System Settings

In this article, we take a detailed look at the System Settings in BizTalk360. Users can set up data access settings, date/time settings, cache settings, and how to enable Live feed globally under Global Settings. Moreover, under Monitoring and Notification Settings, users can set up System Alert settings, Monitoring and Analytics settings. Based on the requirements, users can set up monitoring settings.

Global Configuration 

To configure the global settings, navigate to Settings ->System Settings->Global configuration. 

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  • Data Access Settings - This configuration is Configure the count of max matches query result, secure SQL row count. 
    • Max matches - These values define the number of results that can show up for different query types.
    • Service instances download location - The folder in the BizTalk360 server where service instance details can be saved from the Message Box queries. 
    • Secure SQL Row Count - The maximum number of records a Secure SQL Query can return. 
    • BizTalk60 Host URL - Update the URL where BizTalk360 is hosted. Which is used to redirect from email to the specific section in the application. 
    • Allow Stored Procedure Execution -By enabling/disabling this you can manage if any stored procedure can be executed from the Secure SQL query. By default, this will be enabled. 
  • Date Time Settings
    • System Time Zone - Set up the system time zone based upon your requirements. 
    • System Date Time Format - Set up Date Time format based on need. 
    • From version 10.1 onward if any new user is created, the user will be assigned with the above-configured system time zone and date-time format by default. If they want, they can edit and modify in the user profile. 
  • Cache Settings- By default, we store the Active Directory cache for 2 hours. Click the clear cache button to clear the Active Directory cache. If any user/group permissions modified in the active directory, please use this option to reflect the latest changes. 
  • BizTalk Health Monitor - Once BHM is installed and configured in the server where BizTalk360 monitoring service is running. you need to provide an installed file location directory here for BHM Integration.
  • Service Account Credentials - When dealing with lots of IBM queues, user might find difficult to provide account details for each one by hand. So, we have added an option in system settings where users can enter the service account credentials. Once the user adds the credentials here, it can be used in IBM MQ configuration for Monitoring. This configuration is also used to scan Best Practice Analyzer report .
  • Reports Archive Location - Whenever reports are generated, the report will be sent to the users via E-Mail. If users provide any path in this reports archive location, whenever reports are generated the PDF/Excel file will be saved to this location.
  • BizTalk360 Database Size - Health of the Database will be monitored based on the threshold values entered in this section.

Monitoring and Notification Settings

1. Log in to the BizTalk360 application.
2. Click the 'Settings' section and hit 'System Settings
3. Select 'Monitoring and Notification settings'. There, the following settings can be found: 
   • Monitoring Settings
     • Data monitoring archive location - You need to specify a valid file location in order to be able to archive the service instance information. 
     • Maximum number of attachments in email/download - You can increase the maximum number of attachments in email/download. 
     • Total file size allowed per email/download - You can set the maximum number of file size (MB) allowed per email/download. 
     • Email error description - List count - You can set the count of error description based on the list.
     • Email error description - Char count - You can set the count of error description based on the character count. 
     • Auto Correct Retry Count - Users can set the number of retries that must happen for auto correct. It is set to 5 by default.
     • Auto Correct Reset Interval - Users can set the time to reset it when the maximum limit is reached. However, it can be time-consuming to set the reset interval time for every configured auto correct. To overcome this, an option to set the default auto-correct reset interval is introduced in the System setting section. 
     • Enable Group by Description - Toggle the button to enable group by description. 
     • Data Monitoring Minimum Frequency - Users can set the minimum number of minutes that can be set as frequency for schedules.
     • Maximum number of threads per core - Users can specify the maximum number of threads per logical processor for monitoring services when there is High CPU usage.
4. Click 'Save'.