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____________________________________________________________________________________ iMSS Online Guide 1 Manpower Research and Statistics Department

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Contents 1. Login Screen

2. Change Password

3. Welcome Page

4. Survey Information

5. Survey Details

6. Survey Details (Continue)

7. Pop-up request screen

8. Error pop-up screen

9. Confirmation of Information

10. Completion of Information

11. Printing Survey Information

12. Survey Completion screen

13. Browser Settings


The Manpower Survey Online System (MSOL) enables households to submit their information via the Internet for surveys conducted by the Manpower Research and Statistics Department of the Ministry of Manpower. 1) Login Screen

For first time users, please login with your Username and Password as provided in the notification letter. Click Login button to continue.

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2) Change Password

a) For security reasons, you will be required to change password upon first login. Your new

password is case-sensitive and must:

• Have minimally eight characters • Contain at least one alphabet and one digit

Please ensure that you do not inadvertently add spaces e.g. before and end of password. Examples of valid passwords are: "harmony8" and "gen43567".

b) Enter New Password. c) Enter Confirm New Password (password entered must be the same as the New Password). d) Click OK button to proceed.

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3) Welcome Page

a) Click Begin Survey button to proceed.

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4) Survey Information

a) Fill in your Contact Information. b) Click Save button to save your information that have been filled. c) Click Next button to start the survey.

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5) Survey Details

a) Fill in the questions. b) Click Next button to continue. c) Click Save Draft button to save what you have filled in so far. d) Click Print / Save a copy button to print out / save your Survey information. e) Click Contact Information button to edit the contact information

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6) Survey Details (Continue)

a) Continue to fill in the questions in the Survey details. b) Click Next button to proceed until you reach the last Survey page.

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7) Pop-up request screen

a) Whenever you encounter a pop-up request screen as shown above, click on the message bar to allow temporarily or always allow for pop-ups from this site. b) If you select temporary pop-ups allow from this site, system will prompt you again the next time you login.

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Click on this message bar and select temporarily or always allow for pop-ups from this site.


8) Error pop-up screen

a) Error messages are highlighted in RED. You are required to correct the response before going to the next page. b) Click Correct Errors button to continue.

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9) Confirmation of Information

a) When you have completed the information for a Household Member, system will display a checklist of the completed information for confirmation. b) Click << Back button to return to Survey details for any amendment. c) Click Finish button to complete the Survey for this household member. d) Click Print / Save a copy button to print out / save the Survey information. e) Click Contact Information button to return to Contact Information.

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10) Completion of Information

a) After clicking the FINISH button (from point 10), you would be shown this Survey completion screen. b) Click Edit Survey button to make changes to the Survey information. c) Click Print / Save a copy button to print out / save the Survey information. d) Click Contact Information button to return to Contact Information. e) Click Submit button to submit the survey.

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11) Printing Survey Information

a) When you click Print / Save a copy button, system will pop up a window to display the Survey information details. b) Click Print button to print out the hard copy. c) Click Save button to save a copy of the responses. d) Click Close button to close the pop-up window.

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12) Survey Completion screen

a) When the survey is submitted successfully, a Thank You page will be displayed. b) Click Print button to print out this screen. c) Click View Responses to view the submitted responses. d) Click Logout to exit from the Survey.

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13) Browser Settings 13.1) Internet Explorer Setup a) Enable JavaScript for Windows Internet Explorer (All versions except Pocket PC Internet Explorer) STEPS

1. Open Internet Explorer, Click on Internet Option from Tools menu.

2. Internet Options window will appear on screen, Internet icon is selected by default.


3. Click on Customer level button.

4. In security setting windows scroll down to active scripting option, on the enable option.


5. Click OK

6. Click Apply and then OK.


13.2) Pop-up Blocker Settings in Internet Explorer In order to successfully perform transactions in MSOL, pop-up web browser must be enabled. Please adopt one of the two options below to configure the pop-up blocker settings.

a) Option A: Turn Off Pop-up Blocker

This option will disable pop-up web browsers for ALL websites.

1. Select the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, choose the Pop-up Blocker and click Turn Off Pop-up Blocker.


b) Option B: Allow Pop-ups for a List of Allowed Sites Internet Explorer 6.0

1. This option will enable pop-up web browsers for MSOL website ONLY. 2. Click the Tools button, click Pop-up Blocker, and then click Pop-up Blocker Settings.

2. In the Address of website to allow box, type the address (or URL) of the website you want to see pop-ups from, and then click Add.


3. Click Close.

13.3) Internet Explorer 7.0 & 8.0 (Windows XP SP3/Windows Vista SP1/SP2)


When a website attempts to launch a new pop-up window, you may see dialog boxes alerting you of pop-up windows that have been blocked. Follow the instructions below to allow pop-up windows on a per-website basis.

a) Internet Explorer 7.0

1. Click on the Tools menu, located at the far right hand side of your browser's Tab Bar. When the drop-down menu appears, select the Pop-up Blocker option. A sub-menu will now appear to the right. Click on the option labeled Pop-up Blocker Settings.

2. The Pop-up Blocker Settings window should now be visible, overlaying your browser window. The first section in this window, labeled Exceptions, allows you


to specify certain sites on which you wish to allow pop-ups to appear. At the top of this section is an entry field labeled Address of website to allow:. Enter the URL of the site on which you would like to allow pop-ups here. In the example below, https://msol.mom.gov.sg/msol/ was entered. Next, click on the Add button located to the right of this field. After clicking Add, you will notice that the site you entered is now displayed in the Allowed Sites list.

3. Click Close.


b) Internet Explorer 8.0

1. Click on the Tools menu, located at the far right hand side of your browser's Tab Bar. When the drop-down menu appears, select the Pop-up Blocker option. A sub-menu will now appear. Click on the option labelled Pop-up Blocker Settings.

2. The Pop-up Blocker Settings window should now be visible, overlaying your browser window. The first section in this window, labeled Exceptions, allows you


to specify certain sites on which you wish to allow pop-ups to appear. At the top of this section is an entry field labeled Address of website to allow:. Enter the URL of the site on which you would like to allow pop-ups here. In the example above, https://msol.mom.gov.sg/msol/ was entered. Next, click on the Add button located to the right of this field. After clicking Add, you will notice that the site you entered is now displayed in the Allowed Sites list.

3. Click Close.


c) SSL Setup (Original Settings by IE)

1. Select the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click on Internet Options.


2. Select Advanced tab, scroll down to the Security section. Ensure that ‘Use SSL 3.0’ is selected.

d) Cookie Setup (Original Settings by IE) 1. Select the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click on Internet Options.


2. Select the Privacy tab and click on Advanced… button.

4. Check that First-party Cookies and Third-party Cookies have Accept selected.

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