Configuring Properties

Administrators use properties to configure the application according to their organization's needs. Properties govern a variety of application behaviors, such as workflow settings or enabling certain features. While editing properties, keep in mind: 

• Property value types: Some properties use boolean (i.e. true/false) values, others may require a number or plain text string. Before attempting to modify a property, check the value types it will accept. 
• Restarting the application: Some properties require a restart of the application before any change will take effect – including adding, editing, and removing the property. When modifying any property, check to see whether or not it requires a restart.

There are two ways to edit an application's properties:

• Using the NetX user interface. 
• Editing the exogen-config.xml file (this option is available for on-premise customers only). Note that any property change made from the user interface will apply to the exogen-config.xml file and vice versa.

Configuring properties in the user interface

Adding a property

1. Click the Systems button found along the left navigation sidebar to access the systems area.
2. Click the Properties tab.
3. Click Add property to add a new property.
4. In the Name field, type the name of the property. The property name must be an exact match including case. 
5. In the Value field, add the desired property value. Make sure you have the right value type and value for the property you are adding.
6. Click Save. If the property does not require a restart, refresh the application in your browser window.

Editing a property

Note: only the property's value may be edited. 

1. Click the Systems button found along the left navigation sidebar to access the systems area.
2. Navigate to the Properties tab.
3. Click the actions button to the right of the property you would like to edit.
4. Choose Edit property from the action menu. 
5. Change the property's Value.
6. Click Save.

Removing a property

Once deleted, properties will stop affecting the application in any way. Note: the removal of a property may still require a restart to take effect.

1. Click the Systems button found along the left navigation sidebar to access the systems area.
2. Click the Properties tab.
3. Click the actions button to the right of the property you would like to delete.
4. Click Delete from the action menu.
5. To complete the deletion, confirm the action on the subsequent warning by clicking Delete.

Editing properties in the exogen-config.xml file

Locating the file

The exogen-config.xml file is stored in the NetX application directory. Here are their default paths:

Linux/UNIX:

/opt/netx/netx/config

Windows:

C:\Program Files\NetXposure\netx\config

Working with exogen-config.xml

As shown in the example below, each property added or edited in the XML file must:

• Begin with an included document type definition block. This is included so the file is more portable on your server.
• Must be included within the properties node.
• Must be bookended by property tags.
• Be wrapped in property tags, and must contain a name and value tag.
• Have properly escaped tags.
  
  

<exogen-config>
	<properties>
		<property>
			<name>Property name</name>
			<value>Property value</value>
		</property>
	<properties>
</exogen-config>

User level numeric equivalents

Certain properties require a user level to be specified as a numeric value. In that case, the table below provides a conversion chart for such values: