Preferences

Use the Preferences link (located in the upper right-hand section of each page) to edit your email address as configured within the FileNet P8 Platform, or change the date and/or time format you will use within TCM.

Changing your own email address (on the FileNet P8 Platform)

  1. Enter or edit the email address. This email address will be used as the default each time that you are added to a teamspace.
  2. Click ok to save the change and close the window.

Resetting a member's email address

If a user's email address is changed within a teamspace, it can be reset to the default FileNet P8 Platform email address (the email address displayed on the preferences screen) as follows:

  1. Select the teamspace.
  2. Select the People & Teams tab, expand the list of members, and select the member from the list.
  3. Click edit.
  4. Click reset email address to reset the email address to the default FileNet P8 Platform email address, if one is available.
  5. Click ok.

See People & Teams tab for more information on configuring members.

Date and Time format settings

Preferences also allows you to change the date and/or time format used in the TCM application. You can change these settings at any time. To immediately view your changes, click the Refresh link (also located in the upper right-hand section of each page, next to Preferences). Defaults match the system default preference setting from the server.

Available date formats are:

Available time formats are:

Understanding date and time settings

The TCM application automatically converts time and date settings for users in different time zones, as follows:

The TCM application stores dates and times based on GMT. Times and dates are converted to the user's local time zone when they are rendered. For example, assume you are scheduling a meeting and you are located in Los Angeles. You select a meeting time of 11:00 am, and invite other members who are located in New York City (3 hours ahead). The members in New York City will see the meeting scheduled for 2:00 pm.

Note that events (reminders, for example) are based on the time setting on the Collaboration Engine. Notifications are sent based on that time. If the time on that system is not synchronized with other machines, events and reminders may not happen as expected.

For example, assume that a task is due at 11:00 am. The notification will be sent when the Collaboration Engine clock reaches 11:00 am. If a user's computer clock is 10 minutes behind, the reminder will arrive at 10:50 am on the user's computer.