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title: "Configure your general preferences"
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On the  Preferences  tab of the  Settings  page, you have options to customize the look and feel of Observer and configure the default core functionality for Observer. Choose your Observer theme You can change the look and feel of Observer by selecting one of the themes from the dropdown under  Theme .  Dark  is the theme that is applied to Observer by default. The theme you select from the dropdown will automatically be applied each time you log into Observer. Change user password You can edit user passwords under  Credentials . Configure Observer default core functionality To configure the default core functionality for Observer, you can modify the values for the following attributes on the  Preferences  tab of the  Settings  page. NOTE :  These are advanced settings and require advanced knowledge of Observer.  Please contact  Perspectium Support  before making any changes. Attribute Default Value Attribute Description ui.session.timeout 30 Indicates the number of minutes that your logged-in session will remain active for. After this number is exceeded, you will automatically be logged out of Observer. email.digest.max 500 Indicates a limit for daily digest alert notification emails with repetitive content. Once this limit is reached, a daily digest email will be sent to t he email addresses specified in the  Notifications  tab  listing all of the repeat notifications generated by Observer. email.digest enable If  enable  is entered in the Value column, sends a daily digest (or summary) email to the email addresses specified in the  Notifications  tab each time the  email.digest.max  limit is reached for repeat Observer notifications. If  disable  is entered in the Value column, digest emails will be sent to your email address each time Observer posts an alert. ui.perspective.dashboard enable If  disable  is entered in the Value column, the  Dashboard  option will not appear in your Observer main menu. ui.perspective.control enable If  disable  is entered in the Value column, the  Control  option will not appear in your Observer main menu. ui.perspective.monitor enable If  disable  is entered in the Value column, the  Monitor  option will not appear in your Observer main menu. ui.perspective.trend enable If  disable  is entered in the Value column, the  Trend  option will not appear in your Observer main menu. alert.snc.high enable If  enable  is entered in the Value column,  High Alert  records will be created in  ServiceNow  >  Control and Configuration  >  Alerts  for each High Alert posted by Observer. alert.snc.medium enable If  enable  is entered in the Value column,  Medium Alert  records will be created in  ServiceNow  >  Control and Configuration  >  Alerts  for each Medium Alert posted by Observer. alert.snc.low enable If  enable  is entered in the Value column,  Low Alert  records will be created in  ServiceNow  >  Control and Configuration  >  Alerts  for each Low Alert posted by Observer. alert .snc.flag.show.all.always disable If  disable  is entered in the Value column, only flags that are relevant to the trend group will appear in the trend group chart. If  enable  is entered in the Value column, then all flags will be available for showing on the trend group chart. To change the default values for these attributes: 1.  Double-click the value you want to change. 2.  Type the new value. Then, press  Enter .  A popup notification will appear in the upper right-hand corner of the window confirming your change. Similar topics Contact Perspectium Support US:  1 888 620 8880 UK:  44 208 068 5953 support@perspectium.com