Changing Your System Preferences

With your WFDSS account, you can change the following:

• Which map base layer displays on map displays
• Which page appears as the first page when you log in,
• How many data rows appear in the User List (in your Address Book),
• How many data rows appear in the ERC stream when you are developing or viewing inputs for an FSPro run,
• The proximity distance of nearby incidents when viewing their locations and active, published planning areas in the Fire Environment and Safety map layers,
• The format of WFDSS-generated emails, HTML or Text,
• Which map layers are available for viewing on map displays, and/or
• Which units you subscribe to for planning area notifications (Production only). See Subscribing to Planning Area Notifications.

Note: You must update your information in both the Production and Training applications. They do not share data.

To change your system preferences:

1. Login to the appropriate WFDSS application (Production or Training).
2. Click My Home > System Preferences. The Home - System Preferences page appears.
3. Enter the number of rows you want to appear per page for ERC Stream and User List data.
4. Select the Initial Page. This is the first page you will see after logging into the application.
5. Select the Map Base Layer that you want to use as the default.
6. Select the Map Layers you want to see when you view the maps.
7. Select the Units you want to subscribe to for planning area notifications (Production only.) See Subscribing to Planning Area Notifications.
8. Click Save Preferences.

Your changes are saved and the pages change accordingly.

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Last updated on 8/20/2019 4:28:33 PM.

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