Preferences menu

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Description

Look and Feel

Windows

Set the look and feel of the user interface to appear like Microsoft Windows UI.

 

CDE/Motif

Set the look and feel of the user interface to appear like the Unix Motif interface.

 

Metal

Set the look and feel of the user interface to appear like Metal.

Edit General

Panel Retention

Control the number of windows that are linked in the content pane for access via the [Back button] and Forward button] buttons on the toolbar. This also controls how many windows to store in memory, which allows to optimize the system's performance.

 

On login, show

Control which alerts you will view upon logging in to a product session.

 

Initial Reporting Tab to Display

Control what tab will be displayed when you first generate and view a report.

You can select:

  • Selection tab
  • Report tab
  • Chart tab (if available)

Advanced Options

Select the unit of measurement that should be used to reflect the storage sizes included in reports. This setting affects the results in online, exported, and batch reports. You can choose from the following options:

  • As Appropriate - Choose this option to have the tool automatically determine the unit measurement (kb, mb, gb, tb) to display for storage sizes in a report.
  • Kilobytes (kb) - Choose this option to display storage sizes in reports using the kb unit of measurement. For example, if the storage capacity for a computer is 100 megabytes, it would be shown as 100000kb in a Capacity report.
  • Megabytes (mb) - Choose this option to display storage sizes in reports using the mb unit of measurement. For example, if the storage capacity for a computer is 1 gigabyte, it would be shown as 1000mb in a Capacity report.
  • Gigabytes (gb) - Choose this option to display storage sizes in reports using the gb unit of measurement. For example, if the free space on a computer is 500 megabytes, it would be shown as .5gb in a free space report.
  • Terabytes (tb) - Choose this option to display storage sizes in reports using the tb unit of measurement. For example, if the free space on a computer is 350 gigabytes, it would be shown as .35tb in a free space report.