
Use **Preferences** to choose how Zira works for you.

For example, you can change the color theme, notification sound, date format, and the page that opens first after you sign in.

## Open Preferences

1. Look for your profile picture in the top-right app area.
2. Click your profile picture.
3. Select **Preferences**.

## Change the options you want

Inside **Preferences**, you can update options such as:

- **Theme**
- **Notifications Tone**
- **Date and time format**
- **Home Page**

Take your time and change only the options you want.

![Preferences window with Theme, Notifications Tone, Date and time format, and Home Page visible.](/docs/getting-started/profile-preferences/preferences/02-preferences-window.png)

## Save your changes

1. Review the updated options.
2. Click **Save**.

If you change your mind before saving, click **Cancel**.

## Home Page tip

The **Home Page** setting chooses what opens first after you sign in.

For step-by-step help, see **Choose Your Home Page**.

If your team uses it, you may also see **Open AI Home Builder**, which helps you create a more personalized home page.

## Related guides

- [Choose Your Home Page](/docs/getting-started/profile-preferences/home-page) - Set a dashboard or another page to open first.
- [Update Your Profile](/docs/getting-started/profile-preferences/profile) - Change your photo, personal details, and signature.
- [Change Your Password](/docs/getting-started/account-access/change-password) - Update your password when needed.


Choose how Zira looks, sounds, and opens for your personal account.

Change Your Preferences


Follow a channel when you want to stay up to date with its activity. When you follow a channel, Zira can notify you about new posts and tasks so you do not have to keep checking manually.

You control how you are notified — by **email**, by **push notification**, and **in-app** — and you can change these at any time.

## Follow a channel

1. Open the channel you want to follow.
2. Find the **Follow** button near the top of the channel.
3. Click **Follow**.

The button changes to **Following** once you are following the channel. To stop, click **Following** to unfollow.

Some channels are set so that following is managed for you. If a channel cannot be followed or unfollowed manually, Zira tells you when you click the button.

You can also follow channels from the channels list and from channel search — use the **Follow** chip next to a channel there.

## Choose how you are notified

Notification preferences let you decide how a channel reaches you.

1. Open the channel.
2. Open the channel menu (the **⋯** / more actions button in the channel header).
3. Click **Notification preferences**.
4. Turn each option on or off:
   - **E-mail** — get an email when there is new activity.
   - **In-app** — see notifications inside Zira.
   - **Push notifications** — get a push alert on your device.

Your choices are saved as you toggle them.

## What you get notified about

Once you follow a channel and turn on notifications, Zira keeps you informed about that channel's activity, including:

- **New posts** in the channel feed
- **Tasks** raised in the channel

Use notifications to stay close to the channels that matter for your work, and turn them off for channels you only check occasionally.

## Turn on push notifications on your device

Push notifications also depend on your device and browser allowing them.

- Make sure notifications are allowed for Zira in your browser or on your device.
- For the best push experience, install the Zira app so it can send notifications like a native app. See [Install the Zira App](/docs/getting-started/install-the-app).

## Tips

- Follow the channels you work in daily, and use **In-app** to keep them from filling your inbox.
- Use **E-mail** for channels where you need a record or reminder outside Zira.
- Turn on **Push notifications** for time-sensitive channels you need to react to quickly.

## Read next

- [Feed](/docs/feed/channel-feed) - Read and post channel updates.
- [Install the Zira App](/docs/getting-started/install-the-app) - Set up push notifications on mobile and desktop.
- [People](/docs/people/channel-people) - See who else follows the channel.


Follow a channel and choose email, push, and in-app notifications so you hear about new posts and tasks.

Follow a Channel & Get Notified


Use **AI Insights** when you want a widget to explain its current data in plain language.

This is different from the dashboard-level assistant. Dashboard AI Assistant works across the whole dashboard. **AI Insights** stays focused on the widget you are editing.

## Open AI Insights

1. Open a dashboard.
2. Open or create a **Data Research** widget.
3. Click the widget's **AI Insights** icon.

This opens AI Insights for that widget, using the current widget preview as the context for the answer.

![AI Insights entry point on a widget](/docs/ai-assistance/widget-ai-assist/01-widget-ai-insights-entry.png)

## What AI Insights does

AI Insights uses the current widget preview as context and helps you:

- summarize what the widget is showing
- identify trends
- call out anomalies
- compare visible values
- explain the result in a format that is easier to share

Because it works from the current widget preview, the answer stays tied to that widget instead of the whole dashboard.

## View AI Insights

![AI Insights answer for the selected widget](/docs/ai-assistance/widget-ai-assist/02-widget-ai-insights-answer.png)

## Configure the question and answer style

Use the question and style settings to shape how the answer should read before you generate it.

![AI Insights panel in the widget editor](/docs/ai-assistance/widget-ai-assist/03-widget-ai-insights-panel.png)

## Choose a starting prompt

The panel suggests useful starting prompts such as:

- summarize key insights
- identify trends
- identify anomalies

Use one of these when you want a quick starting point, or write your own question when you need a more specific result.

## Pick an answer style

Before you generate the answer, you can choose how the result should be presented.

Depending on what you need, you can turn on options such as:

- emojis
- table output
- shorter wording
- bullet points
- comparisons
- color references
- drill down

These options change how the answer is written. They do not change the widget data itself.

## Ask a focused question

Good questions stay close to what the widget is showing.

For example:

- summarize this widget
- compare the top values
- explain the largest difference
- identify anything unusual
- highlight the most important takeaway

If the answer is too broad, ask again with a narrower comparison or a clearer outcome.

![AI Insights question and answer style options](/docs/ai-assistance/widget-ai-assist/04-widget-ai-insights-question.png)

## Tips

- Use AI Insights after the widget preview looks close to final.
- Ask about one result, trend, or comparison at a time.
- Use answer style chips when the response needs to be easier to scan.
- Adjust the widget setup first if the preview does not show the data you want explained.

## Read next

- [Dashboard AI Assistant](/docs/ai-assistance/dashboard-ai-assistant) - Ask about or revise the whole dashboard.
- [Data Research Widgets](/docs/dashboards/data-research-widgets) - Full widget setup guide.


Use AI Insights inside a data research widget to ask questions about the current preview, choose an answer style, and generate a plain-language explanation.

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