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Using the Oracle BI My Account Page

From the My Account page in Oracle BI, you can perform the following actions:

• View general account information, such as your display name and user ID.
• View and modify your preferences.
• Set your time zone.
• View and modify your delivery options for Oracle BI Delivers iBots.
• View a list of users who can access your reports and dashboards.

Depending on your privilege settings, not all of these options may be available.

To display your account settings

1. Navigate to Oracle BI.
2. Click Settings (if available), and the My Account link.

   Your My Account page appears.

Setting Your Oracle BI Preferences

You can access the Preferences section of the My Account page to specify preferences such as a default dashboard, your locale, and a language in which to view the user interface screens.

To change your preferences

1. Navigate to Oracle BI.
2. Click Settings (if available), and the My Account link.
3. In the Preferences section, perform one of the following actions:
   • In the Default Dashboard drop-down list, select the dashboard you want to display when you log in to Oracle BI.
   • In the Locale drop-down list, select the locale that you want to use for this session.
   • In the User Interface language drop-down list, select the language in which you want Oracle BI to appear.

Setting Your Oracle BI Time Zone

You can use the time zone option to choose your Oracle BI account's preferred time zone. This option allows system users who do not reside in the same physical location to override the default time zone that was set by the system administrator. For example, suppose the Oracle BI server that sends you alerts resides in the US Pacific time zone, but your work location is in the US Central time zone. After you set the Central time zone as your preferred time zone setting, the delivered time on your alerts appears in Central time.

Your account's time zone will automatically apply to any items that you create, modify, run, receive, and print.

The date and time columns included in reports appear according to the report designer's specifications. The report designer can force a specific time zone to appear in the column, or allow the user's default time zone to appear in the column. A clock icon will appear in the column heading, and when you mouse over this icon, the name of the time zone used in the column is displayed.

For more information on how the administrator sets the Oracle BI Presentation Server's time zone, see the Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services Administration Guide.

To change your time zone preference

1. Navigate to Oracle BI.
2. Click Settings (if available), and the My Account link.
3. In the preference section, select a time zone from the Time Zone dropdown box.
4. Click Finished.

Setting Your Oracle BI Delivery Options

The Delivery Options section of the My Account page allows you to add or modify the devices on which you receive notifications from Oracle BI Delivers.

NOTE:  If devices or profiles have been preconfigured for you, do not change them without first consulting your Oracle BI administrator.

For more information about setting your delivery options, see Configuring Your Oracle BI Delivers Devices, and Delivery Profiles.