- I want to put my e-mail address in the Phonebook.
- I have forgotten my BlazerID/Phonebook password.
- The information shown for me is wrong.
- I do not want my home address and phone number listed.
- I want to change my BlazerID/alias.
- My Student/Employee ID is not found in your records.
- My search keeps failing with "too many results".
I want to put my e-mail address in the Phonebook.
You can have an e-mail address listed by registering an BlazerID in the Phonebook. Note that when you do this, your alias-based address, e.g. johndoe@uab.edu, will be listed rather than your real mailbox. This ensures people will get an address for you that is unlikely to change, even if you move to another mail server.If you are already registered in the Phonebook but your e-mail address does not appear, or if you need to change your real mailbox address, you can use the Change Information function in the Phonebook to update your entry.
I have forgotten my BlazerID/Phonebook password.
You can set a new password by using the Change BlazerID Password screen.The information shown for me is wrong.
Any information in the Phonebook which is not provided by you (via the Change Information function) is downloaded from official UAB records databases. These records are used for a number of other purposes, so we cannot allow you to directly modify these fields in the Phonebook. If we did, that would leave the other records still inaccurate and result in the Phonebook not reflecting official UAB data.If you are a student, the Registrar's Office maintains your records, and you should go there to correct your name, home address or phone, curriculum, major, class, or degree information. For further assistance, you may e-mail the Registrar's Office at Registrar@uab.edu.
If you are a UAB employee, your information such as office location and phone/FAX numbers, department, and job title, is provided to the Phonebook from the Oracle HR system. Updates must be submitted to Oracle via an ACT data change document initiated by your department's personnel officer. For more information, please see the Campus Directory Update page.
If you are an HSF employee, your information is provided to the Phonebook from the Lawson system. In order to make changes to your information, please contact the Human Resource Center as described on the Campus Directory Update page.
If you are a UAB Health System employee, or work for any of the UAB Health System affiliates such as VIVA, Callahan Eye Foundation, and so on, you should contact the appropriate Human Resources office.
I do not want my phone number listed.
As a student, your information in the Electronic Phonebook and printed Campus Directory is published in accordance with the Family and Privacy Act of 1974, as outlined in Section IV of UAB's Student Records Policy. This is also noted in the printed Class Schedule on the WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO KNOW page under the ABOUT STUDENT RECORDS heading, which provides instructions for requesting that this information not be made available. If you submit the waiver form as described, then your entry in the Phonebook will be suppressed, and only you will be able to view its contents. This will also remove your listing from subsequent editions of the Campus Directory.A less drastic solution is now available, where you can suppress just your phone number and leave the rest of your entry available for display. If you use the Change Information function and supply Contact Information (even if it just says "None"), then that will override your phone number.
I want to change my BlazerID/alias.
As noted in the Phonebook registration instructions, it is very difficult (if not impossible) to change a BlazerID/Phonebook alias once it has been set. The BlazerID is used for authentication by a number of services, as well as the forwarding mechanism for your @uab.edu e-mail. If your BlazerID changes, then all these services have to be changed as well; and all e-mail to your former @uab.edu address becomes undeliverable, creating headaches for your correspondents and the maintainers of any discussion lists to which you belong. If you simply desire a new @uab.edu address, you can accommoplish this by registering a mail-only alias, as described here.My Student/Employee ID is not found in your records.
We assume this error was displayed when you were trying to register your BlazerID. The first thing to do is be sure you are entering either your social security number (SSN), or if you are an employee, entering the 7-digit Oracle ID number assigned to you (these typically look like 10#####).If you are a new UAB employee who started work within the past couple of weeks, it is very, very likely that your paperwork is still being processed to get you put into the Oracle employee database. In order to register a BlazerID (or set up your tax info, or direct deposit, or enter timesheets) you have to be in Oracle. The best course of action is try again tomorrow and see if the paperwork cleared overnight. If not, try again the day after that; the Phonebook is updated once a day, so it does not help to try registering again during the same day if you get this error.
If you continue to be unable to register your BlazerID after 7 to 10 days following your start date, or in particular if you are concerned about how you will be getting paid (since if you are not in Oracle, you cannot receive a regular paycheck), please check with your department's personnel administrator to see where are you in the workflow and if they have an estimated time when your paperwork will be completed.
If by some chance this all does not seem applicable to your situation, please contact us by e-mail at ph-admin@uab.edu for individual assistance.