Personal settings that save time

Filters and variants speed up one app at a time. A handful of launchpad-wide settings speed up every app you open. Ten minutes spent here repays itself within a week, and it removes a whole class of "wrong company code" mistakes.

Default values

In the user menu (your initials or picture in the shell bar), Settings includes a section for default values in systems where it is set up. There you can store values such as your company code, plant, sales organization or purchasing group. Apps that support default values prefill their filters and entry fields with them. For Maria, entering company code 1710, sales organization 1710 and plant 1710 means every supporting app opens already scoped to Detroit.

Setting	Where	Saves you	Watch out for
Default values (company code, plant, sales organization)	User menu → Settings	Retyping the same organizational values in every app	Filters prefilled without you noticing
Language and region (date, number, time formats)	User menu → Settings	Misreading 03/04 as March or April; decimal confusion in exports	Exports and screenshots carry your format, not your colleague's
Appearance (theme, display density)	User menu → Settings	Eye strain; more rows per screen in compact mode	Screenshots look different from training material
Home page personalization	Edit the page or space where allowed	Hunting for tiles you use daily	Personal changes may hide new tiles that administrators add
Search	Search icon in the shell bar	Navigating menus to find apps and recent objects	Search shows only apps and data your roles allow

Launchpad-wide settings worth configuring. Exact menu labels vary by release.

The Sign-Off Table · thesignofftable.com/academy/sap-xpr-202

Language, region and formats

Date, number and time formats follow your settings. Contoso is a US company, but its project includes colleagues who expect day-month-year dates and comma decimals. Agree a format for evidence and screenshots, or at least state it, so that 03/04/2026 is never misread. When you export, the spreadsheet receives the values; your spreadsheet's own locale then decides how they are shown.

Home page and search

Your home page is built from the spaces and pages assigned to your roles. Depending on how administrators have set it up, you may be able to personalize pages: add tiles from the App Finder, move or remove tiles, and create your own sections. Keep a small personal section at the top with the five apps and saved tiles you use every day.

The search in the shell bar finds apps by name and, depending on configuration, business objects such as a sales order number or a supplier name. It also keeps recent searches. For many users, typing "supplier line" into search is faster than any tile layout. The user menu typically also shows recent activity and frequently used apps, which is a quick way back to something you opened yesterday.

SearchType an app name or a document number; fastest for occasional apps

Personal section on your pageTiles for the five apps and saved views you use daily

Saved tiles with variantsOpen an app already filtered, such as "O2C – Blocked orders 1710"

Default valuesApps open scoped to your company code, plant and sales organization

Variants inside each appFilters and table layouts for specific questions

Layers of personalization, from launchpad-wide to inside one app.

The Sign-Off Table · thesignofftable.com/academy/sap-xpr-202

A personal setup routine

Set default values for the organizational units you work in.
Check language, date and number formats; agree a format for shared evidence.
Build a personal section on your home page with your daily apps.
Save tiles for the two or three variants you open every day.
Learn to start rarely used apps from search rather than adding more tiles.

What would you do?

A Contoso tester reports that Manage Sales Orders "shows no Chicago orders", although orders exist for plant 1720. Filters look empty at first glance. What should she check first?

Key points