GENRL REP (Reports) Control Maintenance Records

The following control maintenance records belong to the REP (Reports) area within the GENRL (General) category.

Allow ODBC Access For Eclipse Reports

Indicate whether to allow access to the open database connectivity (ODBC) version of a report created using Eclipse Reports. ClosedMore:

Options

  • Yes - Gives you access to the ODBC files the system creates when you generate reports using Eclipse Reports.

  • No - Does not give you access to the ODBC files.

Default Value(s)

No

Action if set to Null

Same as if set to No.

Additional Information

You can use any tool, such as Microsoft Access or Excel to handle the ODBC files.

Capture Login Info

Indicate whether the system captures login information for the User Logins Report, which shows for each branch the maximum, minimum, or total number of users logged into UniVerse each day. ClosedMore:

Options

For each branch, enter Yes to capture login information or No to not capture login information.

Outcome of setting this control record

Tracking login information can help you determine and predict system use by location and can be helpful as your business grows.

Default Value(s)

No

Action if set to Null

Same as if set to No.

Additional Information

A user's branch at the time of login is determined by the printer location branch, the user's home branch, and the first branch to which the user is authorized.

If you set this record to Yes, also set the Purge Login Infocontrol maintenance record.

Default Days Before Today For Hold File Select Start Date

Specify the number of days before today through which the system searches for Hold file entries. ClosedMore:

Options

Any number of days between 0 and 9999.

Outcome of setting this control record

Sets the number of days the system goes back in time to gather Hold file entries for display when opening the Report Queue window. Setting this record to a small number of days can  decrease the amount of time it takes hold entries to display.

Default Value(s)

9999

Action if set to Null

Selects all hold file entries when you access the Report Queue window.

Additional Information

If a user specifies a different starting date for the select using the Selection menu on the Report Queue window, the number of days before the current date indicated by that date becomes the default days before today for a Hold file select for that user.

Lower Threshold Clients

For internal Eclipse use only.

Enter customers that want the system to set the disk free space threshold value set to 85 percent rather than 95 percent when Eclipse runs the Client Display Free (DF) Report.

Minimum Days Before Report Purge

Specify the number of days, 0-99999, to retain a report in the Hold file before it is purged. You can delete individual reports at any time using the Report > Delete menu, or delete reports by date using the Report > Purge All Date menus in the Report Queue window.

Phantom Log Exempt Programs

Enter the programs to exempt from being logged by the phantom process. Unless entered here, all phantoms that are run are logged along with times, accounts, phantom name, and parameter information.

Phantom Log Purge

Enter the number of days to retain phantom log records before the system purges them. ClosedMore:

Options

Any number of days between 0 and 999.

Outcome of setting this control record

Helps to keep your system running smoothly by deleting phantom logs that you no longer need.

Default Value(s)

45

Action if set to Null

Does not delete phantom logs.

Additional Information

None

Purge Login Info

If the Capture Logincontrol maintenance record is set to Yes, specify the number of days to save login information before the system purges it. ClosedMore:

Options

Any number of days between 0 and 999.

Outcome of setting this control record

Helps to keep your log files clean by deleting login information after the User Logins Report runs, that is older than the specified number of days.

Default Value(s)

30

Action if set to Null

The phantom process does not purge login data.

Additional Information

None