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Updating Profile and Behavior Settings

By clicking the Profile tab in the User Preferences screen, you can view your contact information, your position and responsibilities, and other information specific to you. Depending on your access privileges, you may be able to change your password here using the Password and Verify Password fields.

Time Zone Preferences

You can specify which time zone your Siebel application uses to display date and time fields during your session.

To set a default time zone

  1. From the application-level menu, choose View > User Preferences.

    2. The User Preferences screen appears.

  2. From the Show drop-down list, select Profile.

    3. The Profile form appears.

  3. In the Time Zone field, click the select button.

    4. The Pick Time Zone dialog box appears.

  4. Select the desired time zone and click OK.

Setting a Startup View

If you want, you can determine which screen and view appears when you launch your Siebel application.

To set a startup view

  1. From the application-level menu, choose View > User Preferences.

    2. The User Preferences screen appears.

  2. From the Show drop-down list, select Behavior.

    3. The Behavior form appears.

  3. In the Startup Screen field, click the select button.

    4. The Pick Favorite dialog box appears.

  4. From the Startup View list in the Pick Favorite dialog box, select the screen and view you want to have for your startup view.

    5. For example, choosing Accounts - Activities will show the Accounts screen Activities view when you first launch your Siebel application.

  5. Click OK.

    6. The screen and view you selected appear in the Startup Screen field.

Modifying the History List

You may want to change the number of threads retained by the History list.

To modify the History list

  1. From the application-level menu, choose View > User Preferences.

    2. The User Preferences screen appears.

  2. From the Show drop-down list, select Behavior.

    3. The Behavior form appears.

  3. In the Maximum Threads Saved field, enter the number of threads you want the History list to retain.

 Fundamentals 
 Published: 14 August 2003