Save and share favorites

Save your Analytics analysis points and insights as favorites and share them with your team.

Favorites and dashboards are two of the key features of Phocas.

Related information: Add an analysis point as a widget on a dashboard.

User permissions:

• To save favorites: Favorites > Save.

• To share favorites: Collaboration > Share with Folders and/or Collaboration > Share with Users

When you change your view of the grid, filter the data, or create a chart during your analysis, you can save that view as a favorite. You can save multiple favorites and easily switch from one to another for quick access to the information that you need.

Save useful data as a favorite

Save a new favorite

1. Open a database in Analytics and carry out your analysis (grid or chart view), then click the blue arrow next to the database name and select Save as favorite.

2. Configure the favorite's settings. The available settings depend on your user permissions.

   • Owner: Your name is selected by default, as you are saving the favorite. To transfer ownership, select a different user.

   • Favorite: The New option is selected by default.

   • Name and Description: Enter a name (required) and an optional description.

   • Period:

     • The Current option (with your active period in brackets) is selected by default. This is whatever period was selected in the Period menu when you saved the favorite.

     • You can change this to Default or select a default period.

     • Use offset dates to make your favorites dynamic, which means they automatically update each time they are opened.

     • If you're sharing the favorite, note that other users might have a different default period.

   • Folders and Users: By default, your favorite isn't shared. You can assign it to folders or share it with specific users. See Sharing and folders.

3. Click Save.

Configuring a favorite's settings

Save a favorite based on an existing favorite

Use this method to create a variation of any favorite, whether it's been shared with you or one you've saved yourself.

1. Open the favorite and make your changes, then click the blue arrow next to the favorite name and select Save as new favorite.

2. Update the settings and click Save.

Saving a new favorite from an existing one

Subscribe to a favorite

You can subscribe to a favorite to receive email notifications whenever the underlying data updates.

See Subscriptions.