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A user preference is a setting that customizes the Empirica Signal application for your username. Your user preference settings have no effect on any other Empirica Signal users.
Note: If you have permission to create user profiles, you can also set user preferences for a user profile.
1. At the top of any page, click Preferences.
The Set User Preferences page appears.
2. Modify the user preferences.
3. Click Save.
The following user preferences apply to all users and take effect immediately unless otherwise noted:
Preference |
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Preferences for dates and times |
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Time Zone |
From the Time Zone drop-down list, select the time zone to be used for server datetimes that are displayed in the Empirica Signal application for your username. This user preference has no effect on the source safety data (for example, an event date shown in case details) or on the display of As Of dates for timestamped data. |
Preferences for logging in |
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From the drop-down list, choose a page to display automatically when you log in to the Empirica Signal application. The available options may depend on your user permissions, as well as Empirica Signal site options set for your organization. |
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Show table scrollbars on left |
Select this check box to display vertical scrollbars on the left side (instead of the right side) of tables of information. Note: This option may not take effect until the next time you log in. |
Preferences for Query Wizard |
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Select to show the count of cases on the Preview Query page. On the Define Query page, select Display Case Count in Query Preview. Computation of the case count can be time-consuming. Display it only when necessary. Note: This preference appears only if appropriate Allow Case Count on Query Preview Page check box of site option has been enabled. |
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Preferences for downloading data |
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From the drop-down list, select the file type you use most frequently to download data. |
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Preferences for viewing graphs |
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From the drop-down list, set a default color scheme for the graph key for graphs based on the results of data mining runs. (This preference has no effect on graphs based on report data.) |
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Preferences for viewing case details |
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Specify the number of days that an underlined case ID that you can click to view case details appears in a different color. This preference applies to case IDs for only your username and to all data associated with configurations within the same database group. The default number of days, which is used if you leave the number of days empty, is 45. If you specify 0 as the number of days, the color of a visited link does not change. This preference affects only data associated with data configurations that are in database groups. See Case ID Links. |
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Wrap Wide Tables |
Check to wrap table displays on the Case Details page. Wrapping tables makes the vertical display longer. Not wrapping tables makes the horizontal display wider and can necessitate scrolling to the right to see all columns in the tables. |
Check to show a table of contents on the Case Details page. The table of contents consists of links that jump to the data displayed on the page. |
Note: These preferences are available only to users with the View Data Mining Results permission.
When you set the following user preferences, they take effect immediately.
Preference |
Description |
From the drop-down list, select a data mining run to appear by default in the Run Name field on the Select Criteria page when you go to the Data Mining Results page for the first time in an Empirica Signal session. You can select any run listed on your Data Mining Runs page. You can also specify <Last Used> or <No Run>. |
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Specify a default minimum score for viewing results of a data mining run for the first time. The score type and value that you specify appear on the Select Criteria page as a default, but you can change them as needed before reviewing results. You can set a default minimum for:
This preference affects only run results that you have never viewed. Once you have viewed a run, the setting that you choose on the Select Criteria page is used for that run until you change it. If you select a statistic other than N, a default of LROR>0 is used for logistic regression run results. |
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Check to browse and select terms from the hierarchy for tasks that require you to select event values. For an event variable that is set up in the data configuration to have an associated hierarchy, the Select <hierarchy> Terms link appears for these tasks; for example, Select MedDRA Terms. |
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Enable Drug Hierarchy Browser |
Check to browse and select terms from the hierarchy for tasks that require you to select drug values. For a drug variable that is set up in the data configuration to have an associated hierarchy, the Select <hierarchy> Terms link appears for these tasks; for example, Select ATC Terms. |
Check to enable use of a SQL WHERE clause for selecting results criteria on the Select Criteria page. To view all advanced options, click Show Advanced on the Select Criteria page. |
Note: These preferences are available only to users with the Create Data Mining Run permission.
When you set the following user preferences, they take effect immediately.
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Specify a default for the Minimum Count field on the Data Mining Parameters page. You can override this default as needed. |
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Specify text to represent missing values for variables in the results of data mining runs that you execute. For example, if you set this preference to ^missing^ the results table shows ^missing^ for any item that has no value in the database. You cannot use spaces or the following characters in your replacement string: * \ ” : / ? > < This preference affects only the appearance of run results, and not the source data. When you access source data, as when drilling down from a case series, missing values display as blank. The Job Details page for a run's extraction job (accessible from the Jobs for Run page) shows the value that was in effect for missing data for the run. Note: Other users who view results of a run that you executed will also see the missing value that was set as your user preference at the time you executed the run. |
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Exclude associations if items are of the same type (all drugs, all events) |
Check to include a default for a field on the Data Mining Parameters page when you create a new MGPS data mining run. You can override this default as needed. The recommended setting is checked. Checking this preference improves time and space utilization because fewer results are loaded into the results table. |
Note: These preferences are available only to users with the View Drug Profiles permission.
When you set the following user preferences, they take effect immediately.
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Drug Profile Configuration |
From the drop-down list, select the drug profile configuration. Drug profile configuration determines the source of graphs and reports that you can add as charts to a drug profile layout. You must set this preference to access the Drugs tab. Available drug profile configurations are those that you created or that are published to you. (If you have the Administer Users permission, they also include unpublished configurations created by users in your login group.) |
Drug Profile Layout |
From the drop-down list, select the drug profile layout, the name of a saved collection of charts, as well as their placement and display options. Layouts are not associated with a particular drug profile configuration. Available layouts are those that you created or that are published to you. (If you have the Administer Users permission, they also include unpublished layouts created by users in your login group.) Use this setting in the following situations:
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If your organization uses the signal management component of the Empirica Signal application, there are additional user preferences. If you set the following user preferences, they take effect the next time you log in.
Note: These preferences are available only to users with the View Signal Management permission.
When setting Default Signal Group, Show only Drugs where I am Reviewer, and Default Signal Drug, make sure that you use compatible settings. If the defaults are not compatible, only the most restrictive default is used. For example, if you specify both a default group and a default drug that is not in that group, only the default drug is applied.
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Signal Management Configuration |
From the drop-down list, select a signal configuration. Available signal configurations are those that you created or that are published to you. If you set the preference to --, the signal configuration associated with your login group is used. |
Default Signal Group |
From the drop-down list, select a group to be used as the default in the Group field on the Drug Overviews page, Drug-Event Combinations page, and the Drug Comments page. An en dash (–) indicates All. |
If you check this preference, your username appears by default in the Reviewer field on the Drug Overviews page, Drug-Event Combinations page, and the Drug Comments page. |
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From the drop-down list, select a drug to be used as the default in the Drug field on the Drug Overviews page, Drug-Event Combinations page, and the Drug Comments page. The characters, --, indicate All. A None option is also available. If there are a large number of drugs available, you can click Select Drug to select a drug (instead of selecting it from a drop-down list). |
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Check to enable the user of a SQL WHERE clause to restrict rows that appear on the Drug Overviews page, Automatic Assignments page, Drug-Event Combinations page, and Drug Comments page. If this preference is checked, the Columns link for the tables becomes Columns and Rows. |
Note: This preference is available only to users with the Manage Topic Workflow Configurations permission.
If you set the following user preference, it takes effect the next time you log in.
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Topic Workflow Configuration |
From the drop-down list, select a topic workflow configuration. Available topic workflow configurations are those that you created or that are published to you. This setting overrides the association between your login group and a topic workflow configuration. For example, if your login group is associated with configuration A, but you specify configuration B as the preference, configuration B is in effect the next time you log in. The override is intended to facilitate testing of configurations that you create or edit. If you set the preference to –, the topic workflow configuration associated with your login group is used. Note: If you select a topic workflow configuration that requires each topic to be visible to one and only one work team, you must also define membership in a work team and assign appropriate work team permissions. |