User Settings

Overview

User settings allow you to make changes to your general, news subscription, password, third-party credential, email notification, mobile notification, and accessibility settings. To access your settings, click your user picture in the top-right corner, then click SETTINGS.

General

The General tab allows you to configure the settings described below.

Internationalization

The user internationalization settings include Locale, Time Zone, and Calendar.

To set your internationalization preferences:

1. Modify the settings via the dropdown lists.
2. Click SAVE CHANGES.
3. Refresh your web browser to have your changes take effect.

Designer Preferences

In the designer role, you can use the Display object type favicons in browser tabs setting to control the favicon that displays in your browser tab:

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When this setting is enabled:

• Object type icons display in the browser tabs of corresponding objects so that you can more easily differentiate between your Appian tabs at-a-glance.
• Your preference overrides any environment-specific favicon branding set by system administrators in the Admin Console.

This setting is enabled by default. The favicon replacement works on all supported browsers with the exception of Safari, where object type favicons are only displayed for process models, process reports, and data stores.

Process HQ

The Appearance setting allows you to choose your theme for Process HQ. By default, Process HQ displays in dark theme.

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Password

The Password tab will be available if your environment uses Appian to authenticate its passwords.

To change your password, select this tab and fill out the fields for your old password, new password, and your new password again to confirm it. Any requirements your password must follow will display next to the New Password field. You must meet these criteria to complete the change.

Third-Party Credentials

The Third-Party Credentials tab provides a list of other software systems that have been integrated with Appian by a system administrator. Click on the name of one of the systems to provide your personal credentials for that system. When Appian calls that system on your behalf, it will authenticate using the credentials you provide.

The credentials you provide here are encrypted and stored securely in Appian. The credentials can only be decrypted and used when you are logged in and using Appian.

Each system in the list will display the word Configured or a non-sensitive portion of your credentials, such as your username, if credentials have been configured for that system. Otherwise, the system will be listed as Not Configured.

You should provide credentials for each of the systems listed in this section if you have a login to that system. That way, Appian will succeed when attempting to perform an action on that system on your behalf.

To permanently remove a set of credentials so that they are no longer stored in Appian, click the Forget My Credentials button when viewing the credentials for a configured system.

Email Notifications

The Email Notification tab will only be available if email is enabled in the Admin Console.

The Email Notification tab allows you to override the system default task and news email notification settings to meet your specific needs. These notification settings determine what system generated task and news email notifications you receive.

Mobile Notifications

The Mobile Notification tab will only be available if mobile push notifications are enabled in the Admin Console.

The Mobile Notification tab allows you to override the system default task and news mobile push notification settings to meet your specific needs. These notification settings determine what system-generated task and news mobile push notifications you receive.

News Subscriptions

The News Subscriptions tab is only available when you view your user settings in Tempo.

Your system administrator creates the topic-specific news feeds for your organization. When an entry is added to a specific feed, such as a process milestone or process completion event, only users subscribed to that feed will see it in their News feed.

The News Subscriptions tab lists all available feeds you can subscribe to.

The radio buttons adjacent to each news feed indicate if you're unsubscribed, subscribed, or have a personalized subscription to that news feed.

Subscribe

To subscribe to a feed, select Subscribed or Personalized adjacent to the news feed name.

Selecting Subscribed subscribes you to all events added to that feed. A selected radio button indicates you have subscribed.

Selecting Personalized subscribes you to only events added to that news feed and targeted specifically to a group in which you're a member. Your system administrator needs to configure this option. Check with them before enabling it. A selected radio button indicates you have subscribed to Personalized.

Unsubscribe

To unsubscribe from a feed, select Unsubscribed adjacent to the news feed name. Once you unsubscribe, you will no longer see events in your News feed from that specific feed.

You can also unsubscribe from a feed from the News feed directly by hovering over an event and clicking the Unsubscribe button that appears. To unsubscribe from a feed directly on mobile devices:

• For iOS devices
  1. Swipe right on an event posting to reveal additional options.
  2. Select Unsubscribe.
• For Android devices
  1. Tap on the overflow menu for the News event.
  2. Select Unsubscribe.

Authenticator App

The Authenticator App tab allows you to manage the authenticator app you use when signing in to Appian. Setting up a new authenticator app will invalidate any existing authenticator app configuration. You can only use one authenticator app at a time.

To change your authenticator app:

1. Click Change Authenticator App.
2. Use your authenticator app (such as Authy, Google Authenticator, or Microsoft Authenticator) to scan the QR code or manually enter the provided key.
3. Click Continue.
4. Enter the verification code from your authenticator app.
5. Click SAVE CHANGES.

Revoke device trust

Device trust lets you skip the multi-factor authentication (MFA) challenge on a web browser you chose to remember. You must still enter your Appian username and password on every sign-in.

During the MFA verification step, you can choose to trust the current device by selecting Remember this device . Device trust applies only to web browsers and does not apply to Appian Mobile apps.

To revoke your trusted devices:

1. In your user settings, go to Security Settings.
2. Click Forget all trusted devices.
3. Click Save.

You will need to reestablish trust if any of the following occur:

• You clear Appian cookies from your browser.
• Your account is deactivated and then reactivated.
• Your password changes.
• Your user account type is changed by an administrator.

Accessibility

The Accessibility tab allows you to modify your display settings. These settings make it easier for users with visual impairments to navigate forms, grids, and interfaces.

There are two accessibility options you can enable:

• Increase outline and border contrast
• Show fill patterns on charts

Once you select an option, click SAVE CHANGES and then refresh your web browser. The accessibility features will then be available on all Sites, Tempo, and interfaces.

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