Introduction
If you haven't used ACMS before and you'd like to start with the basics, you've come to the right place!
Logging into ACMS
As soon as you have been given user access by an admin, you should receive your temporary login details via email. Click on the link in the email to navigate to ACMS and enter your login credentials. You will be asked to change your password straight away, you may also be asked to read and accept your company's GDPR statement, you'll only be asked to do this once.
Did you know?
We can make it mandatory for users to accept a GDPR statement before accessing ACMS for the first time. The content of the statement is fully configurable and can be edited at anytime. If the statement is edited then all users must accept the statement again, when they next log in.
If you ever forget your username or password just head to the login page and either select 'Forgot Username?' or 'Forgot Password?'. These links will take you through the necessary steps to reset your login credentials.
On some systems it may be possible to login using either your work email address or set username.
Security Groups
When your user access was enabled, you would have been assigned a security and user role group. These two things dictate who you can see, what pages/tabs you can see and what actions you're allowed to carry out on ACMS.
Security groups and user role groups are set up differently for each customer in order to make sure every user has the functionality necessary to carry out their role's responsibilities. You should only be able to see who you need to see so don't be alarmed if you don't have the same access as your mate!
Furthermore, whether or not you are an assessor or investigator will also impact what you can see and do on ACMS. If you think your user access needs to be changed, talk to your company admin and we'll see what we can do!
Homepage
The first thing that you will see when you log into ACMS is the Homepage. This is a dashboard made up of different widgets which has been designed to highlight the tasks you need to carry out on the system.
A series of coloured tiles indicate which items are outstanding on your to-do list. Each widget will take you to a different page when you click on it.
Did you know?
It's possible to save default layouts for each security group on the system.
You may notice that some of the widgets have a small cog icon in the top right hand corner. This indicates that the appearance of the widget can be changed e.g. the number of tiles displayed.
People Search
As ACMS is all about managing the competence of people, often users want to look at the competency file for a particular candidate. The people search widget at the top of the Homepage can be used to search and find someone on ACMS.