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Instructions to PIs

This page explains how Principal Investigators approve both a user's OxCIN profile and their OxCIN computer account request.

Before you start

A user's OxCIN profile is not the same as their computer account request. Both approvals must be completed before a computer account will be created successfully.

Approving a profile

  1. Sign in to https://register.fmrib.ox.ac.uk using your University Single Sign-On credentials.
  2. On your profile page, find the My Group section and select Users & Associated Billable Items.
  3. Find the person you want to approve and click their name to open their profile page.
  4. Tick the PI Approved checkbox and select Update.

This approves the person to join your PI group, but it does not yet approve the computer account request.

Approving a computer account request

  1. From the requestor's profile page, look for the computing account information in the top right.
  2. If the account shows Pending Approval, click the username shown there to open the account details page.
  3. Select Change to open the account update form.
  4. Choose the appropriate cost centre.
  5. Tick the PI approved checkbox.
  6. Select Save.

After both approvals have been completed, the user's account will be created automatically.

What happens next

Once the account has been created, the user will receive an email with instructions to set their password.

If the user has not received that email, the account has not yet been created.

If more than 24 hours have passed since authorisation and the account still has not been created, contact OxCIN IT.