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Error - 'Your user name (xxx) does not match the User ID (xxx) of your Accounts User.'

Updated over a week ago

It is possible there has been a change in the User ID in Dimensions that corresponds to the Windows User Name.

To check if an update is necessary, do the following:

Ribbon style menu:

  1. Log in to Dimensions using a user log in account that can maintain User Records.

  2. Select System from the main menu

  3. Select User Records

  4. Scroll the list of users to locate the User Name in Name column that corresponds to the Windows account that the user is using to log in with

  5. If the User Id. is incorrect, then you can update it as follows ...

  6. Click Edit

  7. Change the User ID value in the box at the bottom of the screen to the one listed in the error message

  8. Click Save

  9. Ask the user to try logging in again.


Classic/Module Menus style menu:

  1. Log in to Dimensions using a user log in account that can maintain User Records.

  2. Select System Control from the navigation bar

  3. Select Users, User Records

  4. Continue from step 4 above


If the user ID is already correct in the user list, then the log on information may just need refreshing.
To do this:

  1. Log in to Dimensions using a user log in account that can maintain User Records.

  2. Select System from the main menu

  3. Select Data Utilities

  4. Then select Synchronise Logon Data

  5. Once complete, ask the user to try logging in again

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