Preferences

Last update: January 31, 2025

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You can manage settings for Analysis Workspace and its related components for all new projects or panels that you create. Existing projects and panels are not affected.

See Manage preferences for a demo video.

Update preferences

In Adobe Analytics, go to the Project landing page, then select Preferences.
For information about the available preferences on each tab, continue with any of the following sections in this article:

General preferences

You can customize general preferences for all new projects that you create in Analysis Workspace. For information about how to access these preferences, see Update preferences.

Preference	Options
Landing page	Choose what page displays as the default page when you access Adobe Analytics: Project list (default) Blank project Specific project selected from a list
Show tips	Displays tips in a blue box in the lower-right area of Analysis Workspace. This option is enabled by default.
Components displayed in left rail groups	Choose how many of each component to display in the Components menu in the left rail. If you choose 0, the component is no longer accessible from the left rail of your workspaces. By default, 5 components display for each of the following: Dimensions Metrics Filters Date ranges For more information about Components in Analysis Workspace, see Components overview.

Preference

Options

Landing page

Choose what page displays as the default page when you access Adobe Analytics:

Project list (default)
Blank project
Specific project selected from a list

Show tips

Displays tips in a blue box in the lower-right area of Analysis Workspace.

This option is enabled by default.

Components displayed in left rail groups

Choose how many of each component to display in the Components menu in the left rail.

If you choose 0, the component is no longer accessible from the left rail of your workspaces.

By default, 5 components display for each of the following:

Dimensions
Metrics
Filters
Date ranges

For more information about Components in Analysis Workspace, see Components overview.

Company preferences

You can update company preferences that apply to all users and projects within your organization. For information about how to access these preferences, see Update preferences.

Section	Preference	Options
Reports tab
	Hide Reports Tab	Hides the Reports tab for all users in your organization.
Project sharing
	Allow sharing only with Workspace users	When this option is enabled, users in your organization cannot see the “Share with anyone” option in the Share menu. This means that users cannot share projects with people who don’t have an Analysis Workspace account in your organization as described in Share a project with anyone (no login required) in Share projects. Consider the following when enabling or disabling this option: When you enable this option, people who previously received access to a project through the “Share with anyone” share option can no longer access the project. If this option is enabled (to allow sharing only with Workspace users) and then later disabled (to allow sharing with anyone), people who previously received access to a project through the “Share with anyone” share option do not automatically regain their access to the project. In this case, the user who shared the project must enable the Link is active option that is available when sharing a project with anyone (Share > Share with anyone), as described in Share a project with anyone (no login required) in Share projects.
	Require Experience Cloud authentication	When enabled, people who are given access to a project from the “Share with anyone” option in Analysis Workspace must authenticate using their Experience Cloud credentials. After this option is enabled, any time a user shares a project using the “Share with anyone” share option, the “Require Experience Cloud authentication” option is enabled in the share dialog and it cannot be disabled by the user who is sharing the project. (For information about how users can share projects with anyone, see Share a project with anyone (no login required) in Share projects.) Consider the following when enabling this option: When you enable this option, all projects that were previously shared with the “Share with anyone” share option, and do not have the “Require Experience Cloud authentication” option enabled, are deactivated. If this option is enabled (to require Experience Cloud authentication) and then later disabled (to allow anyone with the link to access the project), people who previously received access to a project through the “Share with anyone” share option do not automatically regain their access to the project. In this case, the user who shared the project must enable the “Link is active” option that is available when sharing a project with anyone (Share > Share with anyone > Link is active), as described in Share a project with anyone (no login required) in Share projects. This option is available only if SSO is implemented in your organization. For information about how system administrators can enable SSO for your organization, see Set up identity and Single Sign-On. If SSO is configured for your organization, check to see if any kind of auto-account creation is implemented in the console. Typically, a system administrator would set this up, as described in Enable automatic account creation. If your organization is in an industry that requires HIPAA compliance, this option is automatically enabled and cannot be disabled.

Projects & Analyses preferences

You can customize project preferences for all new projects that you create in Analysis Workspace. For information about how to access these preferences, see Update preferences.

Some of these same preferences can also be customized for individual projects, as described in Project overview.

Click the linked preference titles for more information and context about each preference.

Section	Preference	Options
Display
	View density	Choose how much content to display on the screen by reducing the vertical padding of the left rail, freeform tables, and cohort tables. Compact Comfortable Expanded (default)
	Color palette	Choose the visualization color palettes that are used in Analysis Workspace. Categorical palette: Applied to many visualizations in Analysis Workspace. Each color represents a distinct categorical value. Choose from Adobe-provided options or enter a custom palette defined by comma-delimited hex values. Divergent palette: Applied to the Cohort table in Analysis Workspace. This palette holds a numeric meaning with two extremes and a baseline in the middle. Sequential palette: Applied to the Frequency trends (stacked bar) guided analysis. This palette holds a numeric meaning from light to dark.
Data
	Report suite	Choose from where tables and visualizations derive their data. Most recent (default) Specific report suite selected from a list
	Calendar	Select from a list of: Adobe-provided ranges (default is This Month) Custom-defined ranges
	Panel Type	Freeform (default) Blank Quick Insights
	Count repeat instances	Specifies whether repeat instances are counted in reports. For example, this setting (when activated) treats multiple consecutive page views to the same page as multiple page views. With it off, they count as a single page view. Note: This setting affects only certain metrics (such as Single Page Visits) and it does not apply to Flow or Fallout visualizations.
	Number format	1,000.00 (default) 1.000,00 1 000,00
	CSV separator character	Comma (default) Semicolon Colon Pipe Period Space Tab
	Show annotations	Choose whether annotations are visible in your projects. For more information about annotations, see Annotations overview.

Freeform table preferences

You can customize freeform table preferences for all new projects that you create in Analysis Workspace. For information about how to access these preferences, see Update preferences.

Some of these same preferences can also be customized for individual tables.

Click the linked section titles for more information and context about the available preferences.

Section	Preference	Options
Table
	Table type	Freeform Table builder
	Default table metric	Occurrences Unique Visitors Visits
	Default table dimension	Choose from Minute, Hour, Day, Week, Month, Quarter, or Year.
	Align dates	Select this option to align dates from each column to all start on the same row.
Column
	Wrap header text	Lets you wrap the header text in Freeform tables to make headers more readable and tables more shareable. This is useful for .pdf rendering and for metrics with long names. Enabled by default.
	Show totals	This total is typically equal to or a subset of the Grand Total. It reflects any table filters applied within the freeform table, including the Include None option.
	Show grand totals	This total represents all hits that have been collected, sometimes referred to as ‘report suite total’. When a segment is applied either at the panel level or within the freeform table, this total adjusts to reflect all hits that match the segment criteria. Grand total is not supported for tables or breakdowns with static rows.
	Show sparkline	Show or hide line charts at the bottom of the chart. When hidden, the legend changes to no longer visually reference the lines.
	Number	Determines if a cell shows/hides the numeric value for the metric. For example, if the metric is Page Views, the numeric value is the number of page views for the row item.
	Percent	Determines if a cell shows/hides the percent value for the metric. For example, if the metric is Page Views, the percent value is the number of page views for the row item divided by the total page views for the column. Note: We can show percentages greater than 100%, to be more accurate. We are also moving the upper bound cap to 1,000% to ensure columns can grow in widths too large.
	Show anomalies	Determines if anomaly detection is run on the values in this column.
	Interpret zero as no value	For cells with a 0 value, determines whether to show a 0 or a blank cell. This is useful when you look at data for each day of a month, and some days haven’t happened yet. Instead of showing 0’s for future dates, blank cells can be shown instead. Charts respect this setting as well (i.e., they do not showing a line or bar with 0 values when this setting is checked).
	Background	Determines if a cell shows/hides all cell formatting, including the bar graph and conditional formatting Bar graph Shows a horizontal bar graph representing the cell’s value relative to the total for the column. Conditional formatting For more information about conditional formatting, see “Conditional formatting” in Column Settings
	Cell preview	Shows a preview of how each cell appears with the currently selected formatting options applied.
Row
	Breakdown by position	Select this option if you want the breakdown to remain with the position of the item rather than with the item itself. For more information about breakdowns, see Break down dimensions.
	Percentage calculation	Column Row
	Column totals (Static rows only)	Display sum of rows: Shows the sum of the individual line items Display grand total: Shows the de-duplicated sum of rows.

Visualizations preferences

You can update visualization preferences for all new projects that you create in Analysis Workspace. For information about how to access these preferences, see Update preferences.

Some of these same preferences can also be customized for individual visualizations.

Click the linked section titles for more information and context about the available preferences.

Section	Preference	Options
General Defaults
	Percentages	Displays values in percentages for all visualizations.
	Legend visible	Lets you hide the detailed legend text for all visualizations.
	Limit max items	Reduces the number of items on the X-axis for all visualizations. This can be useful if you have a large data set.
	Display dual axis (when applicable)	Only applies if you have two metrics - you can have a y-axis on the left (for one metric) and on the right (for the other metric). This is helpful when plotted metrics are of very different magnitudes.
	Normalization (when applicable)	Forces metrics to equal proportions. This is helpful when plotted metrics are of very different magnitudes.
	Anchor Y-axis at zero	If all the values plotted on the chart are considerably above zero, the chart default will make the bottom of the y-axis NON-ZERO. If you check this box, the y-axis will be forced to zero (and it will re-draw the chart).
	Allow anomalies to scale Y-axis	If you have multiple metrics in a chart, you have to hover over each anomaly to see the confidence band for that metric. To make the visualization more legible, the Anomaly Detection confidence interval does not automatically scale the y-axis. This option allows the confidence interval to scale the visualization. For more information, see View anomalies in Analysis Workspace.
Line
	Percentages	Displays values in percentages for the Line visualizations.
	Legend visible	Lets you hide the detailed legend text for the Line visualization.
	Limit max items	Reduces the number of items on the X-axis in the Line visualization. This can be useful if you have a large data set.
	Display dual axis (when applicable)	Only applies if you have two metrics - you can have a y-axis on the left (for one metric) and on the right (for the other metric). This is helpful when plotted metrics are of very different magnitudes.
	Normalization (when applicable)	Forces metrics to equal proportions. This is helpful when plotted metrics are of very different magnitudes.
	Show x-axis	Displays the x-axis on the Line chart.
	Show y-axis	Displays the y-axis on the Line chart.
	Anchor Y-axis	If all the values plotted on the chart are considerably above zero, the chart default will make the bottom of the y-axis NON-ZERO. If you check this box, the y-axis will be forced to zero (and it will re-draw the chart).
	Show min	Overlay a minimum value label to quickly highlight the valleys in a metric. Note: The min values are derived from the visible data points in the visualization, not the full set of values within a dimension.
	Show max	overlay a maximum value label to quickly highlight the peaks in a metric. Note: The max values are derived from the visible data points in the visualization, not the full set of values within a dimension.
	Show trendline	Show a regression or moving average trendline to your line series. Trendlines help to depict a clearer pattern in the data.
Cohort
	Granularity	For trended visualizations, you can change the time granularity (Day, Week, Month, Quarter, or Year). This change also applies to the data source table.
	Only show percent	Removes the number value and only shows the percentage.
	Round percent to nearest whole	Rounds the percent value to the nearest whole instead of showing the decimal value.
	Show average percent row	Inserts a new row at the top of the table and then adds the average for the values within each column.
	Cohort Preview	A preview of how the color palette appears in the cohort visualization.
	Cohort Palette	The color palette used in the cohort visualization.
Combo charts
	Show X-axis	Displays the x-axis on the Combo chart.
	Show Y-axis	Displays the y-axis on the Combo chart.
	Display barbells on lines	Show barbells on lines in Combo charts.
Key Metric Summary
	Summary display type	Emphasize percent change Emphasize number value
	Show sparklines	how or hide line charts at the bottom of the chart. When hidden, the legend changes to no longer visually reference the lines.
	Show max and min on sparklines	Show minimum and maximum values on primary and comparison line charts.
	Show comparison	Show comparison data. When hidden, both the comparison line chart and summary change objects will be hidden from view.
	Number value options	In the Key Metric Summary section Show percent change Show raw difference Raw difference between the total value of the metric in the primary date range and the secondary date range
Fallout
	Container	Lets you switch between Visit and Visitor to analyze visitor pathing. The default is Visitor. These settings help you understand visitor engagement at the visitor level (across visits), or constrain the analysis to a single visit. The following options are available: Visit Visitor
Flow
	Container	In the Flow section Visit Visitor
	Wrap labels	Normally, the labels on the Flow elements are truncated to save screen real estate, but you can make the entire label visible by checking this box. Default = unchecked.
	Include repeat instances	Flow visualizations are based on instances of a dimension. This setting gives you the option to include or exclude repeated instances, e.g. Page reloads. However, repeats cannot be removed from Flow visualizations that include multi-valued dimensions, such as listVars, listProps, s.product, merchandising eVars, etc. Default = unchecked.
	Show tooltips	Determines whether tooltips containing node data are shown when hovering over individual nodes within a flow visualization.
	Number of columns	Determines how many columns you want in your Flow diagram.
	Items expanded per column	How many items you want in each column.
Stacked Charts
	100% stacked	This setting on area stacked, bar stacked or horizontal bar stacked visualizations turns the chart into a “100% stacked” visualization. For more infomration, see Bar and bar stacked.
Histogram
	Number of buckets	Choose the number of data ranges (buckets) in the visualization. The maximum number of buckets is 50. For more information, see Histogram.
	Counting method	Choose from the following options: Hit Visit Visitor For example, when used in conjunction with page views, you could choose page views per visitor, page views for visit, or page views per hit. For Hit, “Occurrences” is used as the y-axis metric in a freeform table.
Map
	Plotting dimension	Mobile latitude/longitude Geographic dimension
	Map type	Bubbles Heat map
	Color theme	Choose from Coral, Reds, Greens, Blues, Heatmap, and Positive/Negative.
	Map style	Choose from Basic, Streets, Bright, Light, Dark, and Satellite.
Summary Change
	Value	Percent change Raw difference
	Percentages	Displays values in percentages for the Summary Change visualizations.
	Legend visible	Lets you hide the detailed legend text for the Summary Change visualization.
Summary Number
	Percentages	Displays values in percentages for the Summary Number visualizations.
	Legend visible	Lets you hide the detailed legend text for the Summary Number visualization.
	Summary value by	Choose from Max, Min, Mean, Median, and Sum.
	Abbreviate value	In the Summary Number section
Treemap
	Percentages	Displays values in percentages for the Treemap visualizations.
	Limit max items	Reduces the number of items on the X-axis in the Treemap visualization. This can be useful if you have a large data set.
Venn
	Legend visible	Lets you hide the detailed legend text for the Venn visualization.
Scatter
	Percentages	Displays values in percentages for the Scatter visualizations.
	Legend visible	Lets you hide the detailed legend text for the Scatter visualization.
	Limit max items	Reduces the number of items on the X-axis in the Scatter visualization. This can be useful if you have a large data set.
	Anchor y-axis at zero	If all the values plotted on the chart are considerably above zero, the chart default will make the bottom of the y-axis NON-ZERO. If you check this box, the y-axis will be forced to zero (and it will re-draw the chart).

Restore default preferences

You can restore all your user preferences to the system defaults. This does not affect administrator preferences under the Company tab.

This action cannot be undone.

In Adobe Analytics, select Components > Preferences.
In the upper-right, select Restore defaults.
When prompted, select Restore defaults.

Dark theme

If you prefer to have a dark background for your Adobe Analytics user interface, you can toggle to Dark theme.

Click the Experience Cloud user icon at the top right.
Move the Dark theme toggle to the right.