Enabling System Personalization Options

System administrators use the Personalizations page (PeopleTools, and then Security, and then Permissions and Roles, and then Permission Lists) to control which system personalization options a user can change (personalize).

An end user can personalize a setting if both of the following conditions are met:

• An entry for the system personalization option exists in a permission list that is assigned to the user.

  See Setting Personalization Permissions

• Allow User Option is selected for the entry within that permission list, which enables the system personalization option.

If both conditions are not met, the system personalization option does not appear in the user's My Preferences page.

See Applications User’s Guide: Defining User Preferences

For example, the delivered PTPT1000 permission list, PeopleSoft User, is assigned to most user accounts, and includes personalization settings of general interest. The section Applications User’s Guide: Defining User Preferences lists the settings that are available to most end users, and which are part of PTPT1000. If using PTPT1000 is not appropriate for a user, the system administrator can add and enable the necessary system personalization option in other permission lists.