Changing your Preferences and Password (My Profile command)
Archibus Web Central
Control some basic behavior of Web Central by setting your user preferences using the My Profile form.
Change your user preferences
- Click the Profile
icon, located at the top of the Web Central screen.
- Click My Profile and My Profile dialog displays.
- Below lists the fields that you can change and some are non-editable fields and these are for your reference.
Field | Description |
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Color Scheme |
Defines the background color scheme that appears in Web Central. Try different schemes to determine the one you most prefer. From the Color Scheme drop-down, select either:
If you find that the Small Font option does not completely display titles in views and forms, consider changing your screen resolution. The following are recommended:
|
Navigation |
Determines the tool for loading tasks that appears when you load Web Central. Default presents the Navigator in the sidebar navigation panel . |
Locale |
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User Display Units of Measurement |
From the drop-down, select either Default, Imperial, or Metric. |
- When you have finished, click the Save button.
- Sign out of Web Central.
- Sign in to Web Central and now Web Central will now operate according to your new preferences.
Note : Some values in My Profile view are cached; if you change the Locale, the Country Code and Currency Code will not update to match the Locale value. If you sign out and sign in again, the values will correctly display. (AD-9133)
VAT and Multicurrency
If you have enabled the Archibus Enhanced Global Feature Set , your User Locale selection on the My Profile form determines the Default Currency presented when you enter cost transactions, and the VAT Country that the application uses to get VAT Percent for a particular cost category.
The User Display Units of Measure selection determines the unit of measure (Metric or Imperial) used to show area fields.
If you are using the Archibus Enhanced Global Feature Set and if the AbCommonResources-ConvertAreasLengthsToUserUnits
application parameter value is set to True, complete the User Display Unit of Measure field:
- Select Default to have area fields display and be entered in Square Feet (ft 2 ) if your User Local is US, and for all other locales to display in Square Meters (m 2 ).
- Select Metric to have area fields display and be entered in Square Meters (m 2 ).
- Select Imperial to have area fields display and be entered in Square Feet(ft 2 ).
Change your Password
You may have permission to change your user password. If so, the My Profile form will include a Change Password button.
- Click the Change Password button and the Change Password dialog displays.
- Enter your current password and then enter your new password twice.
- Click the Change button and you will return to the My Profile form.
- Click the Save button on the My Profile dialog.
- Click the Sign Out button.
- Sign in to Web Central with your new password.