General


Password Encryption Setting

Decisions provides users with several options of password encryption. Password encryption settings can be changed in the Settings.xml file. This file is found at C:\Program Files\Decisions\Decisions Services...

Changing Server Settings (Settings.xml)

After the platform has been installed, you can change server settings. Click the Edit Settings button on the installer's Installation Type step to update server settings. Once the updates are saved,...

Configuring the Server for SSL (HTTPS)

The platform supports SSL encryption for secure transactions over HTTPS. To enable SSL in the Installer, click the Edit Settings button. In the Settings pop-up, set HttpEndPointPort to your web server's...

Configuring Server for HTTPS Redirection

The Decisions portal can be configured to force users to use SSL (HTTPS) connections by redirecting HTTP requests to HTTPS. The following describes how to configure your server to do HTTPS redirection. Example IIS...

Changing the Encryption Key

The portal includes a keys.dat file used for data encryption. This file is not created until an encryption option is selected and thus an encryption key made. As a precaution, it is recommended to create...

System Settings Overview

The Settings folder allows an Administrator to alter the settings of the portal, and many entities and processes that the platform supports. You can change settings related to Active Directory, the portal,...

Setting Up Business Hours

The Locations folder stores information about various companies and divisions within companies. You can store address information of the company or division, its business days, and business hours. These...

Changing Cache Configuration Settings

Cache definitions can be used to selectively or completely cache aliases, databases or files at selected intervals. Cache configuration can be created, edited and managed in the System > Cache folder. Example Navigate...

Changing the Task Sequence Number

A task sequence number is automatically added to each task name. These numbers help to group and order related tasks. Change the task sequence number by selecting the number in the System > Common...

Setting up Portal Lock Based on Time

The Portal can be customized to be locked based on inactivity after a determined amount of seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, and even years has passed. If the Administrator knows that computers...

Securing Who Can Create Root Folders

The Portal has options for allowing a user or a group of users to create root folders.The administrator enables these features. To set this up, navigate to System >Settings. From the Folder Data...

Setting Up Notifications for Events Anywhere in the Portal

Add notifications for events that display to members of designated groups through a variety of methods, including email, SMS, a popup message and Twitter. The platform contains an extensive list of default...

Changing the Portal Base URL

Notifications sent from the platform contain a link back to the base URL for the portal. For example, the system may send a default notification due to an error, or a task notification to a user. The...

Integrating a Twitter Account

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Changing Document Storage Settings

The platform has three document storage options. Documents can be stored in the system's database, in a file system, or in an open source Mongo database. To change how the system stores documents, navigate...

Setting Up a New Language

To set up a new language, first enter a custom translation string, which is the text that should be translated. This text can be one or multiple words. Then, you add the language for translation. Finally,...

Setting Up Date/Time Translation

  It is possible to set up the server to use Date/Time translation so a user in a different time zone can have any portal time fields (e.g. "date created" column in reports) translated to their local...

System Folders Tree

This article overviews Folders structure in System Folder in the Portal. If we navigate and expand System folder in the Portal, we should be able to see the following Folders: Administration, Applications,...

IP Address Filtering

For security purposes, Portal access can be restricted to specific IP addresses. This can be done at the account level. The account level, being more specific, is checked...

Time Zones in Decisions

Time zones in Decisions are derived from the Time Zones recorded in Windows 2008 Server. When time-shifting dates and times between time zones, be sure to use the Time Zone Value rather than the Display...