Viewing and Editing General Profile Information

View and edit your basic profile information in the General section.

You can edit your First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, Job Title, Personal Title, Home Department, and Profile Photo from the General section.

To edit your general profile information, follow these steps:

  1. In the General section, complete the fields listed in the table below. An asterisk * indicates that a value must be entered for this field.
    Field Maximum Length Description

    Facility *

    50

    Displays the facility that represents your physical location. If you do not have a specific facility associated with your profile, the default Global facility is displayed.

    If you have multiple facilities associated with your profile, you can click on the Facility field arrowhead to toggle between the facilities.

    First Name *

    50

    Displays your first name. This field is auto populated if your Vocera system is integrated with your organization's Active Directory.

    You can change your first name and enter a new first name.

    The name must start with a letter or digit. It must contain only letters, digits, spaces, apostrophes ('), underscores (_), or dashes (-). No other characters are allowed.

    By default, the speech recognition system uses the names you enter to recognize users. If people refer to a user by something other than the name you enter here, provide an Alternate Spoken Name in the Speech Recognition section.

    Middle Name

    50

    (Optional) Enter the user's middle name.

    The middle name must start with a letter or digit. It must contain only letters, digits, spaces, apostrophes ('), underscores (_), or dashes (-). No other characters are allowed.

    Last Name *

    50

    Enter the user's last name.

    The last name must start with a letter or digit. It must contain only letters, digits, spaces, apostrophes ('), underscores (_), or dashes (-). No other characters are allowed.

    Job Title

    100

    (Optional) Enter a job title for the new user. Provide the full spelling of the title rather than an abbreviation.

    For example, enter Professor instead of Prof.

    Personal Title

    100

    (Optional) Enter a personal title for the new user. For example, Mr., Ms., Mrs.

    Home Department

    50

    Displays the home department assigned by your system administrator.

    If you don't have an assigned home department, click Find Dept. to display the Find a Department dialog box,and select a home department from the list. If your organization has multiple facilities connected to the same Voice Service, choose the facility that represents your physical location.

    Profile Photo

    100 KB

    Displays your profile photo (if uploaded via your organization's active directory). If no profile picture is displayed, you can upload a new photo. You can click the Edit link on the Profile Photo field to select a new photo and upload it as your profile photo. Only jpeg and png filetypes are supported. For more information on adding a profile photo, see, Adding or Editing a Profile Photo.
    Note: You cannot edit or remove your profile photo, if your profile photo was imported via the active directory (LDAP) integration.
  2. Select one of the following from the top right hand corner of the My Profile:
    • Save — to save your changes.
    • Cancel — to exit the General section without saving any changes.