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Interface Configuration

The configuration is done in the Stages configuration file PKitConfig.xml. Dimensions interface properties are defined in the section “cms” (see example configuration below) were the cms interface types are defined that shall be used on the Stages server.

<cms-type name="Dimensions"
 factory="de.methodpark.cms.dimensions.DimensionsFactory">
 <cms-property name="connection.pool.size" value="15"/>
 <cms-property name="connection.timeout" value="120000"/>
 <cms-property name="validatePath" value="^[^\\/*?<>\"]+([
/][^\\/:*?<>\"]+)*[\\/]?$"/>
 <cms-property name="validateFilename" value="^[^\\/:*?<>\"]+
$"/>
 <cms-host ident="production1" name="dimensionsserver.somedomain.org"
 displayName="Dimensions 12.2 production server">
 <cms-property name="user" value="stagesSystemUser"/>
 <cms-property name="password" value="somepassword"/>
 <cms-property name="databaseName" value="cm_typical"/>
 <cms-property name="databaseConnection" value="orcl"/>
 <cms-property name="date.format" value="dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss"/>
 <cms-property name="related.requests.required" value="false"/>

 <cms-property name="view.baselines.enabled"" value="false"/>
 </cms-host>
</cms-type>

Global CMS Properties

Host Sections

Host-specific Properties

Global CMS Properties

These following properties influence the general behavior of the Dimensions interface. The default values of the properties will be used if they are not explicitly defined and overwritten in the Dimensions cms-type section.

Property Name	Default Value	Description
connection.pool.size	15	The maximum number of open Dimensions connections that will be kept by Stages in its connection pool.
connection.pool.size	15	Attention: Before increasing this value please consider that each open connection results in one running process on the Dimensions server.
connection.timeout	120000	The time in milliseconds after which and idle connection will be closed.
validatePath		A regular expression pattern that defines which characters are allowed at which positions of a file path entered in the Stages GUI. A pattern which works in most configurations can be found in the default configuration file.