Using personalization

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1. Overview

Personalization is a feature in which view settings such as the state of filters and parameters are automatically saved and recalled for each non-administrator user viewing a dashboard, report, or another view.

2. Save personalization settings

When a user other than an administrator views a dashboard, report, or other view, after 10 seconds, personalization settings are automatically saved so that they can be recalled the next time the user views this same item. This is beneficial, for example, if the logon session times out while you are viewing a particular dashboard, because the filter state of the dashboard will be preserved.

The personalization settings that are saved include the state of filters and other parameters, whether you're using the full screen option, and generally any other option that is recorded when you share as a link.

A message appears in the status bar whenever personalization settings are saved.

Personalization settings including filter selection are saved regularly
Personalization settings including filter selection are saved regularly

When you open the same item the next time, you'll see that the filters are in the same state as they were in when the personalization was last saved.

Note
Personalization is not saved when a file is checked out to you for editing. If you want to save changes made when viewing a checked-out dashboard, switch back to edit mode and allow the changes to save.

3. Clear personalization settings

To clear your personalization settings (for all dashboards, reports, and other views), go to your profile, scroll down, and click Clear Personalization

Clear your personalization settings
Clear your personalization settings

You can reopen a view and see that the states of filters have been reset to default values.

4. Disable personalization on a view

The Store View Personalization privilege can be disabled on the dashboard or view by opening the Properties window with nothing selected (or with the canvas selected) and setting the Disabled Application Privileges property.

See Disable view functionality for more details.

5. Disable personalization for users (admin only)

Dundas BI administrators can disable the personalization privilege based on the user that's logged in.

To do this, go to the Admin screen and click Accounts or Groups under Account Service.

Edit an account or group and click Application Privileges. Locate the Store View Personalization privilege and select Deny from the drop-down menu.

Application privilege to enable or disable personalization for a user
Application privilege to enable or disable personalization for a user

For more information on privileges, see Application privileges.

6. Clear personalization for multiple users (admin only)

Administrators can use the API to clear saved personalization settings for all users, and/or for specific views. You might wish to do this after making significant changes to dashboards or reports that you want your users to see in its original state, or if the data changes such that their personalization settings will no longer apply.

The ShortLinkService's deleteShortLinks method provides options for specifying which personalization to clear. The following example (JavaScript) clears personalization for a dashboard with the specified file system entry ID:

dundas.context.getService("ShortLinkService").deleteShortLinks({
    categoryId: dundas.constants.VIEW_PERSONALIZATION_SHORT_LINK_CATEGORY_ID,
    fileSystemEntryId: "66ecb30a-cc3a-4ecf-9961-c476247cde4b"
}).done(function () {
    console.log("Personalization cleared");
});

Note
This script would only need to run once, so you could run it from your browser's console when logged in as an administrator, for example, rather than saving it in one of your views.

7. See also

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