Configuring Advanced Vault Settings
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The settings in the Advanced Vault Settings section of the M-Files Admin configurations editor allow you to control how the vault functions. These settings were previously available as Microsoft Windows registry settings. Settings added via the Advanced Vault Settings section are included in vault backups.
In the Advanced Vault Settings section, the
system administrator can configure all the functionalities listed in the table
below. The table gives an overview of which settings also a user with the Full control of
vault administrative rights can adjust.
Configuration | Vault administrator |
---|---|
Assignments | Allowed |
Automatic aliases | Allowed |
Background tasks | Not allowed |
Client Note: Set the Manage Client
Settings Centrally setting to Yes only after you have read the
description shown on the Info tab in M-Files Admin. |
Partly allowed |
Connections to external databases | Partly allowed |
Connections to external sources | Partly allowed |
Content replication and archiving | Partly allowed |
Database | Partly allowed |
Document comparison | Allowed |
Duplicate detection | Allowed |
Event log | Partly allowed |
External repositories | Not allowed |
File operations | Allowed |
File previews | Not allowed |
Ground Link | Partly allowed |
M-Files add-in settings | Allowed |
Multi-file documents | Allowed |
Notifications | Partly allowed |
PDF conversion | Partly allowed |
Performance | Not allowed |
Real object type hierarchies | Partly allowed |
Reporting and data export | Not allowed |
Scanning and OCR | Not allowed |
Scripting | Not allowed |
Search | Partly allowed |
Security | Not allowed |
Thumbnails | Partly allowed |
Translatable object titles | Allowed |
User groups | Allowed |
Views | Allowed |
Note: Some of the settings in the Advanced Vault
Settings section are for advanced configuration and customization
only, and therefore we recommend that you do not change any settings unless you
know what you are doing.
To configure vault settings:
Example: Excluding Employee Objects from Metadata Searches
To configure your vault search engine so that Employee objects are not incuded in metadata searches:
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- Expand .
- Click Add Object Type.
- In the Object Type field, press the down arrow key ↓ and then select Employee.
- Click Save to save your settings.