User preferences include the following options:
Profile information
Notification preferences
Units
Air quality index
Regional preferences (language, time zone, and date format)
Appearance
To open the panel, select your initials in the top navigation > Preferences.
Enabling and disabling email notifications
You can choose whether you receive alert notifications by email. Alert notifications are sent to the user lists that an Admin user selects for each measurement alert.
Select your initials in the top navigation > Preferences. The User preferences panel opens.
Select Notifications.
Enable or disable Email notifications.
Select Save.
The Notifications section also shows Browser notifications (audio), SMS notifications, and Snooze SMS notifications. These settings are not available in Xweather Observe, and changing them has no effect.
For more information about alert notifications, see Managing measurement alerts.
Default preferences
Users get the following default preferences. If your organization uses the US instance of Xweather Observe, new users get the US defaults instead.
Setting | Default | US default |
Distance | km | mi |
Temperatures | °C | °F |
Wind speed | m/s | mph |
Air pressure | hPa | inHg |
Rain | mm, mm/h | in, in/h |
Gases (except CO₂) | ppb | ppb |
Air quality index | EEA | US AQI |
Date format | DD.MM.YYYY | MM.DD.YYYY |
Time zone | UTC | America/Chicago |
Selecting units
You can select the units for measurements.
Select your initials in the top navigation > Preferences. The User preferences panel opens.
Select Units.
Select the unit for each setting:
Setting | Options |
Distance | km, mi, nmi |
Temperatures | °C, °F |
Wind speed | m/s, mph, knots, km/h |
Air pressure | hPa, mbar, inHg |
Rain | mm, mm/h or in, in/h |
Gases (except CO₂) | ppm, ppb, µg/m³ |
4. Select Save.
The settings are applied immediately in the portal and in the CSV file download.
Selecting the air quality index
You can select the scale that is used to calculate and show the air quality index.
Select your initials in the top navigation > Preferences. The User preferences panel opens.
Select Air quality index.
Under Calculation and scale, select:
EEA (European Environment Agency)
US AQI (US Air Quality Index)
Select Save.
The setting is applied immediately in the portal and in the CSV file download.
Setting regional preferences
You can select the date format, language, and time zone.
Select your initials in the top navigation > Preferences. The User preferences panel opens.
Select Regional preferences.
Set the preferences:
Date format: for example, DD.MM.YYYY or MM.DD.YYYY.
Language: English or Spanish.
Time zone: select a time zone from the list. To use the time zone of your computer, select Autodetect.
Select Save.
The settings are applied immediately in the portal and in the CSV file download.
Setting appearance
You can select how the interface and the maps look.
Select your initials in the top navigation > Preferences. The User preferences panel opens.
Select Appearance.
Select one of the following options:
Light: a bright background, easier to view in well-lit environments.
Dark: a dark background, easier on the eyes in low light.
System: matches the theme of your device automatically.
Select Save.
Your selection applies immediately to the interface and the maps.