How to create User Account?

1. Log into System Administrator responsibility > Security > User > Define

2. This opens up the User form

3. Enter the below details in the Users Section:

User Name: Enter a unique name to identify this user. User will enter this username to login to

Oracle Apps

Password: Enter the password. User enters this password along with his username to sign on to

Oracle Applications. You are required to enter the password again for verification.

Description: Enter a meaningful description for this user account.

Password Expiration: Specify when the current password should expire like after every 15 days

or after 100 accesses or no expiration at all.

Person: If this person has been created as an employee in HRMS, you can associate that

employee record to this user account by specifying the employee name (last name and first name

separated by comma) here.

Customer: If this person has been created as customer in AR, you can associate that customer

record to this user account by specifying the customer name (last name and first name separated

by comma) here.

Supplier: If this person has been created as Supplier in AP, you can associate that supplier record

to this user account by specifying the supplier name (last name and first name separated by

comma) here.

Email: Enter the Email address for this user

Fax: Enter the fax number for this user

Effective Dates: The user cannot sign login to Oracle Apps before the start date or after the end

date. The default for the start date is the current date. If you do not enter an end date, the

username is valid indefinitely.

Once a user account is created, you cannot delete it. You can only deactivate it by entering the

end date as current date.

4. Enter the below under “Direct Responsibilities” tab:

When a user account is created, he must be assigned at least one responsibility.

Responsibility: Enter the name of the responsibility you want to assign to this user.

From/To: A user can get into the assigned responsibility only after the start date and before

the end date.You cannot delete a responsibility. You can deactivate a user’s responsibility at any

time by setting the End Date to the current date.

5. Indirect Responsibilities:

These are used only if Oracle User Management module is implemented. The responsibilities

will automatically be inherited through membership of a group to which the responsibility has

been assigned.

6. Securing Attributes:

Securing attributes are used by some Oracle HTML-based applications to allow rows (records)

of data to be visible to specified users or responsibilities based on the specific data (attribute

values) contained in the row.

7. Once you enter the necessary details, save the work.