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7.5

ApplicationSetParameters

Applicationsetparametersallowyoutocustomizeyourapplicationsets.

Prerequisites
YouhaveAppsettasksecurityrightstoviewandchangeapplicationsetparameters.

Features
Thefollowingtabledescribestheparametersyoucansetfromthe AdministrationConfiguration actionpane.
Theparametersthatrequireavalueinclude (R) intheTypecolumn.Parametersthatdonotrequireavalue
include (O) intheTypecolumn.Ifanapplicationsetparameterisrequired,youcanleaveitblanktoaccept
thedefault,butifyoudeletetheparameter,thesystemmaynotworkcorrectly.Ifanapplicationsetparameter
isoptional,youcanleaveitblankordeleteit.
Type
(O)fortheMicrosoftversion
(R)fortheNetWeaverversion

KeyID
ALLOW_FILE_SIZE

Description
Themaximumfilesizethesystem
permitsuserstoupload.Awarning
messageappearsifthefilesize
exceedstheparametervaluewhen
youuploadafile.Thedefaultvalueis
100MB.
Thisparameterisusedin:
InterfacefortheWebwhen
postingdocumentsinContent
librarymenu
InterfaceforOfficesending
data,journalposts,Data
Managerimports,email
notificationattachments

(O)

APPROVALSTATUSMAIL

Defineswhetherownersand
managersreceiveanemailwhen
thereisachangetoanassignedwork
status.
Hasthefollowingpossiblevalues:

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Yes:Sendemail
No:Donotsendemail
IntheMicrosoftversionofPlanning
andConsolidation,thefollowing
SMTPapplicationsetparameters
mustbesetupaswelltouseemail
notificationsinthesystem:
SMTPAUTH,SMTPPASSWORD,
SMTPPORT,SMTPSERVER,and
SMTPUSER.
IntheNetWeaverversionofthe
system,theABAPSMTPserviceis
usedforsendingemails.
(O)

APPROVALSTATUSMSG

Allowsyoutodefineacustomemail
messagethatissenttotheowners
andmanagersofaworkstatuswhen
aworkstatuscodeischanged.The
messageisapplicabletoall
applicationsintheapplicationset.
Youcancustomizethemessageusing
thefollowingvariables:
%USER%Nameofuserwho
changedthisstatus
%STA%Workstatus
%OWNER%Entityowner
(Microsoftversiononly)
%TIME%Timeofchange
%REGION%Lockregion
(NetWeaverversiononly)
Forexample:ENTITY:CG1,
TIME:2009.Q1,DATASRC:
DC_1,PROJECT:PRJ_1,
PRODUCT:PRO_1

Example
Youcancreateamessagesuch
as,Thisistoinformyouthat
%USER%hasupdatedthework
statusfor%REGION%on%TIME%.
Thetextoftheemailcanbea
maximumof255characters.Thereis
noneedforquotesorbracketsaround
parameters.
(R)

AVAILABLEFLAG

Controlswhetherthesystemisoffline
ornot.Yesmeansthesystemisonline
andavailableforsendingdatatothe
database.Youcantakethesystem
offlinebychangingthevaluetoNo.
ThisparameterisusedinInterfacefor
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Imports
(R)

AVAILABLEMSG

Themessagethatdisplaystousers
whotrytoaccessanapplicationthatis
offline(AVAILABLEFLAG=No).
ThedefaultvalueisCurrentAppset
statusisavailable

Example
ThemessagecouldbeThe
systemistemporarilyunavailable
duetoscheduledmaintenance.
Tryagainlater.
ThisparameterisusedinInterfacefor
OfficeSendData,Journalpost,DM
Import.
(R)

AVAILABLEURL
(InNetWeaverversiononly)

TheURLofthewarningpagethat
displayswhenauserattemptsto
accessanapplicationthatisoffline.

(O)

BPFSTEP_COMPLETE_MSG
(InMicrosoftversiononly)

Determinesthecontentofthe
messagethatisdisplayedwhena
BusinessProcessFlowstepis
completed.
Thedefaultmessageis:
[%BPF_STEP_NAME%]stepof
[%BPF_NAME%]hasbeen
completedby%USER_NAME%.
ThisparameterisusedinAdmin
consoleManageBusinessProcess
Flows.

(O)

CLR_COMMENTS_HISTORY

Deletesthecommenthistoryexcept
forthelastcommententered.
Possiblevaluesforthisparameterare:
0:Thisisthedefaultvalueand
savesthehistoryofcomments.
1:Thehistoricalcommentsare
deletedandonlythelatest
commentsremain.

(O)

COMMENT_MAX_LENGTH
(InMicrosoftversiononly)

Customizesthelengthofcomments.
Thedefaultvalueis256andthe
maximumlengthis4,000characters.

Note
Ifyousetasmallervaluethan
currentvalue,thenewlyentered
valuedoesnotapplytocomment
lengthandthepreviousvaluestill
applieseventhoughthesettingis
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newvalueshouldbelargerthan
thepreviousvalue.
(O)

COMPANY_LOGO
(InMicrosoftversiononly)

Usethisparametertoaddyour
corporatelogotothedefaulttemplates
intheinterfaceforExcel.Enterthefile
nameforthelogoimagethatyouwant
todisplay.
Thisimagemustbestoredinthe
ApplicationSetdirectory,whichis"
[Server
Install]\Data\WebFolders\
[Appset]".

Example
C:\ProgramFiles\SAP
BusinessObjects\PC_MS\Data
\WebFolders\[Appset]
IftheCOMPANY_LOGOdoesnotexistor
thefilenameisinvalid,thedefault
globeimagedisplays.
Allowsthebmp,gif,andjpgimagefile
types.
(O)

DEFAULT_EXTENSIONS

Thesystemallowsthedefaultfiletype
evenifyoudonotsetthisparameter.
Thedefaultfileextensionsarehard
codedinternally.
Thefileextensionsthesystemallows
userstouploadbydefault:.XLS,XLT,
.DOC,.DOT,.PPT,.POT,.XML,.MHT,
.MHTML,.HTM,.HTML,.XLSX,.XLSM,
.XLSB,.ZIP,.PDF,.PPTX,.PPTM,
.POTX,.POTM,.DOCX,.DOCM,
.DOTX,.DOTM,.CDM,.TDM,.PNG,
.GIF,.JPG,.CSS,.MRC.See
ALLOWEXTENSIONSabove.
Theusercanchangethevalue.
Thisparameterisusedin:
InterfacefortheWebWhen
postingdocumentsinthe
Contentlibrarymenu
InterfaceforOfficeSendData,
Journalpost,DMImport

(O)

DTSSTATUSCHECK
(InMicrosoftversiononly)

Usethisparametertohideorshow
the RefreshStatusEvery checkbox
intheDataManagerStatusView.
Ifthecheckboxisenabledandlarge
recordsexist,theperformancewhen
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performedwheneverausercallsthe
refreshbuttonmanually.
Possiblevaluesforthisparameterare:
0:Hidesthecheckbox
1:Showthecheckbox
(O)

EVDRE_STYLES
(InMicrosoftversiononly)

Usethisparametertospecifyareport
orinputtemplatecontainingthe
defaultstylesheet.Ifnostyletemplate
isspecifiedintheEVDREbuilderin
theFormattingsection,thenthe
defaultstylesheetisappliedfromthe
templatespecifiedinthisparameter.
Thisallowsuserstocustomizetheir
formattingandsavethecustomization
asthedefaultstyletemplate.Theydo
nothavetomanuallyreapplythe
templateforeachnewreport.Users
canoverwritethedefaultformattingfor
agivenreportorinputtemplateby
usingexistingformattingoptions.
Thepriorityofformattingforanew
EVDREreportorinputtemplateis:
Ifatemplateissuppliedinthe
AllowFormattingsection,itis
used.
Otherwise,thestyletemplate
specifiedinthe
EVDRE_STYLESparameteris
used.
Otherwise,thedefaultEVDRE
colorsareused.
Bydefault,thisparameterisempty.
Styletemplatesthatareusedfor
EVDREformattingcanbestoredin
anyfolderinthefileservice.Thefull
fileservicepathmustbespecifiedin
theparameter,startingwith//root/
ofthefileservice,sothatonetemplate
canbeusedglobally,regardlessof
theAppSet.
Changestothestyletemplate
specifiedinthisparameterdonot
affectreportsandschedules
previouslycreatedfromthistemplate.

(O)

(R)

EXECUTECUSTOMQUERY

SettoYtoquerythedatabaseusing

(InMicrosoftversiononly)

predefinedSQLstatementsstoredin
thetblCustomQuerytable.

FILESFOLDERDELIMITER
(InMicrosoftversiononly)

WhenyoucreateWebreadyfilesin
Excel,thesystemcreatessubfolders
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HTMLfunction.Sincethenamingrule
ofthesubfolderisdifferentforeach
MicrosoftOfficelanguage,this
parameterallowsthesystemtofind
thesubfolderhavingthedefined
delimiterwhenselectingWebready
filesinInterfacefortheWeb.
(Required)
Thedefaultvalueis_:.:.Youmust
defineavalueforthisparameterifthe
valueisempty,ordoesnotcontainthe
requireddelimiterforyourMicrosoft
Officeversion.Separatemultiple
delimiterswithacolonforexample,
:,:_.

Example
Forexample,underafolder
named'Report.htm',thesystem
createsthefollowingsubfolders:
Chinese:report.file
English:report_files
French:report_fichiers
German:reportDateien
Italian:reportfile
Japanese:report.files
Korean:report.files
Theusercandefinethisdelimiter
dependingontheircountry.Use:to
separatemultiplevalues.
ThisparameterisusedinInterfacefor
Officebookpublishing.
(O)

JREPORTZOOM

Thisparameterallowsyoutosetthe
defaultzoommagnificationvalueon
HTMLjournalreports.
Werecommendthatyousetthevalue
to75%.

(O)

LANDINGPAGEITEM

Thisparameterallowsyoutosetupa
webpageasyourhomepageforthe
Webinterface.Onceyousetthis,this
pagedisplaysforallusersofthis
applicationset.Thepagemustfirst
existasaWebpageinInterfacefor
theWeb.(SeeCreatingaWebPage.)
Thedefaultvalueis1.oryoucan
enterthenumberthatrepresentsthe
webpageyouwanttomakeyour
homepage.

(O)

LIMITOFDIFFERENCE
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Theleastvalueforwhichthesystem
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smallerthanthisvalue,theysystem
doesnotprocessthelogic.For
example,whenyouset0.001,
smallerdatavalues,suchas0.0009,
arenotprocessedbylogic.
Thedefaultvalueis.00000001,soif
theparameterisnotset,logicignores
lessthan0.00000001.
ThisparameterisusedinScriptLogic
Processingofscriptlogic.
(O)

LOGLEVEL
(InNetWeaverversiononly)

ControlstheminimumlevelofABAP
messagestostoreintheloginterms
ofseverity,whichyouviewbythe
transactionSLG1.
Thedefaultvalueforthisparameteris
Info.
Thepossiblevaluesforthisparameter
are:
Donothing
Info
Warning
Error
Fatal

(O)

LOGLEVEL
(InMicrosoftversiononly)

Thisparametercontrolstheseverity
levelofmessagestostoreinthelog
file.
Thedefaultvalueforthisparameteris
Info.
Thepossiblevaluesforthisparameter
are:
None
Info
Warning
Error
Fatal

(O)

LOPTZ_AVAILABLE

Thisparametertakesthesystem
offlineduringaminimaloptimization
ofanapplication.
Thedefaultvalueforthisparameteris:
0.
Thepossiblevaluesforthisparameter
are:
0donotchangetooffline
1changetooffline
ThisparameterisusedinAdminLite
optimize.

(O)

MAXLRCOLUMNS

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Themaximumnumberofcolumnsto
displayinalivereportinInterfacefor

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theWeb.Thevalueincludesheader
anddatacolumns.
Thedefaultvalueis30.

Example
Ifyouspecifyavalueof5,one
headingcolumnandfourdata
columnsaredisplayed.
(O)

MAXLRROWS

Themaximumnumberofrowsto
displayinalivereportinInterfacefor
theWeb.
Thedefaultvalueis50.andthevalue
includesbothheaderanddatarows.

Example
Ifyouspecifyavalueof5,one
headingrowandfourdatarows
aredisplayed.
(O)

MSNIMPASSWORD

Thepasswordthatthesystemusesto
operateInstantMessagealertsin
Insight.
Thedefaultvalueisblank.
ThisparameterisusedinInsight
Alert.

(O)

MSNIMUSER

Theusernamethatthesystemusesto
operateInstantMessagealertsin
Insight.
Thedefaultvalueisblank.
ThisparameterisusedinInsight
Alert.

(O)

MULTIBYTE_FORMULA
(InMicrosoftversiononly)

Usethisparametertosupport
dimensionformulaswithmemberIDs
thatcontaindoublebytecharacters,
suchasthoseinJapanese,Chinese,
Korean,andRussian.
Thevaluedefinesthedimension
formulacolumntypeasNvarcharor
Varchar.
Thedefaultvalueisblank.Possible
valuesare:
1Dimensionformulacolumn
is nvarchar insteadof
varchar tosupportdouble
bytecharacters.
N/Aorblankor0Dimension
formulacolumnis varchar .
ThisparameterisusedinAdmin
Processdimension.

(O)

RETRIEVE_ON_OFFLINE

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(InMicrosoftversiononly)

Usethisparametertorestrictdata
retrievalandexportwhilean
applicationsetisunavailable(system
offline).
Theoptionsare:
0:Doesnotallowretrievingor
exportingdatawhilean
applicationsetisunavailable
regardlessofOfflineAccess
tasksecurity.
1(default):Allowsretrievingor
exportingdatawhilean
applicationsetisunavailable
(systemoffline)iftheuserhas
OfflineAccesstasksecurity.
:
Thefollowingtasksareexceptionsto
rule,andcanbeexecutedwhenthe
valueis0:
Executelogic(script,business
rules)fromDMpackages
RunExportfromfact
tablepackage
RunAppendintoFact
Tablepackage
Addnewcomments
SavedatathroughDHE
(DynamicHierarchyEditor)
Thisparameterisusedinallfunctions
thatretrieveorexportdata.For
example:RefreshdatainInterfacefor
OfficeandInterfacefortheWeb,
ExportDMpackage,BookPublish,
andsoon.

(O)

RUNPKGBYEXE
(InMicrosoftversiononly)

Allowsfortheuseofan.EXEfiletype
wrapperforrunningapackageoutof
processfromCOM+.
Theoptionsare:
0:Runinprocess
1(default):Runoutofprocess

(O)

SESSIONTIME

Definesthesessiontime(inminutes)
forthe WhosOnline feature.
Thedefaultvalueis3000minutes.

(R)

SMTPAUTH
(InMicrosoftversiononly)

Theauthenticationmethodofthe
SMTPserver.
Thissettingdoesnotchangethe
methodontheSMTPserver,butmust
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appropriatelycanresultinerrorsfrom
theemailserver.
Thedefaultvalueis:1.
Possiblevaluesforthisparameterare:
0=Anonymous
1=Basic
2=NTLM
Thisparameterisusedin:
InterfacefortheWebWhen
postingdocuments,Work
status,Alert
InterfaceforOfficeOffline
distributor
(O)

SMTPPASSWORD
(InMicrosoftversiononly)

Thepasswordfortheusername
definedastheSMTPUSER.
ThisparameterisOptionalexcept
whenSMTPAUTHis1(basic),this
parameterisRequired
Thedefaultvalueisblank.
TheusercaninputtheSMTP
password.
Thisparameterisusedin:
InterfacefortheWebWhen
postingdocuments,Work
status,Alert
InterfaceforOfficeOffline
distributor

(R)

SMTPPORT
(InMicrosoftversiononly)

PortnumberforyourSMTPemail
server.
Thedefaultisport25,thedefault
SMTPserverportnumber.
Theusercaninputtheportnumber.
Thisparameterisusedin:
InterfacefortheWebWhen
postingdocuments,Work
status,Alert
InterfaceforOfficeOffline
distributor

(R)

SMTPSERVER
(InMicrosoftversiononly)

ThenameorTCP/IPaddressofthe
SMTPemailserverthesystemuses
tosendemail.
Thedefaultvalueisblank.
TheusercaninputtheSMTPServer
nameorTCP/IPaddress.
Thisparameterisusedin:
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InterfaceforOfficeOffline
distributor
(R)

SMTPUSER
(InMicrosoftversiononly)

Theusernamefromwhichemailfrom
thesystemoriginates.
Thedefaultvalueisblank.
TheusercaninputtheUsername.
Thisparameterisusedin:
InterfacefortheWebWhen
postingdocuments,Work
status,Alert
InterfaceforOfficeOffline
distributor

(R)

TEMPLATEVERSION

Currentversionnumberofthe
dynamictemplatesinyourapplication
set.Wheneveryouaddtoorchange
yourinputscheduleorreportdynamic
templates,youshouldincrementthis
versionnumbersothatusers
automaticallyreceivethenew
templateswhentheylogontothis
applicationset.
Youcanalsoresetthetemplate
versionfromtheAdminConsole.
Thedefaultvalueisthecurrent
versionnumberofthedynamic
templatesinyourapplicationset.
Theusercaninputtheversion,orit
changesautomatically.
ThisparameterisusedinInterfacefor
OfficeLogon,Savedynamic
template.

(O)

TRACELEVEL

Definestheleveloftracingtoconduct.
ThedefaultvalueisError.The
followinglevelsareavailable:
Donothing
Debug
Path
Info
Warning
Error

(O)

TRACEUSER

(O)

UNLIMIT_PRINT_LOG

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DefinesthePlanningand
Consolidationuserforwhichthe
systemperformsremotetracing,inthe
form DomainName\UserName .This
parameterisblankbydefault,andis
populatedbyanadministratoronly
whenconductingtracingactivitiesfor
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(InMicrosoftversiononly)

Determineswhetherallposted
recordsarewritteninthelogfile.The
defaultvalueisNO.
Theavailableoptionsare:
YESallpostedrecordsare
writtentothelogfile
NOallpostedrecordsare
writtentothelogfileunless
therearemorethan300,000
records
Iftherearemorethan300,000
records,norecordsarewritten
butreplacedwiththemessage
Morethan300,000records.
Detailsarenotbeinglogged .
ThisparameterisusedinScriptLogic.

(R)

UPLOADTEMP

Temporaryfolderusedtostore
ContentLibrarydocuments.
Thedefaultvalueis:
<drive>\FTPServer\OSoftFTP
(where<drive>isFoldernamethat
wascreatedatinstallation.)
Theusercaninputthepathand,ifthe
systemwasinstalledinadifferent
namedfolder,theAdministratormust
changethispathaccordingtothe
path.
ThisparameterisusedinInterfacefor
theWebUploaddocumentinthe
ContentLibrarymenu.

(O)

USE_VARCHAR_FOR_DIM

Thisparameterwillbeavailableina

(InMicrosoftversiononly)

futurerelease.
TosettheSQLdatatypeasNvarchar
orVarcharforthedimensiontables,
youmustedittheAppcolumninthe
tblDefaultstable.Thedefaultfor
dimensiontablesisNvarchar,whichis
typicallyusedfordoublebyte
characterlanguagessuchasKorean,
Japanese,Chinese,orRussian.
Youmightwanttochangethesetting
toVarcharifyouhavespace
restrictionissuesinSQLandOLAP,or
ifyouarenotstoringunicodedata.
InthetblDefaultstable,youcanenter
aspecificdimensionnameorleave
theKeyIDcellblank.IftheKeyIDisa
specificdimensionname,itisapplied
toonlythespecificdimensionifthe
KeyIDisblank,alldimensionsare
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Example
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managesallofsystem
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Toupdatethevalueofaparameter,starttheAdministrationinterface,andfromtheactionpane,select Set
AppSetparameters .Modifytheparameters,asdesired,andthenclick Update .
Toaddanewparameter(youcanaddany'optional'parameterifitisnotalreadydisplayed),addanewrow,
entertheparametername,thenenterthedesiredvalue.

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