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Setting User Preferences for Siebel Reports

This topic describes how to set user preferences for Siebel Reports. A user preference that you set overrides the configuration that exists in the report templates.

To set user preferences for Siebel Reports

1. Log in to the Siebel client.
2. Navigate to the User Preferences screen, and then the Report Parameters view.
3. Modify the Locale and Language parameters, as required.

   For example, if you set the Locale and Language preferences to German (DEU), then Siebel Reports displays the report output in the German language for all reports. For more information, see How Siebel CRM Runs Multilingual Reports.

4. Modify the Output Type parameter.

   For example, if you set the Output Type to PDF, then Siebel CRM uses PDF as the report output for all reports. The business user determines the default values that Siebel CRM displays for the report output file types. For more information, see Output File Types That Siebel Reports Supports and Types of Users Who Use Siebel Reports.