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title: "User Menu v3.0.1"
canonical: "https://servicedesk.maxgeo.com/space/DS/1272971265/User%20Menu%20v3.0.1"
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> Macro (toc)

Just below the DataShed5 logo (or your company logo) is the **User Menu**. The User Menu allows the user to change their default settings, change their password, or log off, among other things.

The User Menu is labelled ‘Hello <username>’, where ‘username’ is the DataShed username of the currently logged-in user.

Clicking the User Menu item will display the user menu options. Clicking one of those options will activate the requested function.

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## ​User Settings

The **User Settings** option will show the settings for the current user, including the Default View, Display Last viewed Table, Email Active, and the Browser Language. Of these options, only the Default View and the Display Last Viewed Table can be directly changed by the user in this window. The ‘Email Active’ option can be changed by a DataShed5 administrator, contact your administrator if you need this option changed. The Browser Language is set in the browser settings, not in the DataShed5 user settings.

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The Default View is the view with which the user is presented after they log in to DataShed5 (or click the logo at the top of the menu). The available options are ‘Dashboard’, ‘Data View’, ‘Assay Manager’ and ‘Map’. When ‘Dashboard’ or ‘Map’ are selected, the user is presented with a list of dashboards or maps that are available to the current user, and the user may choose which one these will be presented to them when they log in to DataShed5.If any changes are made to the default view selection, click ‘Save’ to save the changes and close the window. On saving User Setting, the confirmation message updated to “User settings saved successfully.” Click ‘Close’ to close the window without saving the update. Pressing the ‘Escape’ key or clicking the ‘X’ in the top-right corner will also close the window without saving.

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## ​User Guide

The User Guide option will open a PDF copy of the DataShed5 User Guide in a PDF viewer window. The blue View User Guide PDF option in the top left corner of the window will open a full-size PDF viewer window. The options to print and download the guide are available.

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## ​Disable All Filters

DataShed5 allows users to create filters, based on a combination of simple or complex criteria, spatial point selection, and DataSet selection. When viewing data directly, users can filter the data further with ad-hoc filtering within the data view.

The Disable All Filters will turn off all filtering criteria (except the DataSet selection) and make all data visible in the data view.

## ​Change Password

The Change Password option allows the user to modify their DataShed5 password. The user must correctly enter their current password, then a new password and confirm the new password. Click ‘Save’ to save the password changes and close the Change Password window or click ‘Close’ (or press the Escape key) to close the window without updating the password.

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User passwords must contain at least one upper case letter, one lower case letter, and one numeric digit. When you click ‘Save’, DataShed5 will show an error message if the current password is incorrect, if the updated password does not meet the password requirements, or if the new password and the confirmation do not match.

## ​About

The About option shows a window with version and licensing information about the installation of DataShed5. You may be asked for some of this information if you need to contact maxgeo to request support for DataShed5.

Details of any planned outages scheduled is also displayed.

No changes can be made within this window. Press the escape key, or click the ‘X’ at the top-right, to close the window.

## ​Log Off

This option will log out the current user from DataShed5. The browser session will no longer be able to access any DataShed5 data until the user logs in again.