The user preferences allow you to set options for your AskiaVista account. You can access them by clicking your name at the top right corner of the screen and selecting preferences. The user preferences dialog is split into several sections, as follows.
The user profile section contains the following options:
| option | description |
|---|---|
| Name | Your name. This is displayed in the AskiaVista interface and is visible to other AskiaVista users. |
| Your email address. This is used for application-driven notifications. | |
| Language | Here, you can set your preferred language for the AskiaVista interface. Note that this does not affect the language used in tables (this can be set in the Survey Settings modal window). |
The account information section contains the following options:
| option | description |
|---|---|
| User name | Allows you to change your user name, which is used to log in to AskiaVista. |
| Current password | Your current password (for security reasons, this is not displayed in the modal window). You need to enter your current password here if you want to update your password. |
| New password | If you wish to change your password, enter the new password here. You also need to enter it again in Confirm password; this is to help prevent typing errors, as the password will not be changed unless New password and Confirm password match. |
| Confirm password | If you wish to change your password, confirm your new password here after having entered it in the New password field above. |
The interface section contains the following options:
| option | description |
|---|---|
| Default survey |
Determines which survey is automatically loaded when you log in to AskiaVista. As well as selecting a specific survey by name, you can also select one of two special options:
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| Default structure | Determines what will be shown in the left-hand pane when you log in to askiavista: the questionnaire, variables, profiles or portfolios. |
| Collapse Questions by default | If you select this option, chapters in the questionnaire list are collapsed (i.e. the questions within them are hidden) when you log in to AskiaVista. |
| Hide Distribution | If you select this option, the Distribution panel is hidden. Otherwise, the panel is displayed. |
| Collapse Distribution by default | If you select this option, the Distribution panel is initially collapsed when you log in to AskiaVista. Otherwise, the panel is initially expanded. |
| Hide Rows | If you select this option, the Rows panel is hidden altogether. |
| Collapse rows by default | If you select this option, the Rows panel is initially collapsed when you log in to AskiaVista. Otherwise, the panel is initially expanded. |
| Hide Columns | If you select this option, the Columns panel is hidden altogether. |
| Collapse columns by default | If you select this option, the Columns panel is initially collapsed when you log in to AskiaVista. Otherwise, the panel is initially expanded. |
| Hide Edges | If you select this option, the Edges panel is hidden altogether. |
| Hide Properties | If you select this option, the Properties panel is hidden altogether. |
| Collapse Properties by default | If you select this option, the Properties panel is initially collapsed when you log in to AskiaVista. Otherwise, the panel is initially expanded. |
| Display status bar | If you select this option, a status bar will be displayed at the bottom of the AskiaVista screen, displaying details of the current survey (the survey name, and reload date). This status bar can be quickly closed by clicking the close button at the right-hand end of the bar. |
| Auto-play results | If this option is selected, table results will be displayed automatically (without you needing to click the play icon). With this option selected, you can still pause the updating of table results manually. See suspending automatic updates to the table for details. |