Polaris Display Settings

The Polaris staff client is displayed according to the computer's screen resolution and magnification settings. For workstations running Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10, you can modify your computer’s magnification setting from the default Small (100%) to Medium (125%) or Large (150%), and the Polaris UI will reflect these changes. (This is not supported in Terminal Services.) In addition, customers who have large monitors can change the screen resolution to 1024 x 768 or above.

However, when the resolution is set at 1024 x 768 or below, and you change the magnification from the default Small (100%) to Medium (125%) or Large (150%), some workforms may be partially obscured. If the resolution is set above 1024 x 768, you can increase the magnification above the default (100%) to enlarge the workforms while still fitting them to the screen.

The resolution and magnification settings also affect the page orientation when printing workform views. If the current resolution and magnification settings on a workstation make the workform view printout too large to fit in portrait, the view is printed in landscape orientation. For more information, see Printing Records.

When you log on to Polaris, the settings in effect are determined by the branch with which your user name is associated. In addition, the permissions associated with your logon ID and the workstation determine what Polaris tasks you can do. If you work at multiple branches, you select a branch name at log-on to be sure the settings are appropriate for the branch where you are working.

For libraries that use a training server, the Polaris Administrator can set an alert message to staff members that they are logging into the training server. Or, the Polaris Administrator can set different workform colors to distinguish the training server from the production server.

If automatic logon is enabled for the workstation, the logon dialog box is skipped, and you are automatically logged on to the Polaris application using Windows Active Directory.