Management Center: Change the preferences

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Changing the preferences

You can set the following Management Center preferences: default store to work with, user interface language, format of numbers, dates, and times, time zone, the first day of the week, page size, and help options. Your preferences take effect immediately and are active until you change them.

Procedure

Open the Management Center.

From the Management Center menu, click Preferences.

From the Preferences dialog:

Option Description
Store Name Type the name of the store that to work with, each time you use the Management Center.
To search for a store name, click Find. On the Store search dialog, type a store name and click OK. A list of stores that you are authorized to work with displays.
Language Select the language that we will use when managing tasks with the Management Center. All text on the Management Center user interface will display in this language. This value is preselected as United States English.
Number format Select the number format that to use as the default number format. All number formats displayed in the Management Center user interface will use this format. For example, all numeric fields and currency fields are displayed using this number format.
Date format Select the date format that to use as the default date format. All date formats displayed in the Management Center user interface will use this format.
Time format Select the time format that to use as the default time format. All time formats displayed in the Management Center user interface will use this format.
Time zone Select the time zone that to use as the default time zone. All dates and times displayed in the Management Center user interface will use this time zone. By default, this value is set to the time zone of the WebSphere Commerce Server.
Start week with this day Select the day that to use by default as the first day of the week when managing tasks with the Management Center.
Page size Select the number of business objects to display on each page in the Management Center so that you do not need to wait for all business objects to load. For example, if you specify 50 as the page size, 50 business objects are displayed on each page. By default, 500 business objects display on each page.
Business users can navigate to additional objects not displayed on a page:

Explorer view

Right-click in the explorer view; then click Load Next Page or Load Previous Page.

In the search results list within the main work area, click the and icons.

Utilities view

In the Find tab, click the and icons.

In the Browse tab, right-click; then click Load Next Page or Load Previous Page.

Enable Detailed Tooltips This option is enabled by default and displays detailed help for fields that provide additional information within the Management Center. Select the help icon displayed next to some user interface elements (such as a field or a list) to learn more about the particular element.

Click OK to save the preferences.

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Option	Description
Store Name	Type the name of the store that to work with, each time you use the Management Center. To search for a store name, click Find. On the Store search dialog, type a store name and click OK. A list of stores that you are authorized to work with displays.
Language	Select the language that we will use when managing tasks with the Management Center. All text on the Management Center user interface will display in this language. This value is preselected as United States English.
Number format	Select the number format that to use as the default number format. All number formats displayed in the Management Center user interface will use this format. For example, all numeric fields and currency fields are displayed using this number format.
Date format	Select the date format that to use as the default date format. All date formats displayed in the Management Center user interface will use this format.
Time format	Select the time format that to use as the default time format. All time formats displayed in the Management Center user interface will use this format.
Time zone	Select the time zone that to use as the default time zone. All dates and times displayed in the Management Center user interface will use this time zone. By default, this value is set to the time zone of the WebSphere Commerce Server.
Start week with this day	Select the day that to use by default as the first day of the week when managing tasks with the Management Center.
Page size	Select the number of business objects to display on each page in the Management Center so that you do not need to wait for all business objects to load. For example, if you specify 50 as the page size, 50 business objects are displayed on each page. By default, 500 business objects display on each page. Business users can navigate to additional objects not displayed on a page: Explorer view Right-click in the explorer view; then click Load Next Page or Load Previous Page. In the search results list within the main work area, click the and icons. Utilities view In the Find tab, click the and icons. In the Browse tab, right-click; then click Load Next Page or Load Previous Page.
Enable Detailed Tooltips	This option is enabled by default and displays detailed help for fields that provide additional information within the Management Center. Select the help icon displayed next to some user interface elements (such as a field or a list) to learn more about the particular element.