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FieldDescription
Customer NameThis field cannot be modified. The Customer Name is entered during system installation.
PhixFlow InstanceAny text entered here appears on the application banner. For example if you have multiple instances of PhixFlow installed (Live, Test etc.) then you can enter a value in this field so that users can easily see which system they are using.

After changing this field you will need to restart the browser or reload the application (User → Reload Application) to see the new value in the banner.

System Email AddressThe email address where system generated mails will be sent from.
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defaultExportExcelVersion
defaultExportExcelVersion
Default Export Excel Version
The default version of Excel to be used when exporting data from PhixFlow to Excel. This is only used if a non-valid excel extension, such as "csv", is used in the file name extension specified in the exporter. Otherwise PhixFlow will determine the correct format from the extension specified in the file name. See file exporters for details.
Validate attribute exists at runtimeSpecifies whether or not PhixFlow should check that an attribute exists when a model attempts to read the value of an attribute from a stream record or a record supplied by a collector. Previously, if no attribute could be found with the given name a Null value was return. If this flagged is ticked PhixFlow will now treat this as an error.
Allow access to data by defaultSpecifies the default data access permission on new streams. Possible values are:
  • "T" - By default, all users will be allowed access to the stream data.
  • "F" - By default, no users will be allowed access to the stream data unless they are a member of a user group which is explicitly added to the stream.
Note that this is just a default behaviour as any user with the permission to add user groups to a stream may change the data access rights for a stream.
Allow anonymous export by defaultSpecifies the default access permission on exporting data from a Datasource. Possible values are:
  • "T" - By default, all users will be allowed access to export functionality.
  • "F" - By default, no users will be allowed access to export functionality unless they are specifically configured against the datasource.
Colour of Windows with Focus

Colour for focused windows in PhixFlow front end.

After changing this field you will need to restart the browser or reload the application (User → Reload Application) to see the new colour.

Colour of Windows without Focus

Colour for unfocused windows in PhixFlow front end.

After changing this field you will need to restart the browser or reload the application (User → Reload Application) to see the new colour.

Online Support Url

The Url to open when the user requests online support through PhixFlow. Under normal circumstances you should not need to update this setting. If you have problem with PhixFlow help, please contact the PhixFlow support team (see the welcome page for contact details).

After changing this field you will need to restart the browser or reload the application (User → Reload Application) to start using the new help location.

Home Screen Message HTML FileThe path and filename of a file containing HTML that will be displayed on the PhixFlow home screen before logging into PhixFlow. See Setup PhixFlow Home Screen Message for details.

System Directories tab

Info

On Windows hosted systems, please be sure to prefix directory names with a drive letter, e.g. 'C:'

The following fields are configured on the System Directories tab:

FieldDescription
Import File LocationThe default base directory path for files to be imported into Geneva. This field can be left blank. See File Collectors for further details.
Export File LocationThe default base directory path for files to be exported into Geneva. This field can be left blank. See File Exporters for further details.
Template LocationThe location templates when doing excel downloads.
Archive DirectoryThe default base directory path for data to be archived. This field can be left blank.
Restore DirectoryThe default base directory path for data to be restored from. This field can be left blank.
Application LocationThe location of the PhixFlow installation.
Plugin LocationThe location of any PhixFlow plugin applications.
Temporary File LocationThe location of any PhixFlow temporary files that are generated.
Performance File LocationThe location of the resultant analysis performance files when the system tuning 'Generate Performance Files' check box has been ticked.
Restricted DirectoryThe root directory path that all files read using File Collectors must reside under. Note that this value is not editable through the GUI and must be set directly within the database.
File Upload Directory

The root location of all uploaded files and

all processed incoming email's.
The sub directory structure of the resultant (uploaded files/processed email's) is the following:-
Uploaded Files:
/FileCollector Name/in/YYYYMMDD/UniqueId/
where YYYYMMDD represents the date the files were uploaded and UniqueId is a 32 character unique identifier.
Incoming Email's:
/YYYYMMDD/EmailId/
where YYYYMMDD represents the date the email was read and processed by PhixFlow and EmailId

received email messages.

Uploaded files/processed emails are saved in standard sub-directories as follows:

.../tag/in/yyyymmdd/uid/

where

tag is the File Collector tag or the #tag extracted from an email subject line, or default

yyyymmdd is the date the files were uploaded / received

uid is a 32 character unique

email

identifier

.

For

Email's each EmailId

each Eemail message received, the folder will contain a file called body.txt representing the main body content of the email and also any corresponding email attachments.

System Tuning tab

The following fields are configured on the System Tuning tab:

FieldDescription
Thread Pool SizeThe number of threads that can be in the pool at any time. This is an advanced option which should not be updated without advice from the PhixFlow support team. This is generally a small multiple of the number of CPU cores on your machine.
Write Processes Per Stream SetThis is an advanced tuning feature which enables PhixFlow to multi-thread the process of writing Stream Data to the database. The value of this parameter is dependent upon machine versus database performance.
Database Flush SizeDefines how frequently objects are written to disc. This is an advanced option which should not be updated without advice from the PhixFlow support team.
Delete Batch SizeDefines the default number of rows to be deleted from a Stream in a single transaction when Archiving or Rolling back data. This is an advanced option which should not be updated without advice from the PhixFlow support team.
Default Page Size

Defines the default number of rows to be loaded into to a grid when displayed in PhixFlow. This is an advanced option which should not be updated without advice from the PhixFlow support team.

After changing this field you will need to restart the browser or reload the application (User → Reload Application) to apply the new default page size.

Maximum Page/Chart SizeThis value defines the largest number of records that can be downloaded from a chart in a single file. Downloads with more than this number of records will be split into multiple files which are zipped together.
Default Buffer SizeWhen reading in data from a collector, this defines how many rows are held in memory before passing them on for processing. This means that if PhixFlow is reading in 10,000,000 records, it doesn't have to wait until all have been loaded before it begins to process them, but can begin processing after the first 2000 have been read. This is an advanced option which should not be updated without advice from the PhixFlow support team.

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enforcePipeCacheSize
enforcePipeCacheSize
Enforce Pipe Cache Size

If checked, the Pipe Cache sizes below, and per Pipe, are strictly enforced; a pipe lookup which tries to cache too many records will fail and an error will be reported.

If not checked, exceeding the cache size on a pipe will result in a warning message.

Default Pipe Cache SizeThis value is used when a pipe's cache size has not been set.
Max Pipe Cache SizeThis value is the maximum allowed cache size; pipes with caches value that Cache Size can be set to on any pipe; a pipe with a Cache Size greater than this will be failedgenerate a run-time error.
Result Expiry Time (sec)The length of time the PhixFlow front end application will wait for a result from an asynchronous query before abandoning it. This is an advanced option which should not be updated without advice from the PhixFlow support team.
Maximum File Size Attachment (MB)

Outgoing Email's will only attach files (zipped or unzipped) that do not exceed this configuration limit. An extra message will appear in the email's message subject/body indicating to the recipient that a file attachment has been removed due to this size restriction.

PhixFlow will not impose any upper limit to the size of the attached files if this field is left blank, hence in this case the underlying email servers will determine if the message is sent/received correctly or not.

Maximum Exporters ErrorsIf required, you can set the maximum number of errors found, before exporters will stop attempting to export records.
This is useful where you process large number of records and do not want to wait until all records are processed in case of errors occurred. This value can be overridden in Exporters.
Generate Performance StatsIf checked, PhixFlow will generate performance statistics whilst the analysis engine is running.
Log Statistics to FileIf checked, logging is enabled and Processing Statistics are written to file.
Stats File Logging SecondsA period in seconds controlling how often statistical data is written to file.
Log Statistics to DBIf checked, logging is enabled and Processing Statistics are written to the database. See Processing Statistics for further detail.
Stats DB Logging SecondsA period in seconds controlling how often statistical data is written to the database.

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FieldDescription
Default DomainThe default Domain which will be initially selected on the login screen.
Active Directory Login GroupNames of Active Directory Groups whose members are allowed to log in into the PhixFlow. Names can be separated by a semicolon. Use {instance} to include the PhixFlow instance name.

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The form provides the standard form icons.

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