Change User Preferences

The Preferences page enables you to enter your personal preferences for theme, language, portal navigation, and other portal features. These preferences override the default preferences that have been defined by your portal administrator.
To change your user preferences, follow these steps:
  1. Click Optionsthen selectPreferences.
  2. To specify a theme (which includes settings for colors, fonts, and graphics):
    1. Select General on the left side of the Preferences page.
    2. Select the User Theme that you prefer.
  3. To specify the format for notifications that are generated by SAS solutions that run in the portal, complete these steps:
    1. Select General on the left side of the Preferences page.
    2. For e-mail notifications, select the format that you prefer: HTML-formatted e-mail, Plain text e-mail, or Digested e-mail.
    3. For alert notifications, select the format that you prefer: Via e-mail, My alerts portlet, or Both e-mail and alerts portlet.
  4. To specify a language setting, click Language on the left side of the Preferences page. Then select the locale (language and country) that you prefer.
    The language setting applies to the fixed text in the portal, including menu selections, buttons, messages, and prompts. The setting does not apply to user-defined text such as page names and portlet contents.
    Note: If you do not choose a locale, the portal uses the locale preference that you have set in your browser software.
  5. To specify the format of data that is displayed by SAS solutions that run in the portal, complete these steps:
    1. Select Format on the left side of the Preferences page.
    2. From the drop-down lists, select your preferred format for each of the following:
      • Date/time
      • Long date
      • Short date
      • Time
      • Currency
      • Currency symbol
  6. To specify the position of the portal navigation bar, click Portal on the left side of the Preferences page. Then select your Preferred Navigation:
    • Select Horizontal if you want the navigation bar to appear horizontally across the top of the browser window, as shown here:
      Horizontal navigation bar
    • Select Vertical if you want the navigation bar to appear vertically down the left side of the browser window, as shown here:
      Vertical navigation bar
  7. To specify the sort order for packages that are published, click Portal on the left side of the Preferences page. Then select the order you want from the Package Sort Order list box.
    Packages are listed in order by creation date. You can sort packages in descending order (newest packages are at the top) or in ascending order (oldest packages are at the top). This setting applies to packages that are listed in a collection portlet, in a Publication Channel Subscriptions portlet, and in the publication channel viewer.
    In a collection portlet, you can override the sort order used for packages when you edit the contents of the portlet.
  8. If you want to delete your preferences, click Restore Defaults on the appropriate panel.
    For locale, the portal reverts to the setting in your browser software. For other preferences, the portal reverts to your organization's defaults.
  9. When you are finished setting preferences, click OK on any panel.
    The changes appear immediately in your personal portal and remain in effect the next time you log on.