How to Edit Your User Profile

Your profile holds the name, title, phone number, language, and photo that eCourtDate shows for you, and the user dropdown is where you edit all of it.

### Overview

**Your Profile** opens your own user record. From there you edit your **Name**, **Title**, **Phone**, **Extension**, **Preferred Language**, and **Photo URL**, jump to the clients and events assigned to you, and review the audit history on your record. Your email address is shown on the page but is not editable there. A separate **Preferences** window in the same dropdown controls how the app looks for you, including **Color Theme** and **Accent Color**.

### Prerequisites

- An active eCourtDate user account and a current session
- Access to the user dropdown in the top right of the navigation bar
- A super admin account if you want to change the **Roles** assigned to you, or to use the **Top Navigation** and **Hide Events Calendar** preferences

### How-To Steps

#### Update Your Profile Information

1. Click your name or photo in the top right of the navigation bar.
2. Select **Your Profile** from the dropdown.

![Your Profile option in the user dropdown menu](https://s3.amazonaws.com/ecdassets/images/articles/settings-your-profile.png)

3. Enter your full name in **Name**.
4. Enter your job title in **Title**.
5. Enter your direct number in **Phone**.
6. Enter your desk extension in **Extension**.
7. Select your language from **Preferred Language**.
8. Enter a publicly reachable image link in **Photo URL**.
9. Click **Save** in the button group at the top right of the page.

![User profile form with editable fields](https://s3.amazonaws.com/ecdassets/images/articles/your-user-profile-form.png)

#### Open the Records Assigned to You

1. Click **Assigned Clients** in the left menu of your profile to open the clients list filtered to your user record.
2. Click **Assigned Events** in the left menu to open the events list filtered to your user record.
3. Click **User Overview** to return to the profile form.

#### Set Your Display Preferences

1. Click your name or photo in the top right of the navigation bar.
2. Select **Preferences** from the dropdown to open the **Your Preferences** window.
3. Click one of the **Color Theme** images (AUTO, LIGHT, or DARK) to switch the app theme.
4. Click one of the **Accent Color** swatches (Default, Slate, Iron, Navy, Evergreen, Copper, or Plum).
5. Select the sections you want in **Top Navigation** if you are a super admin.
6. Check **Hide Events Calendar** if you are a super admin and do not want the calendar on the events page.
7. Click **Update Preferences** to save.

### What to Expect

Saving the profile form shows a **User updated** message and writes your changes to your user record. Your name, phone, email, language, roles, and last active date appear to teammates who can open **Admin** > **Users**. In the **Your Preferences** window, the **Color Theme** and **Accent Color** save the moment you click one and the new look applies right away, and a successful save shows an **Updated preferences** message. The navigation bar keeps showing the name and photo it loaded when your session started, so reload the page after saving to see them change there.

### Best Practices

- Enter the name you want teammates to recognize in **Name**, because it is the heading on your profile and the name shown in the **Users** list.
- Keep **Phone** and **Extension** current so colleagues reading the **Users** list can reach you.
- Point **Photo URL** at an image that stays publicly reachable, since the profile header and navigation bar load it straight from that link.
- Click **Save** before you leave the profile page. Theme and accent color save on click, but the profile fields only save when you click **Save**.
- Check the **Audit Logs** card at the bottom of your profile when you need to confirm who last changed your record and when.

### Frequently Asked Questions

**Q: Can I change my email address on this page?**

A: No. Your email appears under your name as read-only text, and the page drops the email field from the update before it saves, so editing it there has no effect.

**Q: Can I change my own roles?**

A: The **Roles** selector only appears if your account is a super admin. Otherwise your profile shows a count of the permissions your roles grant, followed by a read-only badge for each one.

**Q: Why do I not see Top Navigation or Hide Events Calendar in Preferences?**

A: Those two controls are hidden unless your account is a super admin. Every account sees **Color Theme** and **Accent Color**.

**Q: What do Assigned Clients and Assigned Events open?**

A: They open the clients list and the events list already filtered to your user record, so you see only the records assigned to you.

**Q: Where can I see when my record last changed?**

A: The **Audit Logs** card at the bottom of your profile lists **Created By**, **Updated By**, **Created**, **Updated**, and **Region** for your user record.

### Troubleshooting

**Issue:** The navigation bar still shows your old name or photo.

**Symptoms:** Your profile page shows the value you just saved, but the top right of the navigation bar does not.

**Solution:** The navigation bar reads the account details loaded when your session started. Reload the page and the saved name and photo appear.

**Issue:** Your photo does not display.

**Symptoms:** The profile header and the navigation bar show a generic user icon after you save **Photo URL**.

**Solution:** The page loads the image directly from the address you entered. Open that address in a new browser tab to confirm it returns an image, correct it in **Photo URL**, then click **Save**.

**Issue:** Preferences will not save.

**Symptoms:** The **Your Preferences** window shows the message that your preferences could not be saved.

**Solution:** The save reached the server and failed, so your earlier settings still apply. Click **Update Preferences** again, and if the message repeats, reload the page and set the preference once more.

### Related Articles

- [How to Manage Users](/how-to-manage-users)
- [How to Manage Roles Assigned to a User](/how-to-manage-roles-assigned-to-a-user)
- [Roles and Permissions](/roles-and-permissions)
- [How to Filter Assigned Clients by Users](/how-to-filter-assigned-clients-by-users)