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Preferences

Customize application behavior from Preferences.

From the top of any BestLink page, click the Preferences text link.

 

• System Wide Preferences:

 

1. • Choose from the following Date Formats option buttons:

   • • Month/Day/Year (MM/DD/YYYY) (Default)

or

1. 1. • Day/Month/Year (DD/MM/YYYY)

Dates appear in the selected format on the Advanced Search and all reports.

1. • Choose from the following Financial Search option buttons:

   • • Do Not recalculate Invalid Queries during Total Calculation (Default)

or

1. 1. • Recalculate Invalid Queries during Total Calculation

Update invalid queries for the correct number of hits when Total Hits is selected on the Advanced Search.

1. • Choose from the following Database Lists option buttons:

   • • Show all available databases

View all databases available in BestLink regardless of subscriptions.

or

1. 1. • Show only databases that I own (Default)

View only the databases for which you have a subscription.

1. • Choose from the following Database Tree View:

   • • Show database tree view collapsed (Default)

 Note:  List tree views that have only one root node will be displayed with that node expanded by default.

or

1. • • Show database tree view expanded

   • Choose from the following Report Rendering Method option buttons:

   • • Add completed reports to my report list in Report Manager

This option does not automatically open the report but allows retrieval at a later time or date from the Report Manager or My Reports.

or

1. 1. • Show reports as soon as they are completed (Default)

This option automatically opens a report dialog box after the report is processed and complete.

1. • Select from the following Line Sort Order option buttons for Best's State/Line and Best's IEE subscribers:

   • • Sort in Alphabetical order

or

1. • • Sort in Statement Page order (Default)

   • Select from the following Company Overview Currency options:

   • • Currency

Currency selected here will appear as the default on the Advanced Search and Custom Reports pages as well as the Financial Overview (Global) and Best's Executive Summary Report (5-year) Global standard reports.

 

• Custom Reports Preferences:

 

1. • Choose from the following Microsoft Excel Version (Edition year of MS-Office):

   • • 2003, 2002 or 2000 (Default)

or

1. • • 2007 or higher

   • Choose from the following Connection Speed options buttons:

   • • High Speed (Default)

A green marker will appear in the Current Report Summary box from the Custom Report page.

or

1. 1. • Low Speed

A yellow marker will appear in the Current Report Summary box from the Custom Report page.

Selecting Low Speed will keep all tree views expanded, minimizing bandwidth usage and time.

1. • Choose from the following General Company Information option buttons:

   • • Only show general company information for the current year (Default)

or

1. 1. • Show general company information for all years requested

Company and Credit Rating information is always the most current year's information available.

1. • Choose from the following Report Formatting Options option buttons:

   • • Do Not Span Column Headers for Grouped Items

or

1. 1. • Span Column Headers for Grouped Items (Default)

 

1. 1. • Do Not Use Borders for Column Headers

or

1. 1. • Use Borders for Column Headers (Default)

 

1. 1. • Do Not Use Shading for Column Headers (Default)

or

1. 1. • Use Shading for Column Headers

 

1. 1. • Show all available sheets (Default)

or

1. 1. • Remove empty sheets

This option will remove sheets that contain no data.

 

1. • Choose from the following Management Titles option buttons:

   • • Keep titles together (Default)

Management titles containing multiple items will appear as one entry.

or

1. 1. • Separate titles

Management titles containing multiple items will appear as a separate entry for each person.  

Separate Titles option will only be applied when the companies are vertical (rows) and the fields are horizontal (columns).

 

• • Specify Blank Cells appearance:

  • • Fill numeric blank cells

    • Fill non-numeric blank cells

     

• Save or Reset Preferences:

• • Click the Save button to apply changes.

  • or

  • Click the Reset button to restore all preferences to BestLink's default settings.

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