Customizing InfoView

InfoView allows you to customize your account so that it is tailored to your needs.

The Options page has six sections containing settings that allow you determine what types of documents you create, how you view documents, and the appearance of your InfoView account. The options available to you depend on the user rights given to you by the supervisor.

The Options page looks like this:

• Start Page

Lets you specify your InfoView start page and insert a picture at the top of the navigation bar.

• Document Lists lets you:
  • Set whether document lists are displayed in Compact or Expanded format.
  • Specify a document category to be used as default filtering criterion.
  • Specify when to refresh the list (Corporate and Inbox Documents lists only).
• Create and Edit Documents

Lets you choose what type of documents you want to create, WebIntelligence or BusinessObjects, and what form of the Web Panel you use to create and edit WebIntelligence documents.

• View Documents

Lets you specify in which format you view BusinessObjects documents.

• Universe

Lets you specify how you view the list of available universes and how often the list is refreshed.

• Password

Lets you change your InfoView/WebIntelligence/BusinessObjects password.

Setting a picture

You can configure InfoView to display a picture at the top of the navigation bar.

This picture should be a .gif, .jpg or .jpeg image 70 pixels wide by 95 pixels high. If it isn't, the browser forces the picture to those dimensions, resulting in a distorted picture.

You can put your picture on an available HTTP server then use that server's URL. In some cases it might be easier to have the picture file on your own computer. The URL could appear in one of the following formats:

• file://<Drive Name>/<FilePathAndName>
• http://<Server Name>/<FilePathAndName>

For example, a valid URL might be file://C:/Windows/Myself.gif

To define the picture to be displayed in your InfoView:

1. Click Options in the navigation bar.

The Options page opens.

2. In the Start Page options, type your picture's URL in the Personalized Picture/URL Location box.

   

3. Click the Test button.

This makes sure that the picture is at a valid URL that can be reached by your browser and InfoView.

4. Your browser displays the picture at the top of the navigation bar. Click the Apply All Changes to save your changes.

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