Editing user preferences

In addition to your name and email address, user preferences in P4V include what jobs, if any, you automatically want to attach to new changelists that you submit (such as all open jobs assigned to you) and what files or folders you want to review. When a file or folder is under review, it means that you keep a watch on it and get notified if changes occur in a specific file or any of the files in a folder.

To configure user preferences:

1. Go to Connection > Edit Current User​. The User form opens.

2. On the Form tab, configure the following:

   • Full Name: Enter your full name as you want it to appear to other users.
   • Email: Enter the email address that you want to use to receive P4V notifications.

   • Job view: Enter the jobs that you want to appear automatically on all new changelists that you submit.

     Use standard Helix server filter expressions to specify the jobs. If you set the Job view field to any valid filter expression, jobs matching the Job view appear on any changelist you create. Jobs that are fixed by the changelist should be left in the changelist when you submit it; other jobs should be deleted from the changelist form before submission.

     For example, suppose the jobs at your site have a field called Owned-By. If you set the Job view field to Owned-By=yourname status=open, all open jobs owned by you appear on all changelists you create.

     For more information about how to use Helix server filter expressions to retrieve jobs, see Search for jobs.

   • Reviews: Enter the depot path to the files that you want to watch for any changes. You will receive an email notification to alert you whenever any file you have subscribed to in the Reviews field has been modified. For example, if you enter the following in the Reviews field:

     //depot/main/...
     //depot/.../README

     you will receive an email notification whenever:

     • any README file has been submitted or altered
     • any file under //depot/main has been submitted or altered

     You can type depot paths directly in this field or use the Reviews tab to select depot paths interactively.

3. If you prefer to select depot paths instead of typing them, on the Reviews tab, do the following:

   1. If needed, expand the tree to navigate to a folder.

   2. Do one of the following:

      • Right-click the folder name to view a menu of inclusion choices:

        • Include or Exclude Tree: Select to include or exclude all files in all subfolders within the selected folder.
        • Includeor Exclude Files: Select to include or exclude all files in the folder but none within subfolders.

        • Include or Exclude Special…​: Select to open the Special Edit of View Map dialog, where you can specify filenames, extensions, or expressions written in standard Helix server filter expression syntax.

        • Clear: Clear your current review options for the selected depot folder. This option appears only if you have already used the Reviews tab to select depot paths for review.
      • Double-click the folder name to open the Special Edit of View Map dialog, where you can specify filenames, extensions, or expressions written in standard Helix server filter expression syntax.
   3. Click OK.

To change your password:

1. Go to Connection > Change Password​.

2. In the Change Password form, enter your old password and your new password.

   The password must include:

   • At least 8 characters
   • Upper- and lowercase letters, or letters plus one or more symbol or number
3. Confirm you new password.
4. Click OK to confirm your changes.