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Initial Dynamic System Setting data instances

As your Pega 7 Platform system operates, these and other Dynamic System Settings instances can be created as needed.

Consult the Configuration Settings Reference on the PDN for additional details on specific Dynamic System Settings instances.

Initial prconfig Dynamic System Settings

Dynamic System Settings that have Pega-Engine as the Owning RuleSet and key names that start with prconfig are known as prconfig settings.

Caution: Be careful when making any updates because these settings can significantly impact the operation of your Pega 7 Platform system.

Name

Purpose

Pega-Engine.
prconfig/agent/enable/
default
Enables application agents.
Pega-Engine.
prconfig/identification/
systemName/default
Sets the name of the Data-Admin-System instance for the server.
Pega-Engine.
prconfig/initialization/
displayExceptionTraceback/
default
Controls the display of stack trace information in exception screens.
Pega-Engine.
prconfig/initialization/
explicitTempDir/default
Specifies the full path name to use as the temporary directory.
Pega-Engine.
prconfig/initialization/
persistRequestor/default
Sets the conditions for the system saving a user's requestor context.
Pega-Engine.
prconfig/initServices/
initEmail/default
Enables Email listeners on start up, as defined in Data-Admin-Connect-EmailListener
Pega-Engine.
prconfig/initServices/
initFile/default
Enables file listeners on start up, as defined in Data-Admin-Connect-FileListener
Pega-Engine.
prconfig/initServices/
initJMS/default
Enables JMS listeners on start up, as defined in Data-Admin-Connect-JMSListener
Pega-Engine.
prconfig/initServices/
initMQ/default
Enables MQ listeners on start up, as defined in Data-Admin-Connect-MQListener
Pega-Engine.
prconfig/pradapter/
loggingLevel/default
Specifies the level of tracing for output to the system log. This setting overwrites the setting located in the JVM properties file.

Other initial Dynamic System Settings

These Dynamic System Settings have narrower scope.

Name

Purpose

Pega-IntegrationEngine. disableEpochDateTime

When a datetime property is set to an empty value, it returns the epoch datetime (01-jan-1970) by default. Set this value to "true" to have the property return no value.
Pega-Desktop.
AllowAccessToExternalSystem
Used to control calls to external system such as PDN when logging into designer studio. By default, this setting is set to "true".
Pega-EndUserUI.
weblogin/mobile/enabletouchid

Enables Touch ID fingerprint recognition feature on supported iOS devices. It is used to log in to a Pega 7 Platform mobile app, bypassing the need to manually enter user credentials each time.

Changing this setting to "false" disables this feature and hides the Use Touch Id check box on the Login screen. See Touch ID support and Pega Mobility for further information.

Pega-ProcessEngine.
pyEmailMaxResends

See More about Email Accounts.

Pega-ProCom.
ProComHelpURI

Identifies the property containing the root URI of this Application Developer Help system. Determined during installation.

As a best practice, select Designer Studio > System > Settings > Resource URLs to create or update this data instance.

See System category — Settings page.

Pega-ProCom.
PublicLinkURL

Edit to identify a URL for directed web access, such as

http://mysystem:8081/prweb/

As a best practice, select Designer Studio > System > Settings > Resource URLs to create or update this data instance.

See How to provide external assignments through directed Web access and System category — Settings page.

Pega-ProCom.
pyUseGoalTimeFor
AvailabilityCalculation

If true, the assignment's goal time is compared to the assignment's start time and effort estimate to determine operator availability.

See Operator form — Completing the Work Settings tab.

Pega-ProCom.
SystemManagementURI

Identifies the root URI of the System Management application. Established during installation.

As a best practice, select Designer Studio > System > Settings > Resource URLs to create or update this data instance.

See System category — Settings page.

Pega-ProCom.
WorkHistoryVersion

When set to 5.1, indicates that a one-time upgrade activity for Version 4.2 work item history instances has completed successfully.

Note: The upgrade is not necessary on systems that contain no Version 4.2 work item history instances.

Pega-RULES.
compiler/defaultClasses

Supports Service Java rules and other handcrafted Java code. A list of Java classes that are added to the compile-time classpath for the compiler used to compile the generated Java. This allows service activities to call such classes.

As a best practice, select Designer Studio > System > Settings > Compiler to create or update this data instance.

See System category — Settings page.

Pega-RULES.
compiler/defaultPaths

Supports Service Java rules and other handcrafted Java code. A list of jar files that are added to the compile-time classpath for the compiler used to compile the generated Java. This allows service activities to call the classes in external JAR files.

As a best practice, select Designer Studio > System > Settings > Compiler to create or update this data instance. See System category — Settings page.

See PDN article About the Process Commander class paths.

Pega-RULES.
indexing/dataEnabled

Controls whether data instance indexing for full-text search is enabled.

As a best practice, select Designer Studio > System > Settings > Search to create or update this data instance.

See System category — Settings page.

Pega-RULES.
indexing/hostname

In a multi-node cluster, identifies the internal node name (a hash value) of the node that supports Elasticsearch full-text indexing.

As a best practice, select Designer Studio > System > Settings > Search to create or update this data instance.

See System category — Settings page.

Pega-RULES.
indexing/ruleEnabled

Controls whether rule instance indexing is enabled. See As a best practice, select Designer Studio > System > Settings > Search to create or update this data instance.

See System category — Settings page.

Pega-RULES.
indexing/updatetime
Records the date and time of the last comprehensive index build.
Pega-RULES.
indexing/workEnabled

Controls whether work item indexing is enabled.

As a best practice, select Designer Studio > System > Settings > Search to create or update this data instance.

See System category — Settings page..

Pega-RULES.
SearchSoapURI

In a multi-node cluster, records the URI to be used in SOAP-based communications among nodes to support full-text searches.

As a best practice, select Designer Studio > System > Settings > Search to create or update this data instance.

See System category — Settings page.

Pega-RULES.
usage/usagetrackingenabled

Enables or disables usage tracking. Initial value is "true".

See How to analyze system-wide usage with the Log-Usage class.

Pega-RULESEngine
pyMaxRecords

Maximum records retrieved for report definitions.

See Reporting Category — Settings Page

Pega-RULESEngine
pyQueryTimeoutInterval
See Reporting Category — Settings Page
Pega-RULESEngine
pyExportMaxRecords
See Reporting Category — Settings Page
Pega-RULESEngine
pyExportQueryTimeout
See Reporting Category — Settings Page
Pega-IntSvcs.Email/AddLegacyHeaders

Appends old email headers to new headers if the value is "true", and does not append if the value is blank or not set to "true".

Note: The new email header for the old header PegaAttachmentID is X-PegaAttachmentID, for Email-Handle is X-PegaEmail-Handle, and for Work-Handle is X-PegaWork-Handle.

About System Setting data instances
Initial Data Instances