Candidate Edit Personal
The Candidate personal edit page allows users to edit demographic information for a Candidate record. Once changes are made the user can click the Save button in the bottom right hand corner to commit changes to the database. Note: User permissions might be restricted by Form permissions, Bank permissions (if in Bank Level 3 Banks and Bank Level) or the record being locked.
Encrypted Fields
The Candidate personal entry page has two encrypted fields. The Secure Identification field and the Password field. While they appear in plain text on the page they are encrypted when stored in the database.
Tab Strip
The tab strip at the top of the page allows the user to go back to the Candidate entry grid Selection, to the Contact page, to the Notes and Custom page or to the Photo page. Audit will navigate to the Audit page and displays Audit information for the selected record.
Candidate Fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Candidate ID | Will populate automatically when the Candidate is created. Unique identifier of the Candidate. |
| Display ID | This is the human readable ID the Candidate is referenced by the user. it is alphanumeric. |
| First Name | Candidate's first name. |
| Middle Name | Candidate's middle name. |
| Last Name | Candidate's last name. |
| External ID | Used to keep track of IDs from other systems that might be used with CE. often Display ID and External ID are the same. |
| Prefix | Prefix (ex: Mrs, Mr, Miss etc) |
| Suffix | Suffix (ex: PhD) |
| Birth Date | The Candidate's Birth Date. |
| Birth City | The Candidate's city of birth. |
| Birth Country | The Candidate's country of birth. |
| Gender | The Candidate's gender. See Gender Entry for more. |
| Ethnicity | The Candidate's ethnicity. See Ethnicity Entry for more. |
| Status | Status is for use with Candidate Portal. |
| Correspondence Language | The language used to correspond with the Candidate. Mainly for Marking Center and Candidate Portal components of CE. |
| Native Language | The native language of the Candidate tracked for demographic purposes. Mainly for Marking Center and Candidate Portal components of CE. |
| Exam Language | The language the Candidate will use on an Exam. That way candidate copy of Exam is in Exam language and Markers assigned to mark their Exam are correct language. Mainly for Marking Center and Candidate Portal components of CE. |
| Effective Date | By default, on most tools, only effective/non-expired records are available to be selected. Either to be edited or linked to another record. An effective record is a record with an Effective Date prior to today. By default, the Effective Date is set to the previous day on all newly created records. Effective and Expiry Dates |
| Expiry Date | By default, on most tools, only effective/non-expired records are available to be selected. Either to be edited or linked to another record. An expired record is a record with an Expiry Date prior to today. By default, the Expiry Date is set to December 31, 2100 on all newly created records. Effective and Expiry Dates |
Candidate Security
CE has a component called Candidate Portal. This component allows Candidates to login to CE to maintain their contact information, register for Exams and view results. If Candidate Portal is in use, the Candidate login information can be setup here. otherwise, this area is disabled.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Login ID | This is the ID the Candidate will use to login to the Candidate Portal. |
| Password | This is the password the Candidate will use to login to the Candidate Portal. |
| Last Logged In | The most recent date/time the Candidate logged into the Candidate Portal. [Read Only] |
| Total Fails | The number of failed login attempts. [Read Only] |
| Date Password Changed | The date the Candidate password was last changed. [Read Only] |
| Is Active | If not checked the Candidate cannot log in. |
| Password Change not Required | If checked the Candidate must change their password on next login. See change password for more. |
| Password Cannot Expire | If checked the password will not have to be reset. If unchecked, then CE will check if the time since the password was last set exceeds the password retention range and if so force the Candidate to change their password prior to accessing Candidate Portal. The password retention range is maintainable in the web.config. |
| Password not Locked | If there are a number of failed attempts exceeding the failed attempts limit then the Candidate's account is locked. The failed attempts limit is maintainable in the web.config. |
