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Changing your user preferences

Use the User Preferences window to set either

Opening the User Preferences - Preferences tab

User Preferences tab key fields and buttons

Fields

Field

Description

SemYear & Sem

Select the year and semester, term or reporting that you want to work from.

Note: You are notified if the selected Year and Semester are different to the system setting that applies at your organisation.
Unmatched user preferences message

Default File Type

Select the file type that SynWeb uses by default. See File types.

Default Campus

Select the campus that you usually work from, if there are multiple campuses in your organisation.

Start Page

Select the window that is displayed after you log in to SynWeb.

Student Search Default Active

Select to set the Active Student field to default to Yes on the Current Student Search Criteria window. See Searching for students in the Current students manual.

Current Student Search Criteria (Active Student field, cut down)

Clear the field to not set the Active Student field to a default value.

Current Student Search Criteria window (Active Student field)

Prioritise Standard Report Over Site Report

Select to prioritise standard reports and report selection screens over site versions.

Message from webpage (site reports)

Note: This field is only used for testing purposes and lasts for the duration of the current session.

Buttons

Button

Description

Save button

Save your preferences.

Tip: Select another function after saving your preferences. SynWeb web browser windows often behave differently to similar Synergetic windows.

Cancel button

Cancel the changes and return to the Home window.

Opening the User Preferences - Action Centre tab

User Preferences - Action Centre tab key fields

System administrators can make the following settings specific to the Action Centre:

Grid area fields

Field

Description

Type

Type of Action Centre notification. Either:

  • Action Centre message icon message
  • Action Centre task icon task
  • Action Centre error icon error.

Message Type

Description of the Action Centre notification.

Group/User

Level of subscription. You can be subscribed as either:

  • user
  • group.

    Note: Groups of users can be subscribed to Action Centre messages using the Action Centre Types group security resource. See Group/User Security Maintenance - Groups View in the Synergetic System Maintenance manual.

Email

Whether the current user receives email notifications for the currently selected Action Centre message type.

Note: Groups of users can be subscribed to Action Centre email notifications using the Action Centre Types group security resource. See Group/User Security Maintenance - Groups View in the Synergetic System Maintenance manual.

Unactioned Task/Read Only

Status of unactioned Action Centre tasks.

You can either:

  • Select the Unactioned Task/Read Only field:

The Action Centre task is marked as a message and the message icon is displayed.

Unactioned task (Read Only selected)

  • Leave the Unactioned Task/Read Only field blank:

The Action Centre task is marked as a task and the task icon is displayed.

Unactioned task (Read Only field blank)

Actioned Task/Read

Status of actioned Action Centre tasks.

You can either:

  • Select the Read field:

The Action Centre task is marked as a message and the message icon is displayed when the task is actioned.

Actioned task (Read selected)

  • Leave the Read field blank:

The Action Centre task remains a task and no icon is displayed when the task is actioned.

Fields

Field

Description

Create Reminder Messages in Action Centre for Tasks

Select to create reminder messages in the Action Centre for upcoming tasks.

Days before the due date for reminder

Days before the task due date that the Action Centre displays the reminder.

Create Overdue Message in Action Centre for Tasks

Select to create overdue messages in the Action Centre for overdue tasks.

Recieve emails for non-subscribed messages

Select to receive emails for non-subscribed messages.

Buttons

Button

Description

Edit icon (pencil, Synweb)

Launch the My Subscriptions window to manage your subscriptions for the selected Action Centre message type.

My Subscripitons (User preferences, synweb)

Last modified: 12/02/2015 3:04:31 PM

See Also

Using SynWeb

Logging in and out

Using the Home window

Navigating around SynWeb

Using drop-down lists

Using navigation bars

Customising navigation bars

Sorting grids

Entering dates and times

Record locking

© 2015 Synergetic Management Systems. Published 5 March 2015.

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