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Settings Reference
Quick reference of DMS Agent Settings
General Settings
General settings are settings which are applied to the entire DMS Agent instance.
The general settings are configured by following these steps:
- 1.Login to DMS Agent console
- 2.Navigate to Control panel
- 3.Navigate to General Setting
- 4.Add your setting on a new line: MySetting = true
- 5.Click the Save button at the bottom.
Common
Setting
Values
Description
DeviceMergeFolder
string
Optional path to a folder, where DMS Agent will store the mobile databases as files
useStrictLiveLinkSelect
true | false
default: false
Forces livelink engine to explicitly select only the fields specified for the given business object instead of using *
invalidatePacketTables
Comma separated table names:
Table1, Table2, Table3
Invalidates pending PULL packets in DMS Agent if any of the tables given as comma separated list is presented in the push packet - e.g. invalidate pending packet if Inventory operation is detected
sendPacketTables
Comma separated table:
Table 1, Table2, Table3
if the setting is presented, it will enforce DMS Agent to send packets, which contains at least on of the table names given in sendPacketTables table. This setting is used to limit the number of the packets sent to the ERP.
maxJsonPacketsPerRun
number
default: 50
Controls how much push (inbound) mobile packets are processed per run. Increasing the value will make the system more performant but will eat up more resources ( RAM, CPU)
noJsCompression
true | false
default: false
Value of true will disable the Code static analysis and code compression for legacy mobile apps (developed with DMS Agent Studio)
dontReturnOldPacketForNewDevices
true | false
default: false
Value of true will prevent the devices from downloading a pull packet on deploy e.g. newly deployed devices has to wait for new pull packet export.
skipJsonPacketsByTableName
list of comma separated table names
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SLA_CustomerActivity, SLA_Skip, SLA_Visit
List of tables, which will cause the object to be skipped ( e.g. not sent to the ERP ) if found within the packet.Note that the setting will only skip certain records from the packets. Rest of the records will still be processed.
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Cloud related
Setting
Values
Description
cloudModeEnabled
true | false
default: false
Value of true will enable the cloud mode for DMS Agent
cloudMode
full | hybrid | disconnected
default: full
full - enabled full cloud mode.
hybrid - enables hybrid cloud mode
disconnected - enables disconnected mode
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must be used with cloudModeEnabled=true
cloudAppArea
string
the application are name to connect with
must be used with cloudModeEnabled=true
cloudAPIKey
string
the api key for the application area to connect with
must be used with cloudModeEnabled=true
cloudCompanyFilter
string
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must be used with cloudModeEnabled=true
cloudIsSandBox
true | false
default: false
All pull/push packets are considered as sandboxed
must be used with cloudModeEnabled=true
Security
Setting
Values
Description
MobileUserDomain
string
Windows Domain name
MobileUserDomainVerbose
true | false
default: false
Value of true will spit out detailed server side logs during authentication.
MobileUserDomainLogonServer
string
Windows Domain Controller name ( or IP )
MobileUserDomainPrincipalUser
string
user to be used to query the Windows Domain Controller during authentication sessions.
restrictDeployByDeviceId
true | false
default: false
Value of true will enforce DMS Agent to allow device deploy only if the mobile app's agentId matches the mobile user's agent id. This allows the admin to further limit the actual physical devices which can deploy the mobile app
mobileWebAccessDisabled
true | false
default: false
Value of true disables the legacy Web user interface for mobile apps used during development/debugging
assistedDeploy
true | false
default: false
Value of true will prevent the mobile users from deploying the mobile app on their devices unless allowed by the system admin user by user
AX related
Setting
Values
Description
useAIFFileShare
true | false
default: false
Forces AX inbound and outbound ports to use file IO operations to exchange files between AX and DMS Agent instead of using AIF.
remoteAXPath
string
Absolute file path to the folder, where AX/D365FO stores their SyncPackets ( local to AOS )
NAV Related
Setting
Values
Description
navGatewayServiceName
string
Name of the NAV/BC Gateway service name
remoteNAVPath
string
Absolute path pointing to the sync log folder for NAV
navWebServiceCompanyName
string
Company name to be used when querying NAV Web Services
D365 FO Related
Setting
Values
Description
D365LiveLinkQueryMethod
- Microsoft.Dynamics.DataEntities.querySqlADO
- Microsoft.Dynamics.DataEntities.querySqlD365
default: Microsoft.Dynamics.DataEntities.querySqlADO
Specifies the ODATA method to use for LiveLink
Group Settings
There are number of settings, which can be applied per device group. In this way these settings affects only the group to which they are applied.
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The group settings are configured by following these steps:
- 1.Login to DMS Agent console
- 2.Navigate to Control panel
- 3.Navigate to Groups
- 4.Tap over the Group that you want to modify
- 5.Tap over the Settings tab
- 6.Click the Add new record button
- 7.Enter the Setting name and setting value
- 8.Click the Green checkmark button to Save
Alternatively you can click the EDIT button next to the setting to modify the setting name and value or even delete it by tapping the BASKET icon next to the setting.
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The Group settings are affecting the way the mobile devices/apps are behaving.
Setting
Values
Description
cloud.tag
string
optional group name. Used in reports as a tag/label. Could be a region for example. Must be used with cloud.token and xapikey settings
xapikey
string
ap key for the given application area defined by cloud.token setting
connectionTimeout
number
default: 20000
timeout in milliseconds for the mobile app to wait for the server allow connection. If the server does not return response within the given timeout, the mobile app will display error message. Please note that if the timeout is set to a lower value ( under 5000) the app may unable to sync again and only new app deploy will help in this case.
readTimeout
number
default: 20000
timeout in milliseconds for the mobile app to wait for the server return response. If the server does not return response within the given timeout, the mobile app will display error message. Please note that if the timeout is set to a lower value ( under 10000) the app may unable to sync again and only new app deploy will help in this case.
fetchTimeout
number
default:0
Time in milliseconds to wait after each successful execution of select sql against the local ( ondevice) database. The default value is 0 , e.g. no waiting is done.
printTimeout
number
default: 50
Time in milliseconds to wait after each printed line during document printing. This timeout can be increased for some printer models to allow the printer to successfully process each line sent by the mobile device.
forceLiveLink
true or false.
default: false
Forces all calls to local business objects to be executed via livelink - e.g. tries to "convert" all local database calls to remote (livelink) database calls.
noGCM
true | false
default: true
Value of false will disable the check if the current Android device has active Google account. This setting is useful for devices where Google apps are not used like Zebra and others.
orientation
landscape | portrait
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default: empty
Value of landscape will "fix" the app to work in landscape mode and will not "listen" to the device's orientation sensor. Value of portrait will "fix" the app to work in portrait mode and will not listen to the device's orientation sensor. Empty value will make so that the app will be automatically rotated with the rotation of the mobile device.
disableFullBkgrSync
true | false
Value of true disables the automatic background synchronization of Android devices. This setting will make the device battery to last more, but will disable the automatic sync of packets.
$agnt.trackLocation
true | false
Enables or disabled the location tracking
$agnt.requireLocation
true | false
Value of true will display error on the mobile device, if the device location service is disabled on the mobile device and the app will not run until the location service is enabled again.
$agnt.disallowsettings
true | false
default: false
Value of true, will require the user to enter PIN whenever the user tries to open the application's settings. The PIN is changed automatically and available in the Agent's tab for each device group.
isFilterActive
true | false
default: false
Value of true will filter-out all non-printer devices. Dynamics Mobile app will display all BT devices to the mobile user , when a document is about to be printed and this might include headphones and other devices, besides printers. The isFilterActive option will try to automatically detect non-printer devices and hide them from the list.
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