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Site preference parameters

An IBM® FileNet® Collaboration Services installation has a properties file to configure settings for the application deployment in your environment. You can customize the site preference configuration settings by modifying this file.

Tip: If you are entitled to use the IBM Content Navigator web client, you can configure most of these settings from the IBM Content Navigator administration tool.
Important: If you want to change the site preference parameter settings after the initial application deployment, you must modify the properties file and run the IBM Content Navigator Configuration and Deployment Tool to regenerate and redeploy the application. See Modifying site preferences parameter values.

The fncs-sitePrefs.properties file is in the configure/explodedformat/fncs/WEB-INF/classes subdirectory of the IBM Content Navigator installation directory.

The configuration parameters of the fncs-sitePrefs.properties file are described in the following table.

Table 1. Site preference parameters
Parameter name Description Default value
aeURI URL for the application used for integration:
  • IBM FileNet P8, this URL might point to IBM FileNet Workplace, IBM FileNet Workplace XT, or another application.
  • On IBM Content Foundation this URL points to IBM Content Navigator
The URL is required, and is collected by the configuration manager, but any value defined here takes precedence.
Value entered in the configuration manager tool
anonymousAccessEnabled If your IBM Connections server contains public or moderated communities, this setting enables users to browse and download content from the libraries in those communities without having to log in first.
Restriction: Users who access community libraries anonymously cannot create, modify, or delete content.

This parameter requires additional configuration. For more information, see Configuring anonymous access to documents.

false
enableSharedDrafts This setting specified whether IBM Connections users can share drafts. If you enable this setting, readers and editors can view drafts to which they have been granted read access. However, the community member must have read access to the community to view drafts.
Restriction: If document approval is enabled on a library, only community owners can view drafts.
false
hiddenClasses A list of classes, in symbolic name or GUID form, that IBM FileNet Collaboration Services should hide from all users regardless of whether or not they are hidden at the Content Platform Engine level.  
hiddenProperties A list of properties, in symbolic name or GUID form, that IBM FileNet Collaboration Services should hide from all users regardless of whether or not they are hidden at the Content Platform Engine level.  
fncsServerURL URL to IBM FileNet Collaboration Services. By default, the application will infer the URL from user requests, and it does not have to be configured by an administrator. Define this setting if you wish to force all access to be through a particular URL, or if your proxy server settings cause the application to produce invalid URLs.  
fncsServerURLSecure Same as the fncsServerURL setting, but for secure (HTTPS) connections.  
icURI URL for IBM Connections used for integration. The URL is not required if you do not use IBM Connections. It is collected by the configuration manager, but any value defined here takes precedence.

Example: http://sampleConnectionsHost:9080

 
icConnectionsURI URL for IBM Connections Common application if you customized with a different context root than /connections. If you use IBM Connections, but have not customized the context root for the Common application, icURI parameter is sufficient and this parameter is not required.

Example: http://sampleConnectionsHost:9080/connections

 
icCommunitiesURI URL for IBM Connections Communities if you customized with a different context root than /communities. If you use IBM Connections, but have not customized the context root for the Communities application, icURI parameter is sufficient and this parameter is not required.

Example: http://sampleConnectionsHost:9080/communities

 
hiddenObjectStores Conceals the display of libraries in the named object store. When the parameter is set to an object store symbolic name, the parameter is enabled.  
availableObjectStores Enables the display of libraries that are in the named object store. When the parameter is set to an object store symbolic name, the parameter is enabled.  
cdhc_isEnabled Required. Turns on/off FileNet Collaboration Services Content Download HTTP Cache support. False
cdhc_rootPath Required. The full path to the Content Download HTTP Cache location on disk (for example: c:\cdhc_cache or \\fncshost\share\cdhc|cache)     
cdhc_urlPath Required. The proxy path configured in IBM HTTP Server for the Content Download HTTP Cache. For example: /cdhc_cache     
cdhc_maxCachedFiles Optional. Maximum total number of cached files.  
cdhc_maxCacheSize_kb Optional. Maximum total cache size (of all files), in kb.  
cdhc_maxCleanupTime_ms Optional. Maximum time, in milliseconds, allowed for each cleanup operation.  
cdhc_minContentLifetime_s Optional. Minimum time, in seconds, that a given file is kept in the cache.  
cdhc_cleanupInterval_s Optional. Minimum time, in seconds, between each cleanup operation. Cleanup happens during Content Download HTTP Cache operations so the actual interval depends on when requests come in.  
cdhc_sizeThreshold_kb Optional. Minimum size in kilobytes of documents for which FileNet Collaboration Services should use Content Download HTTP Cache. 1 MB
cdhc_guardHeader Optional. Name of a custom HTTP header, which should be configured in IBM HTTP Server and passed with all requests to FileNet Collaboration Services. If this value is configured but the header is not present on an incoming request, FileNet Collaboration Services will not use Content Download HTTP Cache (to prevent download failures when a client accesses FileNet Collaboration Services without going through IBM HTTP Server).  
downloadAndFollowEnabled Directs the client application to set a user who downloads a document as a follower of content and collaboration metadata changes that pertain to the document. When the parameter is set to true, the flag on the embedded FileNet Collaboration Services download link enables automatic notifications of document-related activity in the client application. true