User Interface
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When you log in to Self-service, you are taken to your landing page. The appearance
of your landing page, as well as the available features and services, depends
on how your administrator has configured Self-service.

The landing page consists of four main areas:

1. **Button Bar** - Located on the left-hand side of the screen. The buttons provide
   links to the various features and services in Self-service. See the "Buttons,
   Icons and Common Tasks" topic for a description of all buttons on the button bar
   as well as miscellaneous buttons and icons used in Self-service.
2. **Dashboard** - The centre, main area of the screen. It provides quick links to
   the main Self-service functionality, as well as a summary view of your
   company phones (configured by your Administrator) and personal phones
   that you can configure yourself.
3. **Activity Feed Area** - Located on the right-hand side of the screen. This area
   displays an activity log of all the user's activities that occurred in the
   current browser session, notifications include:
   
   * **Authentication messages**, for example: "Your last successful login
     was on Apr 18, 2016 12:45:32 PM"
   * **Failed Login Attempts messages**, for example: "2 failed login(s)
     since your last successful login on Apr 17, 2016 10:15:34 PM"
   * **Language installation messages**, for example: "Self-service Language
     successful Apr 18, 2016 12:45:32 PM"
   * **General system messages**, for example: "The server is busy so the result
     of your request cannot be displayed right now. However, your request is 
     still running. Please refresh to see if your change has taken effect
     Apr 18, 2016 12:45:32 PM"  
   
   Important Note: If a transaction causes an error, you will also be notified of
   this with a pop-up notice on the associated transaction screen that can be
   dismissed. All error messages and notifications returned by the system are
   also displayed in the **Activity Feed** area. We recommend that you regularly
   inspect the **Activity Feed** area during each browser session.
      
4. Drop-down options - Directly above the **Activity Feed** area, the currently logged
   in user is displayed. There are four options available from this drop-down:
   
   * **My Information** - Also accessed from the Button Bar - refer to "My Information"
     for more details.
   * **Help** - Also accessed from the Button Bar - see "Buttons and Icons" for details.
   * **Password Reset Questions** - Allows you to configure your password reset
     questions - see "Configure Your Password Reset Questions".
   * **Logout** - Also accessed from the Button Bar - see "Buttons and Icons" for
     details.