Personalizing Your Desktop

The Personalize Desktop feature of the SAS Information Delivery Portal allows you to

• specify the public, personal, and role-based windows to be included on your portal desktop

• specify the order in which these windows appear in your desktop's navigation column

• edit your personal windows and create new personal windows.

To use the Personalize Desktop feature:

1. If you have not already done so, open the SAS Information Delivery Portal, log on with your user name and password, and click Personalize on the toolbar. The Personalize window appears.

2. At the prompt Select what to personalize, select Desktop from the drop-down list. The Desktop control panel appears with the following sections:

   • Manage personal desktop shows all the windows that are currently included on your desktop. The windows appear in the same order that they appear in your desktop's navigation column. For any window on this list, you can

     • Click or to reposition the window on this list and in the navigation column.

     • Click to remove the window from your desktop.

     • Click to edit the window. This function is available only for personal windows. The Personal Windows control panel appears when you select this function. For details on using this panel, see Creating and Editing Personal Windows.

   • Add an existing window contains a drop-down list of all the public and role-based windows you are authorized to access, as well as all of your own personal windows. To add one of these windows to your desktop, highlight it on the list and click . The window will appear on the Manage personal desktop list above and in the navigation column of your desktop.

   • Add a new window allows you to create a new personal window and add it to your desktop as follows:

     1. Click a radio button to indicate the type of window you want to create.

     2. Click .

     3. The Personal Windows control panel appears. For details on using this panel, see Creating and Editing Personal Windows.

     4. When you finish, the new window will appear on the Manage personal desktop list above and in the navigation column of your desktop.

3. When you finish personalizing your desktop, you can proceed by choosing another Personalize function, choosing another task, or opening another window.