Getting started as a partner user

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Your company administrator invites you to register for IBM PEM, and approves your registration.

The following table shows the general steps in your registration process. The Partner Administrator and Partner User columns have an X if a person with the corresponding permission completes the task. The steps after the table correspond to the steps in the table and provide more information.

This table shows the steps necessary to register as a partner user for IBM PEM.
Step Step description Partner Administrator Partner User
1 Send an email invitation to register for IBM PEM. X  
2 Open the registration link in the email or click Register on the IBM PEM login page, and enter the registration code.   X
3 Complete the IBM PEM registration and submit it for approval.   X
4 Grant access to IBM PEM or reject the request. X  
5 Ensure you can sign in to IBM PEM.   X
  1. The IBM PEM Partner Administrator, from your company, sends you an email invitation to register. The email contains a registration link and a registration code.
  2. Access the registration page by opening the link in the email or by navigating to the IBM PEM login page and clicking Register. Enter the registration code provided in the email and click Submit.
  3. Provide information about yourself to complete IBM PEM registration and click Finish. An X is presented next to a field if you enter incompatible information. The registration form includes the following fields:
    • User ID (Email)
    • Given name
    • Surname
    • Phone (Office)
    • Password
    • Re-enter password
    • Security question
    • Answer
    See Registering as a partner user.
    Note: If you have questions, you can reply to the email invitation to request more information.
  4. The Partner Administrator sends you an email notification that your registration was accepted or rejected. The Partner Administrator can also assign you the permission of Standard User or Administrator.
  5. Sign in to IBM PEM with credentials you entered during registration.
  6. (Optional) If you are prompted for a One Time Password (OTP), enter the OTP received in your email. The OTP is mailed to your registered email ID. If you do not have the OTP or the OTP has expired, regenerate the OTP by clicking the Click to generate the OTP link.
    Note: On the sign-in page, you can select a different language. IBM PEM supports the following languages:

    Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese-simplified, Chinese-traditional, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish.

When you sign in, by default a welcome message is displayed. You also have an activity dashboard, which is blank by default. When activities are present, the dashboard shows the number of activities Not Started, Started, Completed, and Closed.