Configuring

The tasks below explain the settings for Client, Cache and Channel configurations.

This task shows you how to:

  1. Start an MS Office application or Explorer integration.

  2. Right-click ENOVIA Collaboration for Microsoft icon in the notification area and click Settings.

    The ENOVIA Collaboration for Microsoft Configurations window appears

  3. Expand the Configurations option.

    The following configurations are available:

    • Client Configuration
    • Cache Configuration
    • Channel Configuration

Configure the attributes available for each options.

Important: Whenever you make any changes to the settings, close all the MS Office applications and restart the Windows Explorer process or Log off and Login client computer.

Configure Client

The task below explains how you can configure the client server authentication.

Before you begin: Ensure you have the Configuration options open.

  1. Select the Client Configuration option.

    The following attributes are displayed.

  2. Click and select the Authentication type from the following options.

    Note: Authentication type should be selected based on the knowledge of authentication type configured for EnoviaCollaborationforMicrosoft server.

    Authentication Type Description

    None

    EnoviaCollaborationforMicrosoft Server is not configured with any external authentication.

    Basic

    EnoviaCollaborationforMicrosoft Server is configured to accept the client’s domain credential for authentication.

    Ntlm

    EnoviaCollaborationforMicrosoft server is configured with basic external authentication type. Client may need to get the required credentials from the server administrator to successfully login.

    Forms

    EnoviaCollaborationforMicrosoft server is configured with external form based authentication. Client may need to get the required credentials from the server administrator to successfully login.

    The default value is None.

  3. Click and select the Language from the options.

    The default value is the OS Language.

  4. Enter the url of the ENOVIA application on the server.

  5. Click and select the Enable Trace value.

    This value enables if the level of tracing and generation of logs. The default value is False.

  6. Click and select the ValidateCertifcate value.

    This value enables if the certificate is to be validated in case of HTTPS connections. The default value is True.

  7. Click Save.

Important: If you have changed the settings when the application is running, you have to stop and restart the MS Office and Windows Explorer applications.

Configure Cache

The task below explains you how to configure the caching process.

ENOVIA Collaboration for Microsoft client uses caching for all the enovia folder locations used for navigation. This caching data will be cleared automatically when the client logs out of ENOVIA Collaboration for Microsoft client.

Caching can be configured to be enabled or disabled or can be scheduled to expire when it is enabled.

Note: Disabling the Cache (set to False) may degrade the performance of enovia folder navigation from EnoviaCollaborationforMicrosoft client.

Before you begin: Ensure you have the MSF Configuration options open.

  1. Select the Cache Configuration option.

    The following attributes are displayed



  2. Click and select the value. The value determines if you want to enable the caching process.

    The default value is True.

  3. Enter the number of days, hours, minutes, and seconds as the time frame for the expiry of the cache.

  4. Click Save.

Configure Channel

You can edit the configuration directly without opening the config file using the Channel Configuration option.

Before you begin: Ensure you have the Configurations options open.

  1. Select the Channel Configuration option.

  2. Make the modifications.

  3. Click Save.