User Options can be access by clicking the expand buttonon the User section of the main menu on the Home tab: 



Status Display

These settings will determine how much database connection information is included in the bottom left status bar.

Data Schema

When enabled, the system will display the name of the DSF metatdata schema given at the time it was originally created.

The screenshot above is only showing this option. 


Connection Name

DSF Data Schemas can contain multiple data connections. For instance; Production and Test.

Enabling this option will display on the status bar the name of the connection.

DSF_DB | Production


Physical Connection

Each data connection has a corresponding string describing the physical database connection.

Enabling this option will further include the physical database connection string information.

This will be different depending on the database provider. For Microsoft SQL this includes the Server Name\Instance\Database Name.


DSF_DB | Production | DS01\SQL2016\AdventureWorks


Object Statistics

When enabled the object statistics will be displayed in the bottom status bar on the left. 


    Available data elements are the total number of different data fields that are accessible in the current metatdata mapping by context.

    Distinct business categories are how many Entities are available to build Views from.

    Logical units of related data are the total number of data categories.



Messages

Fancy Message Style

The standard message style is this type:



Small Message Icons

When this option is enabled the standard DS message will utilize a smaller icon:



If neither DS option is enabled then a standard windows default will be used:



Note: If long messages are displayed with the windows default there is no scrolling option. The standard DS message style will always work correctly.


Social Media

Show Social Media Icons

When enabled, links to social media will appear on the main menu:


Warnings

Empty Results

When enabled, the user will be warned that an empty preview window does not indicate an error has occurred with the query.


Users may panic when the results of their field selections suddenly seem to disappear. This warning message explains the results.



Intellisense

Use Help Text

When enabled, Intellisense selections will insert a help structure of the item, if available.

ISNULL(<exp>,<exp>)

When disabled, only the keyword will be inserted.

ISNULL


Available Skins

Skins can be used to customize the look and feel of the system.