Set Defaults for User Preferences
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This activity allows you to set defaults for user preferences. The various defaults details like formats and styles for number, time, date and error display type are defined in this activity. After setting each default details you can preview each format before updating the preferences.
Select the “Set Defaults for User Preferences” link under the “Administration Process” business component.
The “Set Defaults for User Preferences” page appears.
To define Number Preferences
Enter the following details in the header:
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Decimal Separator |
Use the drop-down list box to select the symbol to represent the decimal point separation. Mandatory For Example, Separator used ‘.’ Numeric preview is ‘-123,456,789.00’ |
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Digit Grouping Symbol |
Use the drop-down list box to select the symbol to represent place value separation. Mandatory For Example, Separator used ‘,’ Numeric preview is ‘-123,456,789.00’ |
Enter the following details in the “Format” header:
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Digit Grouping |
Use the drop-down list box to select the digit grouping. The combo is loaded with “No grouping”, “Million based” and “Lakh based”. The system displays “No grouping” as default on launch of the page. For Example, 1) Option selected is ‘Million based’ Numeric preview is ‘-123,456,789.00’ |
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Negative Number |
Use the drop-down list box to select the negative number format. The combo is loaded with the values form the meta data. For Example, Negative Number display selected is ‘-1.1’ Numeric preview is ‘-123,456,789.00’ |
The system displays the following in the header.
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Numeric Preview |
The preview of the “Decimal Separator”, “Group Symbol”, “Digit Grouping”, “Negative Number”. For Example, Numeric preview is ‘-123,456,789.00’ |
Note: This preview is updated when the “Preview” pushbutton is clicked.
To define Time Preferences
Enter the following details in the header:
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Time Format |
Use the drop-down list box to select the time format. The combo is loaded “12-hour” and “24-hour” time format. For Example, 1) Option selected is ‘12-hour’ Time preview is ‘4:52:55 PM’ 2) Option selected is ‘24-hour’ Time preview is ‘16:53:40’ |
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Time Separator |
Use the drop-down list box to select the symbol to show time separation. Mandatory For example, Separator used is ‘:’ Time Preview is ‘4:33:52 PM’ |
Enter the following details in the “Style” header:
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Hour |
Use the drop-down list box to select the hour format. The combo is loaded with “h” or “hh” options. The system displays “h” as default on launch of the page. For Example, 1) Option selected is ‘h’ Time preview is ‘4:52:55 PM’ 2) Option selected is ‘hh’ Time preview is ‘04:52:55 PM’ |
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Minute |
Use the drop-down list box to select the minute’s format. The combo is loaded with “m” or “mm” options. The system displays “m” as default on launch of the page. For Example, 1) Option selected is ‘m’ Time preview is ‘5:9:07 PM’ 2) Option selected is ‘mm’ Time preview is ‘5:09:51 PM’ |
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Second |
Use the drop-down list box to select the second’s format. The combo is loaded with “s”, “ss” and “none” options. The system defaults “s” as default on launch of the page. For Example, 1) Option selected is ‘s’ Time preview is ‘5:12:1 PM’ 2) Option selected is ‘ss’ Time preview is ‘5:12:05 PM’ 3) Option selected is ‘none’ Time preview is ‘5:12 PM’ |
Enter the following details in the “Symbol” header:
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AM |
The user can enter either of the following combination, “AM” or “am”. |
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PM |
The user can enter either of the following combination, “PM” or pm”. |
The system displays the following in the header.
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Time Preview |
The preview of the “Time Format”, “Time Separator”, “Hour”, “Minutes”, “Seconds”, “AM” and “PM”. For Example, Time preview is ‘4:52:55 PM’ |
Note: This preview is updated when the “Preview” pushbutton is clicked.
To define Date Preferences
Enter the following details in the header:
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Date Format |
Use the drop-down list box to select the date format. The combo is loaded with the values form the meta data. For Example, Date format selected is ‘d/m/y’ Date preview is ‘3/8/2006’ |
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Date Separator |
Use the drop-down list box to select the symbol to show date separation. Mandatory For example, Separator used is ‘/’ Date preview is ‘3/8/2006’ |
Enter the following details in the “Style” header:
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Day |
Use the drop-down list box to select the day format. The combo is loaded with “d” and “dd” options. For Example, 1) Option selected is ‘d’ Date preview is ‘3/10/2006’ 2) Option selected is ‘dd’ Date preview is ‘03/10/2006’ |
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Month |
Use the drop-down list box to select the month format. The combo is loaded with “M”,“MM” and “MMM” options. For Example, 1) Option selected is ‘M’ Date preview is ‘3/8/2006’ 2) Option selected is ‘MM’ Date preview is ‘03/08/2006’ 3) Option selected is ‘MMM’ Date preview is ‘03/Aug/2006’ |
The system displays the following in the header.
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Date Preview |
The preview of the “Date Format”, “Date Separator”, “Day” and “Month”. For Example, Date preview is ‘3/8/2006’ |
Note: This preview is updated when the “Preview” pushbutton is clicked.
Enter the following details in the header:
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Display Success message in status bar |
Select the check box to display the success message in status bar after every action. |
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ExportExcel |
Use the drop-down list box to specify the format to export the details in excels. The combo is loaded with “Canonical Format” and “User Format”. The system displays “Canonical Format” as default on launch of the page. |
To preview the user preferences details
Click the “Preview” pushbutton to preview all user preferences details.
The system shows the preview for each format preferred by the user.
To fetch the user preferences details
Click the “Fetch All User Preferences” pushbutton to fetch all user preferences to set default value.
The system fetches all the default user preferences which is already defined by the user.
To fetch the user preferences details
Click the “Update All User Preferences” pushbutton to update all user preferences which is set default value.
The system updates the user preferences.
Note: The system overwrites the user preferences if the user set their own preferences in the “User Preference” screen of “Security” component.
