You can configure the database in admin mode.
Before you begin
You must have administration login security authorization.
You obtain this authorization from the Security Groups application.
Before
you can configure and turn on administration mode, you must set the mail.smtp.host
property to ensure that you can receive scheduled reports.
About this task
When you save a record the changes are stored in temporary
database configuration objects. Before you configure the database,
you can close and reopen the Database Configuration application without
losing any saved changes. A secondary table stores pending changes,
which also appear in the Status field. You
cannot query on Status.
Procedure
- In the Database Configuration application, select Manage
Admin Mode from the action menu
- In the Turn Admin Mode ON window,
modify the values in the Number of Administrative Sessions
Allowed field and the Number of Minutes for
User Logout field. The default value of each
field is 5. If you modify these fields, click Update
Properties for the parameters to take effect.
- Click Turn Admin Mode ON.
- In the Electronic Signature Authentication window,
enter the appropriate value in the Reason for Change field.
- Click OK. A window
opens that indicates that the Admin Mode is starting.
- Click OK.
- Throughout the configuration process, click Refresh
Status to view the messages that the configuration process
writes in the Status window. If you
decide to cancel the configuration, click Cancel Admin
Mode.
- Select the Apply Configuration Changes action
to configure the database and restore backup tables. Wait until administration
mode is turned on before performing this step.
- To turn off Admin Mode, select the Admin Mode action,
and then click Turn Admin Mode OFF.