System Maintenance

Audience: System Administrators

Objective: To provide guidance on System Maintenance and Housekeeping. Create and maintain system Broadcasts.

Module Parameters

System Administrators can change the system by altering the system parameters. To alter the system parameters:

Select System Manager | Tools | Module Parameters. You will be presented with the EQMS System Manager Parameters screen with the following settings available:

Module Setting	Functionality
Acknowledgement Password	Enforces entry of user password when Acknowledging a Group Notification
Action Reminder Count	This is the number of repeat email reminders sent for issued actions. Permitted range is 1 to 10.
Action Reminder Days Interval	This is the number of business days between sending repeat reminders for issued actions. Permitted range is 1 to 5
Action Reminder Period	This is the number of business days from an issued action’s target date for the sending of an email reminder. A negative number means that the reminder will be triggered before the target date. Permitted range is -10 to 10.
Active Directory Authentication	Authenticate user credentials with using Active Directory
Active Directory Domain	Used if ADServerAddress is not set
Active Directory Server Address	If set this takes preference over ADDomain
AD FS Authentication	Authenticate user credentials with Active Directory Federation Services.
Allow External User Login	Allow external user accounts to have login enabled; they will only have access to the external user portal
Allow Login to be Bypassed	Displays the System URL in Document details screen and enables the display of a document when called externally using the secure System URL. If document permissions are in place will force user login
Authentication Types Used For Login	None=0, EQMS=1, Windows=2, AD=4, ADFS=8, Azure=16
Auto Complete	Disables and/or hides completion fields and enters current user and date
Azure AD Authentication	Authenticate user credentials with Azure Active Directory
Azure AD User Sync	Determines whether user synchronisation with Azure AD is enabled
Broadcast Window	Specifies how to open broadcast documents (new browser tab or current)
Bulk Downloads	Used by application to enable Bulk Download Indexing facility
Company ID value	Used by all User SPs in a multi-instance installation to provide company filter
Dashboard Chart Permissions	Applies user permissions to Summary views of Dashboard widgets
Data Entry Line Space	Sets vertical space between fields on data entry pages
Default Email Address	The default e-mail address to send all system e-mails from if the "Use Default Email Address" setting is switched on. If left blank, "eqms@qualsys.co.uk" will be used.
Default Password	Default password for New Accounts (can be changed by User, System Manager or Administrator)
Default Sidebar	Default Sidebar Loaded by System Manager when To Do list is empty
Delete User Accounts	Allow physical deletion of User accounts – Not recommended
Dialog Start Dir	Used for start point of file dialogues
Document Drafting	Enables or Disables Document Drafting. Not in use
Enable a Group Manager to Create User Records	Allow a Group Manager to create new user records. Otherwise only System Administrators can.
Enable a Group Manager to Maintain System Groups	Allow a Module Group Managers to maintain System Groups.
Enable Broadcasts	Allows the use of Broadcasts within EQMS
Enable Guest Access	Used by application to enable/refuse guest user access - including via hyperlinked shortcuts to system.
Enable HTML auto complete for Login form	No longer in use
Enable Line Management	This enables a User account to be linked to another User account as their Line Manager
Enable TDL Preview	Allows a preview
Force Navigator Display	Forces the display of Navigator over the To Do list display
Group Limit	The limit after which the Groups drop down box is no longer presented
Help Desk Email Address	Email address for the help desk for the system. Usually Qualsys support
IE download URL	URL of the latest version of IE for download
Integrated Authentication	Used by the system to bypass user login and display the system URL in emails
List Row Height	Sets the row height for all list screens
Module Owner	Company name of module owner
Netscape download URL	No longer in use.
Output folder used by the Adeptol AJAX Viewer	Physical directory used for output from the Adeptol AJAX Viewer. SWF and PDF documents are created here during the conversion process.
Password Confirmation	Used by the system to force the entry of a password before completing actions
Physical Directory for Upload	Used by FSO function to identify the physical upload path
Produce Audit Trail	Used by application to write some database changes to an Audit Trail
Product Set Description	No longer in use
Remote User Sync	Determines whether remote user synchronisation is enabled
Remote User Sync Digest	Determines whether remote user synchronisation digests are enabled
Remote User Sync Digest Recipients	The email address)es) of the remote user synchronisation digest recipients
Remote User Sync Email New Users	Determines whether new users receive an email informing them that an account has been created. This email will contain their password
Remote User Sync Use Default Password	Determines whether new users are provisioned with the password specified in the Default Password module setting. If disabled, new accounts are provisioned with an auto-generated random password.
Report Period	Sets the default period in months to be used as date ranges by reports
Script name to run on Initialisation	No longer in use
Session Timeout	Used by the system to set the session timeout period
Show Action Results History	Show the Action results history
SMTP Authentication Type	Authentication method for the SMTP server. Valid options are Anonymous, Basic or ServiceAccount
SMTP Basic Authentication Password	SMTP server password. Used when SMTPAuthType is set to Basic
SMTP Basic Authentication User	SMTP server username. Used when SMTPAuthType is set to Basic
SMTP Port	SMTP Port
SMTP Remote Host	Used by the system to determine which SMTP host to use
SMTP Service	Used by the system to determine which SMTP ActiveX server control to use
SMTP SSL Enabled	Determines whether SSL is enabled or SMTP communications
Tel Support Number	Helpdesk Telephone number
URL After Logout	Used by the system to load the next page after logout
Use Action Reminders	Used by the application as a trigger to send email reminders for issued actions
Use Default Email Address	Used by the system to send all system emails from the default email address
User Follow-Up Action Reminders	Issue repeat email reminders for issued actions
Used by the Easy PDF converter for Word documents.	Used by the PDF converter to determine which version of Windows and Word is in use
User Limit	The limit after which the User drop down box is no longer presented
Version Auto Increment	Enables or disables document drafting Version Auto Increment. No longer in use
Virtual Directory for Application	Used by the system to build internal links in HTML documents
Virtual Directory for Drafts	Used by the system to determine the virtual path for draft documents
Virtual Directory for Upload	Used by calls to Persits control to identify the virtual path

info@qualsys.co.uk

+44 114 282 3338

Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street,Sheffield, S3 8ND