Customize user settings

Through user settings, you can adjust personal details and choose default settings for their overall mission experience. Some of these options include changing biographical information to include callsign and phone number, default display settings, the default basemap, user preference filters, and a testing tool that any user can run if issues are experienced. These settings can customize the user experience and save time in future missions.

Change biographical data

You can change several biographical items directly through mission manager to include profile picture, biographical text, and, if enabled by an organization administrator, user call sign and phone number. Additionally, you can perform minor troubleshooting from the user settings tab that will provide the status of the mission web sockets.

To access this information, complete the following steps:

1. Click your username on the upper corner of ArcGIS Mission Manager.

   A drop-down menu opens.

2. From the drop-down menu, select My Settings .

   My Settings opens to display your profile picture, full name, username, selection tabs, and profile data.

Change profile picture

To change your profile picture, complete the following steps:

1. Hover over your profile photo and click Upload profile photo. If a photo exists, select Delete Photo.

   Upload Profile Photo dialog opens.

2. Browse to the location of a new picture file, or drag and drop a photo onto the dialog.

   After selecting a picture, the dialog changes to adjust and center the picture.

3. Use the tools to adjust and center the picture.
4. Click Save.

   The profile photo is updated in My Settings.

Change call sign and phone number

You can edit your mission call sign and phone number. To change your callsign and phone number, complete the following steps:

1. Click theProfile tab.
2. Click Edit in Profile.
3. Add Call Sign, Phone Number, and Bio.
4. Click Save . Click Cancel to revert your changes.

   Information is updated in the Profile.

Change display data

You can change the default style of the theme, mission list view, and accessibility of keyboard shortcuts, and layout of your mission list view by selecting the Display tab in the User Settings section. These items can be adjusted as necessary and they may be set separately or together in one session.

1. Click the Display tab.
2. Select Light or Dark to change the background theme.
3. Click Table, List, or Grid to change the Mission View List.

   A sample card is provided with each selection.

4. Click Use keyboard shortcuts to enable shortcuts throughout the application.
5. Click Save .

Change the default basemap

Based on the type of mission and what layers will be used the default basemap might not work for you. You can choose from several basemaps that highlight different reference layers and useage contexts. To change the default basemap, complete the following steps:

1. Click the Map tab.
2. Click Choose Basemap.

   A list of basemaps are shown in a popup dialog.

3. Select a basemap from the list.

   The chosen basemap is shown in Map Preferences.

4. Click to collapse the basemap list.
5. Click Save Settings .

   A notification appears at the bottom of the app confirming your change. Your chosen basemap is now the default basemap and will be used whenever a mission is created.

Change the starting position and extent

To change the starting point and extent, complete the following steps:

1. Click the Map tab.
2. Pan and zoom in the map to define your default map extent. Use Zoom In and Zoom Out , or your mouse wheel. Your right mouse button rotates the map, and Reset map orientation will reset it back to north-is-up.

   Use the search bar to find an address or placename.

3. Click Save Settings .

   A notification appears at the bottom of the app confirming your change. Your chosen zoom extent is now the default extent and will be used whenever a mission is created.

You can change these settings at any time. You can also undo changes you make to the default map by clicking Reset to Default .

Conduct a basic health check

If you can access ArcGIS Mission Manager but are experiencing time out issues, issues with sending or receiving chats, creating or working with reports, or working with tasks, you can conduct a basic health check. When using this function, should an error be returned, the user should alert the administrator that there is an issue immediately.

1. Click the Health Check tab.
2. Click Test Connection to run the connection test.

   If successful a message appears saying the connection is working as expected.

3. If an error is displayed, contact your ArcGIS Enterprise administrator.

User Preference Filters

There are many ways that information can be filtered, sorted, and viewed in Mission Analyst from the various panels. In user settings, the Sort and Filter Preferences section allow a user of Mission Analyst to set the different panels up to determine how they wish to set up information. Each of the four panels: Chats, Participants, Reports, and Tasks have various options available to configure to best fit the needs of the individual user. To set preferences, complete the following steps:

1. Click Sort and Filter Preferences.
2. Select a topic in the left panel: Chat, Tasks, Reports, or Participants.
3. In the right panel, various options appear.
4. Select the various options.
5. When satisfied, click Save.
6. A success modal will appear as a confirmation of the saved changes.
7. If needed, reset values by selecting Reset to Default.

These preferences can be adjusted as many times as necessary.