Password Reset Hint field, enter the answer to the hint you just entered in the previous field.

5. Choose Submit.

   
   

   Note: When you enter an answer to your password hint in the Answer to Password Hint field, be sure to remember the answer exactly as you entered it. Any deviation—for example, extra spaces, additional hyphens, or capitalizations—cause the hint answer not to match the stored version.

   
   

To change your password to another Oracle component that is not enabled for Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On:

1. In the Application Passwords section, select the Oracle component for which you want to specify a new password.

2. Choose Update Password. The Change Application Password window appears.

   This window is described in "Change Application Password".

3. In the New Password field, enter your new password, then confirm it in the Confirm New Password field.

4. Choose Submit.

4.4 Resetting Your Password If You Forget It

If you forget your password, you can reset it. For security reasons, this requires you to answer the question you specified when you first established your password.

1. In the Self-Service Console home page, choose Forgot My Password. The Reset My Single Sign-On Password window appears.

   This window is described in "Reset My Single Sign-On Password".

2. In the Confirm Identity section, enter values for the fields. These fields are specific to your environment and are configured by the administrator. You must also enter the name of your company.

3. Choose Next. The Confirm Additional Personal Information window appears.

   This window is described in "Confirm Additional Personal Information".

4. If, in "Changing Your Own Password and Password Hint", you set your password hint, then the Confirm Additional Personal Information window asks you a question based on that hint. Enter the answer to the password hint you specified.

   If you did not previously set a password hint, then the Confirm Additional Personal Information window prompts you for other personal data as configured by your administrator. This data is then used to validate your identity.

5. Choose Next. The Reset SSO Password window appears.

   This window is described in "Reset SSO Password".

6. In the New Password field, enter your new password, then confirm it by entering it again in the Confirm New Password field.

7. Choose Submit.

4.5 Viewing Your Organizational Chart

The Self-Service Console includes an organization chart that displays your organization's hierarchy. The hierarchy is created automatically according to each employee's manager and title.

To locate yourself within the hierarchy of your organization, select the My Profile tab, then select View My Org Chart. To locate another employee within the hierarchy of your organization, perform the following steps:

1. Search for an employee by following the instructions described in "Searching for Entries by Using the Self-Service Console".

2. Click the employee's Job Title link to display the Organization Chart window.

   This window is described in "Organization Chart".

The organization chart displays in a table that enables you to expand and collapse the entries beneath each manager. The organizational chart includes the following entries:

• All managers above the currently selected employee

• All peers of the currently selected employee

• All employees who report to the currently selected employee

You can view a employee's profile by clicking his or her name in the organizational chart. You can also navigate the organizational hierarchy by clicking an employee's Job Title link.

4.6 Changing Your Time Zone Setting

To change your time zone setting this:

1. Select the My Profile tab, then select Change My Time Zone. This takes you to the Time Zone Settings window.

   This window is described in "Time Zone Settings".

2. In the Time Zones Settings window, select your new time zone, then choose Submit.

4.7 Managing Your Own Resource Information

To fulfill the requests of users, some Oracle components gather data from various repositories and services. To gather the data, these components require the following information:

• Information specifying the type of resource from which the data is to be gathered. The type of resource could be, for example, an Oracle Database. This is called resource type information.

• Information for connecting and authenticating users to the resources. This is called resource access information.

You can use the Self-Service Console to create, modify, and delete resource access information, as described in the following topics.

• Creating Resource Access Information

• Modifying Resource Access Information

• Deleting Resource Access Information

You can manage your own resource access information only if the administrator has specified a resource type. If a resource type has been specified, then a Preferences link appears.