Customizing Your Application

You can edit the values in the Plant Applications configuration file to customize your installation.

Procedure

Change any of the following parameters in the configuration file as needed.

Table 1. <filename> Parameters
Parameter	Description
EventNumIsNumber	For the Excel Add-in to translate numeric values, set this value to `True`. The default value is `False`. See the EventNumIsNumber site parameter in the Plant Applications Help.
ProdCodeIsNumber	For the Excel Add-in to translate numeric values, change this value to True. (The default value is False.) See the ProdCodeIsNumber site parameter in Plant Applications Help.
AllowPasswordSave	To prevent users from saving their client passwords to local workstations, change this value to False. The default value is True. See AllowPasswordSave in the Plant Applications Help.
LanguageNumber	By default, the site language is set to U.S. English. To change the default language, edit this value. See the LanguageNumber parameter in the Plant Applications Help.
StartupSetBack	By default, the Event Manager service looks back three days (4320 minutes) to look for events at startup. To change this interval, edit the EventMgr system value. The suggested configuration is 6 to 12 hours. Services must be restarted for changes to take effect. See the System Users in Plant Applications Help.
SpecificationSetting	The Autolog display uses this parameter to color-code test values by comparing them to the specification limits defined for each variables. When the value is 1 (the default) and the Test Values limit is greater than the Triggering Specification Limit, it triggers a specification flag updating the Test Values Color. When the value is 0 and the Test Values limit is greater than or equal to the Triggering Specification Limit, it triggers a specification flag updating the Test Values Color.
UseProficyClient	Set this site parameter to `True` to merge the Plant Applications and SOA equipment models using the Workflow) Client. Refer to Enabling the Proficy Client UI and Aspecting in the Plant Applications Help.
MinEventTimeSpan	To reduce the frequency of event generation, set this value to `0`. The default value of this parameter is four minutes. For more information, see the MinEventTimeSpan site parameter in the Plant Applications Help.