Using Application Options

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Explanation

Via the Application Options dialog you can change many application settings which page to use as application home page etc. The changes you make are personal and stored in the user profile.

Prerequisites

You must have the permission to each tab to see it. This is usually controlled by the System Administrator.

System Effects

Changes are stored in your user profile.

Window

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Related Window Descriptions

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Procedure

There are two options to open the Options dialog:

Option 1

Open the dialog via the drop-down menu on the user picture in the upper right corner of the screen.

Figure 1: Options via drop-down menu on user picture

Option 2

Select Tools/Options via the File Menu. If the file menu is not visible make it visible with the Alt key.

Figure 2: Options via the file menu

Figure 3: Options dialog

The Options dialog has several tabs, see below. Note that some tabs might not be visible due to the security settings.

Once you have made your changes click OK button to save.

General

In the General tab you can change/view the following:

Assistance

Figure 4: Options dialog Assistance tab

In the Assistance tab you can change/view the following:

User Profile

Figure 5. Options dialog User Profile tab

In the User Profile you can change/view the following:

Regional Settings

Figure 6: Options dialog Regional Settings

The regional settings for formatting dates, numbers etc., are picked from your computer's current region but there are a few things you can change in the Regional Settings tab.

.     Position to the decimal point.
,     Thousand separator when nested between 0's or #'s.
#     Optional digits on both sides of the decimal point.
0     Number of decimal places to the right of the decimal point. The minimum digits to the left if the decimal point.

Some examples of valid formats are:

(Value: 1359.246)

Format    Result
0 1359
0.00 1359.25
#,##0 1,359
#,##0.000# 1,359.246
#,##0.0000 1,359.2460
0#,##0.00 01,359.25

Note: When providing a currency format without decimals, make sure the format string ends with a 0, as in #,##0. Otherwise, 0 values in application will be displayed as empty values.

Use Windows currency format setting for the selected region by leaving the IFS Currency Format field empty. Reset the currency format to 0.00 by clicking Use Default.

Server

This tab is usually only available for System Administrators and contains the following:

 Advanced

This tab is usually only available for System Administrators and contains the following: