User settings for display
The User settings for display site preferences define general display settings for all users. Individual users can set their user preferences to override these site preferences.
Default list view
A list of documents is called a list view. The Default list view site preference sets the list view to magazine or detailed style. A user can set a different preference and dynamically switch between list styles while viewing any list.
- Magazine style displays two rows per document. The first row shows the property selected in the Document Name preference; by default, this is the document title. The second row displays properties embedded in a phrase. You write the phrase and indicate which properties to insert into it. For example, in the phrase "Written by tester and last modified by tester on October first 2002," the application supplies the value Tester for the Creator property, the value Tester for the Last Modifier property, and Oct 1, 2002 for the Date Last Modified property.
- Detailed style displays one row per document. The first column shows the property selected in the Document Name preference. You can display up to six properties in the columns. This setting does not apply to viewing documents that you want to open from a Microsoft® Office application using Application Integration; in this case, you must use the magazine style.
Confirmation page visibility
The Confirmation page visibility site preference determines whether a confirmation page is displayed at the end of the wizard after adding or checking in a document or other object. The default is Show. Setting this preference to Hide turns off display of the confirmation page. Users can set their own preference, overriding what the administrator sets in site preferences.
NOTE If your site has installed and enabled IBM Enterprise Records, you can ignore this setting.
Show system properties view expanded
The Show system properties view expanded site preference determines whether the system properties are initially collapsed (hidden) or expanded (visible) when you first open a page that displays properties, such as the properties view of the information page. When you enable this setting, the properties are expanded until the user clicks Hide System Properties. By default, this setting is disabled.
Individual users can override this setting with user preferences.
Date format
The Date format site preference determines how dates are displayed. The actual display is dependent on both the format selected and the locale settings on the computer used to access the application. For example, a Windows computer can be set to use English (United States) or French (Canada), and any dates would be formatted to be consistent with the selected locale.
You can select from the following formats:
- Short (MM/d/yy) displays months, dates, and years
in a two-digit format; for example, 06/14/07.
When a user enters a date with a two-digit year in the application, this date is interpreted to be between 80 years prior to the current date, and 20 years ahead of the current date. For example, the current year is 2007. If a user intentionally enters July 9, 2027 as 7/9/27 for a specific date property value, the date is translated as July 9, 1927 in the application. If your application typically requires users to enter years outside of this range, you should choose an alternate format.
- Medium (MMM d, yyyy) displays an abbreviated month, a two-digit date, and a four-digit year; for example, Apr 04, 2007.
- Long (MMMM d, yyyy) displays the full month, a two-digit date, and a four-digit year; for example, April 04, 2007.
- Full (EEEE, MMMM d, yyyy) displays the weekday, the full month, a two-digit date, and a four-digit year; for example, Sunday, April 04, 2007.
The default setting is Short (MM/d/yy).
NOTE The date and time display are also affected by the Edit date properties preference and the Time Zone preference.
Time format
The Time format site preference determines how times are displayed in the application. The actual display is dependent on both the format selected and the locale settings on the computer used to access the application. For example, a Windows computer can be set to use English (United States) or French (Canada), and the time format display would adjust for the selected locale.
You can select from the following formats:
- Short (h:mm a) displays hours, minutes, and AM or PM. For example, 3:15 PM.
- Medium (h:mm:ss a) displays hours, minutes, seconds, and AM or PM. For example, 3:15:47 PM.
- Long (h:mm:ss a z) displays hours, minutes, seconds, AM or PM, and time zone difference from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For example, 3:15:47 PM GMT-08:00.
- Full (h:mm:ss a z) displays hours, minutes, seconds, AM or PM, and time zone difference from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For example, 3:15:47 PM GMT-08:00. The default setting is Short (h:mm a).
NOTE The date and time display are also affected by the Edit date properties preference and the Time Zone preference.
Time zone
The Time zone site preference determines which time zone is used to display dates and times in the application. You can select from one of the following options:
- Browser Time Zone: The time zone used by the browser on the client workstation.
- AE Server Time Zone: The time zone used by the server that is running the application.
- Specific GMT time zone: The time zone specified relative to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT); for example, (GMT-7) Mountain Standard Time.
It is best if each client sets a specific GMT time zone. If application server is unable to determine the time zone being used by the client's browser, the following criteria are used:
- If the client computer time zone uses daylight saving time (DST), the server time zone is used.
- If the client computer time zone is not using daylight saving time, and the server time zone also does not use daylight saving time, and the offsets from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) match, the server time zone is used.
- If the client computer time zone is not using daylight saving time, and the server time zone does not match, a generic time in the form GMT+/-HH:MM is used.
Always show folder filtering
The Always show folder filtering site preference determines if folder filtering criteria are applied and displayed when users browse folders. When Always show folder filtering is enabled, the browse page includes controls for the user to search for documents or custom objects that meet property criteria. By default, this setting is enabled.
The Always show folder filtering preference works with the Folder filter settings, which limit the number of items returned from Content Engine for display in the application. The filtering criteria controls are not visible to the user when the folder contains fewer objects than specified by the display limit setting.
The user preference settings for Always show folder filtering override the site preferences setting.
Default search view
The Default search view site preference determines which search view appears when the user selects the Search page for the first time in a session. Simple Search or Search Templates are the two views from which you can choose a default setting.
The user can override this site preference by choosing another default search view in user preferences.
Search selection mode
The Search selection mode site preference determines the way searches are displayed. Searches can be displayed as a flat list or in folder navigation. The flat list displays the object stores and all searches stored within. The folder navigation displays the object stores; you navigate to the folders that contain all searches stored within their respective folders.
The user can override this site preference by choosing another search mode in user preferences.
Default home page
The Default home page site preference determines which primary view page users see when they first log in, and when they click the Home link or the banner logo in the upper left corner of a Workplace page.
NOTE Workplace guests do not see the Tasks page. If you set the default home page to Tasks, guests are redirected to the Browse view instead.
The user can override this site preference by choosing another default home page in user preferences.
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