In ArcGIS Excalibur, user settings are user-defined settings that provide flexible and relevant experiences based on your needs. Some application settings can be changed in ArcGIS Excalibur using My Settings. To go to My Settings, click the settings button in the side pane from anywhere in the application.
In My Settings, you can click Reset All Saved Settings at any time to return the user settings to the application defaults. A dialog will prompt you to confirm your My Settings reset.
Viewing mode
On the viewing mode tab, you can set and save your viewing preference. The default viewing mode is dark mode. Dark mode works well when you're viewing imagery or video in darker and dimly lit environments. Light mode works well when you're viewing imagery or video in brighter and well-lit environments. Once you choose a viewing mode, click Update Settings to save your changes. A notification appears at the bottom of the application confirming this change.
You can also change your viewing mode by clicking the Toggle Theme button in the side pane.
Note:
The Toggle Theme button will be disabled when you are actively in the My Settings view.
Start page
On the start page tab, choose the view you want to see when the application opens. The options are as follows:
- Connect View—The default view of the application is useful if your day-to-day tasks vary between search and discovery, ad-hoc analysis, and preplanned imagery or video tasks.
- Projects View—Lists the Excalibur projects available to you.
- Search and Discover View—Provides interactive tools to search and discover imagery and video based on defined location and search filters.
- Analysis Layers View—Provides a quick way to directly connect to an available web service for search and discovery or for working with imagery and video services.
Once you choose a start page, click Update Settings to save your changes. A notification appears at the bottom of the application confirming this change.
Map settings
The map settings tab allows you to set the default starting extent when searching for imagery or video in the Search and Discover view and to choose the background map when searching for imagery or video in the Search and Discover view or working with imagery or video in the canvas view. To set a background map and extent preference:
- Click the basemap button and choose a background map.
- Zoom in and out on the map using the mouse buttons or the [+] or [-] buttons in the corner or use the draw tool to draw your preferred extent on the map.
- Click the erase button to erase your extent.
Once you choose a background map and extent, click Update Settings to save your changes. A notification appears at the bottom of the application confirming this change.
Note:
The default basemap and extent of ArcGIS Excalibur are based on your organization's default basemap and extent.