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:
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Click
Options
Preferences.
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To specify a theme (which
includes settings for colors, fonts, and graphics):
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Select
General on
the left side of the Preferences page.
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Select the
User
Theme that you prefer.
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To specify the format
for notifications that are generated by SAS solutions that run in
the portal, complete these steps:
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Select
General on
the left side of the Preferences page.
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For e-mail notifications,
select the format that you prefer:
HTML-formatted e-mail,
Plain text e-mail, or
Digested
e-mail.
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For alert notifications,
select the format that you prefer:
Via e-mail,
My
alerts portlet,
Both e-mail and alerts
portlet,
Via SMS text message,
or
Both SMS text and alerts portlet..
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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.
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To specify the format
of data that is displayed by SAS solutions that run in the portal,
complete these steps:
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Select
Format on
the left side of the Preferences page.
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From the drop-down lists,
select your preferred format for each of the following:
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To specify the position
of the portal navigation bar, click
Portal on
the left side of the Preferences page. Then select your
Preferred
Navigation:
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Select
Horizontal if
you want the navigation bar to appear horizontally across the top
of the browser window, as shown here:
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Select
Vertical if
you want the navigation bar to appear vertically down the left side
of the browser window, as shown here:
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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.
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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.
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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.
