EDRS - PA - User Setup

Modified on 2021/07/20 12:45 by Jericho Johnson — Categorized as: Administration, FAQ

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Users can edit their EDRS Username

Your personal PA EDRS Username is used to transmit Death Record data from Forensic Filer to the PA EDRS system via the EDRS Bridge

Note: When you Sync a Case to EDRS, your EDRS Username, along with your EDRS Password are encrypted and used to establish the connection to the PA EDRS system. The Death Record details are transmitted from Forensic Filer to the PA EDRS system using your EDRS credentials. To ease the use of the EDRS Sync feature, Forensic Filer stores your Username in your profile so that you don't have to enter it each time you sync. The first time you initiate a Sync during a particular Forensic Filer session, you will be prompted for your EDRS Password. Forensic Filer encrypts and uses that password to make the connection to EDRS, however, Forensic Filer NEVER stores that password in the database or on the server. Your EDRS Password is cached in your login session state only for the duration of your current Forensic Filer login session so that you are not prompted for each successive Sync you initiate during your current session. Once you logout of Forensic Filer (or the 30 minute auto-timeout activates), your EDRS Password is cleared from the session cache and can no longer be used until you enter it again. Also be aware that the PA EDRS system only allows a user to be logged in once at any given time, so if you are logged into the EDRS system and you sync a case from Forensic Filer, your active EDRS session will be terminated, requiring you to login again to Certify the case in EDRS.

Steps To enter or update your PA DOH EDRS Bridge Username:

1. From any Forensic Filer screen, click on your name at the top of the screen shown as [Current User:]

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2. On your [User Profile] page, enter or update your EDRS Username in the [PA DOH EDRS Bridge] section of your profile

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3. Be sure to save your changes by clicking the button next to the [Username], which will be labeled [Insert] if this is the first time you are entering your Username, or it will be labeled [Update] if you are modifying your Username