Use Preferences to change the password, language, and theme for BIRT Analytics, as shown in Figure 1‑2. To save one change and prepare to make further changes, choose Change. To discard unsaved changes, choose Cancel. To save changes and return to BIRT Analytics, choose Accept. Changes take effect after exiting BIRT Analytics and reentering.
Figure 1‑2 Available user preferences
Changing a password
The new password must comply with the password policy associated with the user account and must contain at least one of each of the following character types:
Lowercase letters
Uppercase letters
The following special characters _, -, !, ·, $, %, (, ), =, |, @, #, €, *, ~, ",", ., " "
Numeric characters
Changing regional settings for language/locale
You can change your language/locale settings by choosing the desired setting from the dropdown list accessed from the language field in the preferences window. (see figure below)
Figure 1‑3 Changing regional settings
How changing regional settings affects date and date/time display
Setting your locale also sets your date and date/time values so that they will be displayed in your local format - appearing correctly in the Discrete Values grid, in Crosstab row dimensions, in Bubbles, Pareto and Profiles.
Subsequent editing of date and date/time values is done using a Calendar form.
Changing the theme
You can change the appearance of BIRT Analytics using predefined themes. BIRT Analytics provides two themes: Augusta (by default) and Classic (original BIRT Analytics theme.