Specifying Your Preferences :: SAS(R) Visual Analytics 5.1: User's Guide

Specifying Global Preferences

You can specify global preferences that are applied to all SAS Web applications that are displayed with the Adobe Flash player. These preferences are set by each user.

To specify global preferences:

Click either or Edit Preferences to open the Preferences dialog box.

Note: If you are in the data preparation, exploration, or designing environments, then select FilePreferences to open the Preferences dialog box.
Make sure that Global Preferences is selected in the left panel.
Select a User locale to specify your language and geographic region.

Select a Theme to change the color scheme and other visual settings for all of your SAS Web applications.

Select Invert application colors to invert all of the colors in your SAS Web applications.

Select Override setting for focus indicator to change the color, thickness, and opacity of the focus in your SAS Web applications.

Global Preferences in the Preferences Dialog Box
Click OK to apply your changes.

Note: To restore all of the Global Preferences options, click Reset to Defaults.

Specifying the SAS Visual Analytics General Preferences

Using the SAS Visual Analytics home page, you can specify your general preferences for SAS Visual Analytics.

To specify your general preferences:

Click either or Edit Preferences to open the Preferences dialog box.
Click General in the left panel.
Specify your preference for Show this number of recent items. The default setting is 9 items.

Click Clear History to reset your history.

Preferences Dialog Box for SAS Visual Analytics General Preferences
Click OK to apply your changes.

Note: To restore the SAS Visual Analytics general preference, click Reset to Defaults.

Specifying the SAS Visual Analytics Initial Page Preference

Using the SAS Visual Analytics home page, you can specify your preference for the initial screen that you want to see after you log on to SAS Visual Analytics.

To specify your initial page preference:

Click either or Edit Preferences to open the Preferences dialog box.
Click Home in the left panel.
Select one of the options from the Initial screen after log in drop-down list.
The following options are available:
- Home
- Where user logged off most recently
- A specific report or exploration
- New report
- New exploration
Preferences Dialog Box for SAS Visual Analytics Initial Page
Click OK to apply your changes.

Note: To restore the SAS Visual Analytics option, click Reset to Defaults.

Specifying Preferences for the Data Preparation Interface

See Specifying Your Preferences for the Data Preparation Interface.

Specifying Preferences for the Explorer Interface

See Specify Preferences That Are Specific to the Explorer Interface.