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Research: SIMS - How to request SIMS person profile change

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Article Intended For

All University faculty, staff, researchers with permission to use and/or access Penn State Research Information Systems.

Introduction

These instructions will describe the process of how to request SIMS person profile change.

Article Body

Below is the process for requesting a change to an existing SIMS person profile.  Changes can be name, department affiliation or address changes.

  1. From IAF menu bar select Request Add Person
    IAF Navigation Menu with Request Add Person Option.

  2. Add Person form will display
    Empty Add Person Form.
  3. Validate PSU Access Account ID by selecting "red" lookup icon
      Access Account ID field shown with red lookup icon.
  4. When PSU Access Account ID is validated, the lookup icon will appear "green" 
      Access Account ID field shown with green lookup icon.
  5. If the user has a SIMS profile, the profile information will import into the form
    Message shown when user already has account. Indicates you can submit form to request updates.
  6. If you are changing the Department Affiliation, the affiliation must be validated
    Department Affiliation has a typehead feature where dynamic search results appear as you type.
  7. Once all required fields are completed the Submit button is enabled.
  8. You will receive a message at the bottom of the form and an email confirming the request will be sent from simslists@psu.edu.
    Message indicates an update request for the user was sent successfully.
  9. You will receive an email confirmation once the requested change is completed.

For more information, please contact simsadmin@psu.edu

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