System Policies: Other System Policies - Tip384
OBJECTIVE or GOAL
Other System Policies: Application Timeout, Annotation Tools, ID Columns, and Date Displays
ENVIRONMENT
- Empower
- Empower Tip of the Week #384
PROCEDURE
“Other” System Policies include application timeout, annotation tools, ID columns, and date display formats.
Note: You need the Alter System Policies privilege to make any changes to System Policies.
STEP 1
In the Configuration Manager window – select View, System Policies. Click on the Other tab (figure 1).
STEP 2
Let’s look at the policies in the highlighted area (figure 2):
- Applications Timeout After X Minutes – specify the number of minutes that a session must remain inactive before Empower becomes locked. If enabled, the user will be required to enter their password to unlock the session.
- Disallow Use of Annotation Tools – if enabled, the annotation tools in Print Preview of the Report Publisher are invisible to the user (figure 3).
- Persist ID Columns in Project – if enabled, all ID columns will be displayed in all project tables.
STEP 3
Let’s now look at Date Display policies regarding Time Zone Format (figures 4 and 5):
- Show Region Name – displays region name in its entirety, for example, Eastern.
- Show Region Abbreviation – displays region name as an abbreviation, for example, EST.
- Use Long Date Format – includes the day of week, month, day in month, and year.
- Show Time Zone Offset – displays time zone difference from GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
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STEP 4
To improve database performance, you can specify that Empower retrieve many rows of data, instead of one row, and stores the rows in memory. If you are using a Wide Area Network (WAN), you can improve performance by specifying a large number of rows to be fetched (figure 6).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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