This article provides information on managing your user profile, personal preferences, and account settings in the Survey software. It covers topics such as accessing your account, changing personal settings, and understanding time zone configurations.

Accessing Your User Account

There are two ways to access your user account settings:

• Navigate to User → Own user account in the main menu.
• Click on your Username in the top right corner, then select Edit account.

From here, you can:

• Update your address data and security question under User data.
• Change your password using the Password menu item.

Personal Preferences

To adjust your personal settings, click on the User menu and select Personal preferences. You can customize various aspects of your Survey experience:

Common Settings

• Language
• Standard character set
• Save last entries in search screen
• Time zone
• Standard directory for SAS exports and SAS library
• Size of preview window
• Separators (commas vs semicolon in exports)
• Layout size of EFS

Projects

• Standard character set
• Behaviour when creating/opening a project
• Checks for JavaScript, Flash and device type
• Automatic browser detection
• Determine participant’s host name and IP address
• Enable cookies

Behaviour of Questionnaire Editor

• Use rich text editor in questionnaire editor
• Use rich text editor in question type 998
• Mark questions as mandatory question on creation
• Default question text for newly created questions
• Default fill-in instruction for newly created questions
• Selected tab when opening the media-library

Display of Questionnaire Editor

• Default display settings for the questionnaire editor

Time Zone Settings

You can set your preferred time zone, which will be used throughout the entire software:

Setting Your Time Zone

1. Go to Options → Personal Settings → Common Settings
2. Choose a time zone by either:
   • Selecting it on the map
   • Clicking the Detect time zone button for automatic detection

Important notes about time zone settings:

• The selected time zone will be applied across the entire software.
• Data export and service layer will continue to use UTC/GMT for technical reasons.

FAQ

How do I change my password?

To change your password, access your user account settings and select the Password menu item. Follow the prompts to set a new password.

Can I change the language of the interface?

Yes, you can change the language in the Personal preferences under Common settings. Select your preferred language from the available options.

How does changing my time zone affect my projects?

Changing your time zone will affect how dates and times are displayed throughout the software. However, it won’t affect the actual data in your projects, as exports and the service layer use UTC/GMT.