User guide

Chapter 1: Product Overview 19
Profiles
Profile information contains features and tasks that may affect actions when using the DSView
Explorer. These include:
• User options
• Color scheme
• Changing a password
• Enabling/disabling use of a third party Telnet application
• Specifying a user certificate
• Specifying a user SSH key
Changing user options
User options enable/disable features or affect actions when using the DSView Explorer.
To change user options:
1. Click the Profile tab. Preferences will automatically be selected in the top navigation bar.
Options will automatically be selected in the side navigation bar and the Options window
will open.
2. Select Automatically collapse navigation tree nodes for the currently-expanded tree node in
the side navigation bar to be collapsed when another tree node is selected.
-or-
Uncheck Automatically collapse navigation tree nodes for any expanded tree nodes in the side
navigation to remain expanded. (This is the default value.)
3. Select Skip prompt when leaving pages with unsaved changes, if you do not want a message
box to appear reminding you to save modified information when you leave a window.
-or-
Uncheck Skip prompt when leaving pages with unsaved changes if you wish for a message box
to appear reminding you to save modified information when you leave a window.
4. Select a refresh rate. By default, windows automatically refresh every 30 seconds. You may
specify another rate from five seconds to five minutes. If you select Never, windows will only
be refreshed when you click the REFRESH icon or text in the top option bar.
5. Select Skip Welcome Pages in Wizards to disable the welcome page of all wizards.
-or-
Uncheck Skip Welcome Pages in Wizards to enable the welcome page in all wizards.
6. Click Save.
Changing the color scheme
When the color scheme is changed, it is changed only for the logged in user. Each user may specify
their own color scheme.