Changing an Employee's PIN

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In T&A your PIN is the four digit code which you use with T&A clocking and access control terminals. The Employee PIN page is accessed from the drop-down Header pane by clicking T&A in the header. It can also be accessed from the Menu or Shortcuts Widgets which may be displayed on your Dashboard.

Click Employee PIN to open the Employee PIN page:

This page is used to change the selected Employees PIN, you may wish to do this for security reasons. To change the Employees PIN, first enter their Current PIN then enter a value for their new PIN in both the New PIN and Confirm PIN fields. The value you choose for your new PIN must be a four digit number. Clicking PIN Criteria displays this information in a pop-up window, for example:

Click Close to exit the PIN criteria.

Click Submit in the left-hand pane to save the new value. If your Employees new PIN meets the criteria and the values entered in the New PIN and Confirm PIN fields match, a PIN change success message is displayed and your PIN is changed. For example:

Click  Close  to dismiss the message and return to the Dashboard.

The Change PIN action will fail for the following reasons:

  • The new PIN does not meet the PIN criteria. A message is displayed detailing the problem with your new PIN, for example:

  • Note: the you can see the PIN criteria by clicking View PIN Criteria
  • You enter the wrong value for your Current PIN. An error message is displayed, for example:

  • The values you enter in the New PIN and Confirm PIN fields do not match. A PIN change mismatch message is displayed, for example:

  • You leave one of the fields blank. The empty fields are highlighted, for example:

If you do not wish to change your PIN, click Cancel. Your current PIN is unchanged and you are returned to the Dashboard.

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