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Basic settings

On the Basic settings page in Snow Management and Configuration Center, you manage settings related to, for example, incomplete licenses, quarantine management, and software metering in Snow License Manager.

For information on how to change a setting, see Manage Basic and System Core settings.

The table shows the Basic settings.

Setting

Description

ACTION_LOG_DAYS

The number of days to keep action log items.

ACTIVATE_APPLICATION_WHITELISTING

Activates the Application allowlist page in the Administration overview in the web user interface of Snow License Manager.

AD_DISCOVERY_ACTIVITY_PERIOD

The number of days since last activity to consider when reading Active Directory discovery information.

ALLOW_INCOMPLETE_LICENSES

Allows incomplete licenses to be saved.

ANALYTICS_ENABLED

Enables Snow Analytics for this customer.

ANONYMOUS_USER_MANAGEMENT

Hides all usernames in the platform to meet integrity demands.

APP_SUMMARY_INDICATOR_INTERVALL

The number of days between updates for the application summary indicators (installations, users, devices).

APPLICATION_CONCURRENCY_CLEANUP

Activates cleanup of concurrency data based on the applications metric period or the METERING_HISTORY_MONTHS setting.

AUDITLOG_ENCRYPT

Encrypts the Audit log messages in the database.

AUTOGENERATE_DCC

If active, the system auto-generates datacenters (DCC) based on hypervisor inventory information.

AUTOGENERATE_DCC_MIN_HOSTS

The minimum number of physical hosts that need to exist within a cluster/datacenter to enable the auto-generate datacenter (DCC) feature.

COMPLIANCE_HISTORY_CLEANUP_ACTIVE

Activates cleanup of compliance history data.

Default value: false

COMPLIANCE_HISTORY_CLEANUP_MONTHS

The number of months to keep compliance history data.

Default value: 12

CUSTOMFIELDS_UPDATE_APPLICATIONS

Activates automatic update of mandatory custom fields for applications by the Data Update Job.

CUSTOMFIELDS_UPDATE_USERS

Activates automatic update of mandatory custom fields for users by the Data Update Job.

DCC_AUTODISCONNECT_DAYS

The number of days to wait before automatically removing members that are missing inventory data, from auto-generated data centers (DCC).

DEFAULT_EDIT_CURRENCY

The default pre-selected currency to use in edit pages in Snow License Manager.

Note: Users can still select other available currencies.

DEVICE_EXCLUSION_LIST

A comma-separated list of device names that should not be imported when transferring inventory data. Use % as a wildcard character.

DEVICE_QUARANTINE_ACTIVE

Activates quarantine management for devices.

DEVICE_QUARANTINE_DAYS

The number of inactive days before a device is placed in quarantine.

DEVICE_QUARANTINE_DELETE

The number of days that a device can remain in quarantine without reporting any new inventory data, before it is automatically deleted and removed from the system. The number of days is based on the date when status was set to Quarantined.

DEVICE_QUARANTINE_DELETE_ACTIVE

Activates delete action for device quarantine.

DISABLEAUTOEDIT_DEFAULT_CMP

Auto editing, or use of Auto connect rules, is by default enabled for new computers and mobile devices.

Check the box to disable this type of auto editing.

DISABLEAUTOEDIT_DEFAULT_DEV

Auto editing, or use of Auto connect rules, is by default enabled for new devices.

Check the box to disable this type of auto editing.

DISABLEAUTOEDIT_DEFAULT_USR

Auto editing, or use of Auto connect rules, is by default enabled for new users.

Check the box to disable this type of auto editing.

EXTENSIONS_BLACKLIST

A comma-separated list of disallowed file extensions for attached documents in Snow License Manager.

EXTENSIONS_WHITELIST

A comma-separated list of allowed file extensions for attached documents in Snow License Manager.

EXTERNAL_NOTIFICATIONS_ACTIVE

Enables users to send e-mail notifications to users outside of Snow License Manager.

GRID_ALLBUTTON_LIMIT

The maximum number of rows in lists and reports for using the display all button.

IMPORT_ENABLE_DELETE

Enables the option to delete obsolete computers when you import computer data manually via the user interface of Snow License Manager.

INV_FILE_FILTER

A comma-separated list of file extensions for inventory files that will be transferred to Snow License Manager.

Note: Applies to Windows OS based files, only.

JAVA_DELETE_THRESHOLD

The number of days until a not updated Java installation is considered to be uninstalled.

JAVA_DELETE_THRESHOLD_ACTIVE

Activates delete action for not updated Java installations considered to be uninstalled.

LICENSE_ASSIGNMENT_TRACKING_ACTIVE

Activates License Assignment Tracking.

LICENSE_EXT_ID_CHECK

Activates check for duplicate external ID:s when registering license purchase records.

LOGIN_HISTORY_MONTHS

The number of months of historical login information to consider when transferring inventoried users.

METERING_HISTORY_CLEANUP

Activates cleanup management for historical software metering.

METERING_HISTORY_MONTHS

The number of months of historical software metering to consider when transferring inventory data.

MOSTFREQUENTUSER_EXCLUSION

A comma-separated list of usernames to exclude when calculating the most frequent user of a computer or mobile device.

The most frequent user is based on all logon data in the system.

  • Use % as a wildcard character to match one or more characters.

  • Use _ as a wildcard character to match one character.

  • To exclude usernames with an underscore _, use brackets around the underscore [_].

    Example: %NoLoggedOnUser%,%\[_]%,[_]%

MOSTFREQUENTUSER_USELOGINPERIOD

When active, the most frequent user of a computer or mobile device is calculated based on the specified LOGIN_HISTORY_MONTHS period.

When inactive, the most frequent user of a computer or mobile device is calculated based on all logon data in the system.

MOSTRECENTUSER_EXCLUSION

A comma-separated list of usernames to exclude when calculating the most recent user of a computer or mobile device.

  • Use % as a wildcard character to match one or more characters.

  • Use _ as a wildcard character to match one character.

  • To exclude usernames with an underscore _, use brackets around the underscore [_].

    Example: %NoLoggedOnUser%,%\[_]%,[_]%

NI_COMPARE_PERIOD

The compare period for total users, total devices, and concurrency metrics.

ORACLE_DELETE_THRESHOLD

The number of days until a not updated Oracle database is considered to be uninstalled.

ORACLE_MIDDLEWARE_DELETE_THRESHOLD

The number of days until a not updated Oracle middleware installation is considered to be uninstalled.

ORACLE_MIDDLEWARE_DELETE_THRESHOLD_ACTIVE

Activates delete action for not updated Oracle middleware installations considered to be uninstalled.

ORACLEMGMTPCK_SHOWINST_ONLY

When active, only installed or used Oracle Enterprise Management packs are shown in the Oracle database view in the web user interface of Snow License Manager.

ORACLEOPTIONS_SHOWINST_ONLY

When active, only installed or used Oracle Enterprise Options are shown in the Oracle database view in the web user interface of Snow License Manager.

PASSWORD_EXPIRATION_DAYS

The number of days until a password expires. This setting can be overridden for a specific user by enabling the Password never expires option.

QUARANTINE_ACTIVE

Activates quarantine management for computers and mobile devices.

QUARANTINE_DAYS

The number of inactive days before a computer or mobile device is placed in quarantine.

QUARANTINE_DELETE

The number of days that a computer or mobile device can remain in quarantine without reporting any new inventory data, before it is automatically deleted and removed from the system. The number of days is based on the date when status was set to Quarantined.

QUARANTINE_DELETE_ACTION

What action to take when handling computer and mobile device quarantine delete: Delete, Set to inactive, or Archive.

QUARANTINE_DELETE_ACTIVE

Activates delete action for computer and mobile device after quarantine.

SAP_ENABLED

Activates the SAP module.

SOFTWARE_STORE_OPTION_ACTIVE

Activates Software Store option for applications.

SRS_MANUFACTURER_FILTER

A comma-separated list of manufacturers to show in the web user interface of Snow License Manager. Use % as a wildcard character.

TS_VIEWS_ACTIVE

Activates terminal services, device lists, and details in the web user interface of Snow License Manager.

USE_AUTO_DOWNGRADE

Activates automatic downgrade rights as the default for applications.

USE_VENDOR_REPOSITORY

Activates the manufacturer/vendor repository.

USER_EXCLUSION

A comma-separated list of usernames to exclude when collecting information from Snow Inventory:

  • Use % as a wildcard character to match one or more characters.

  • Use _ as a wildcard character to match one character.

  • To exclude usernames with an underscore _, use brackets around the underscore [_].

    Example: %NoLoggedOnUser%,%\[_]%,[_]%

USER_LOCKOUT_TIME

The number of minutes to block a user after three failed login attempts.

USER_QUARANTINE_ACTIVE

Activates quarantine management for users.

USER_QUARANTINE_DAYS

The number of inactive days before a user is placed in quarantine.

USER_QUARANTINE_DELETE

The number of days that a user can remain in quarantine without reporting any new inventory data, before it is automatically deleted and removed from the system. The number of days is based on the date when status was set to Quarantined

USER_QUARANTINE_DELETE_ACTIVE

Activates delete action for user quarantine.

WEB_PORTS

A comma-separated list to override default web ports used for web metering.

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