FAQ - RWTHcontacts

Depending on the status in the Identity Management, names and titles are delivered from the respective source system and are chosen according to the following order:

• Employee(s) RWTH (Human Resources Department RWTH)
• Members UKA/FB10 (Human Resources Department UKA)
• External lecturers (RON:ELK) and retired professors(RON: ELK, UP i.R., LBP, EP (Human Resources Department, Department 1.5)
• Scholarship holder at RWTH Aachen University (Human Resources Department RWTH)
• Student at RWTH (Central Examination Office (ZPA))

For example, for external lecturers who are also RWTH employees, the name and title will be taken exclusively from the data record of the HR department.

You can find out which of these groups you belong to in IdM Selfservice under RWTH data.
The following page describes how you can have your data corrected in the Identity Management. This varies depending on the data source.

Groups of persons other than those mentioned can change their title in IdM Selfservice (Personal Data).

Contact the Organization Administrator of your institution. The administrator can make corrections in the RWTH People Directory.

You can upload you profile image in RWTHcontacts using PictureManager.

Consultation hour information and other additional information can be added in the PVZ as comments when classifying persons in the structure displayed on RWTHcontacts.
This can be done when editing the display. Instructions can be found here.

To make the adjustments, you need the role "Verwaltung Organisation" (Administration Organization). Either contact a person with the role "Verwaltung Organisation" (Administration Organization) at your institution or contact the Role Management.

Contact the Organization Administrator of your institution. The administrator can make changes to the room address in the RWTH People Directory.

Employees appear on RWTHcontacts under “Further Staff” if the persons have not been assigned to any other existing heading in the People Directory.
To correct this, the persons must be assigned to a caption. If all persons have been assigned to a caption, the caption “Further Staff” disappears.

To make the adjustments, you need the role "Verwaltung Organisation" (Administration Organization). Either contact a person with the role "Verwaltung Organisation" (Administration Organization) at your institution or contact the Role Management.

Some applications obtain such informatione as e-mail address and organization membership from RWTHcontacts.

If you are listed by several organizations in RWTHcontacts, the data is obtained from one of these entries. The organization from which this entry originates is your primary organization.

You can select which organization is your primary organization via the SelfCare area in the RWTH People Directory.