Specifying Default UI Preferences

This topic discusses how to use the Defaults page to choose the default selections that appear on the Pathways Preferences page. If users have the Set User Preferences capability, they can access the Pathways Preferences page and override the defaults that you set. Users can also restore the defaults that you specify on this page.

After choosing the defaults, click Save to keep your changes. If you have made changes but have not yet clicked Save, you can click Cancel to return the defaults to their previously-saved settings.

Activity Stream

Use the Activity Stream area to specify which actions are displayed by default in users' Activity Streams. Users can choose to overwrite these settings on the Pathways Preferences page. For more information on Activity Streams, see the online help for AquaLogic Interaction.

Default Upload Folder

Use the Default Upload Folder area to specify the default Knowledge Directory folder into which you want users to submit content and upload bookmarks. Users submit documents and Web pages to the Knowledge Directory by using the Submit a Document tab. Users import bookmarks using the Import Bookmarks tab. On both of these tabs, users can override the default that you specify.

Note: Users must have Admin access level privileges to the Knowledge Directory folder into which they submit content or bookmarks for their content or bookmarks to be automatically approved. Users who do not have these privileges must have their content and bookmarks approved by a portal administrator before they appear in Pathways search results. For details on approving directory content, see AquaLogic Interaction Online Help.

Number of Items to Display

Use the Number of Items to Display area to choose default selections for the display of tags and number of search results per page.

Click	To
Tags	Choose the default selection for the maximum number of popular and related tags that are displayed in Pathways pages, tabs, and portlets.
Results per page	Choose the default selection for the maximum number of search results that you want displayed on each page of Pathways' tabs and portlets.

Result Types

Use the Results Types area to select the defaults for the object types that you want to include in search results. These results appear on the Items tab and Pathways Items portlet. Click Select All to select all objects in this area. Click Select None to clear all selections.

Note: If the Users result type is selected, end users will be able to see users in their search results on the Items tab and Pathways Items portlet, regardless of whether or not that user has the View People capability.

Pathways determines the users to display by employing the same method used for displaying all other items. User objects are not people as defined by Pathways; only people (displayed on the People tabs and Pathways People portlet) can be considered subject matter experts. For more information on how Pathways determines subject matter experts, see Analysis Sample Size.