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Everybody who would like to access InfoEx and contribute to the exchange is required to have a personal InfoEx account. Avalanche safety operations subscribing to InfoEx can then give individuals access to their InfoEx subscription by linking the individuals' accounts to their operation. See [[Adding users to your operation]] for more information on this topic.
 
Everybody who would like to access InfoEx and contribute to the exchange is required to have a personal InfoEx account. Avalanche safety operations subscribing to InfoEx can then give individuals access to their InfoEx subscription by linking the individuals' accounts to their operation. See [[Adding users to your operation]] for more information on this topic.
  
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The practice of individual user accounts is different from the approach taken during previous years where subscribers were encouraged to only maintain a limited number of user accounts. The reason for changing this practice is that individual accounts offer new possibilities for ensuring the safety of the data submitted to the InfoEx and all users can now receive reports by email.
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The reasons for having individual user accounts include enhancing data security and enabling all users to receive reports by email and to make their own customizations.
  
 
==Step-by-step description==
 
==Step-by-step description==

Revision as of 11:12, 20 November 2015

REQUIREMENTS
Permission All user levels
Connectivity Online only

This document describes how to sign up for a personal InfoEx account.

Background

Everybody who would like to access InfoEx and contribute to the exchange is required to have a personal InfoEx account. Avalanche safety operations subscribing to InfoEx can then give individuals access to their InfoEx subscription by linking the individuals' accounts to their operation. See Adding users to your operation for more information on this topic.

The reasons for having individual user accounts include enhancing data security and enabling all users to receive reports by email and to make their own customizations.

Step-by-step description

1. Visit https://infoex.avalancheassociation.ca/
2. Click on Register Account and complete all of the fields on the form. Your email address will be your username for signing into the InfoEx system.
NOTE The system also uses this email address for the delivery of the email InfoEx reports. Therefore make sure that you choose an email address that you use regularly.
3. Click on Register to complete the sign up process. You now have an account on the InfoEx system. Before you can access the InfoEx, your employer needs to link your account to his operation and give you the necessary access privileges.

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  • Nov. 20, 2015: Stuart Smith
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