Setting Your Preferences

You can set preferences to control many aspects of function and display, including how reports and forms are printed.

Note:

The preferences that you set take precedence over the preferences that your administrator set, but you can restore the administrator's setting by clicking Use Administrator's Settings.

To set your preferences:

1. On the Home page, click Tools , and then User Preferences .
2. Click the tabs on the left to set your preferences.
   • General: Set your profile photo, your preferences for time zone, language, which alias table to use, and the display of member names and aliases. See Setting General Preferences.
   • Display: Set your preferences for how numbers are formatted, how members are displayed on Page drop-down lists, whether consolidation operators are displayed, and the date format. See Setting Your Display Preferences.
   • Notifications: Set your email address and select which activities you want to be notified about: Task Lists, and the Jobs. See Setting Up Email for Notifications.
   • Ad Hoc Options: Set options for working with ad hoc grids. See Setting Ad Hoc Options.
   • User Variables: Select members for user variables that your administrator set up. See Setting User Variables.
   • Reports: Set preferences for displaying reports. See Setting Your Report Preferences.
   • Form Printing: Set your preferences for how to print data in forms as PDF files. See Setting Your Printing Preferences.