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General Tab

Fields

Field Name Description
Default File Path This is the default file path referenced by <DefaultDir> tag
Enable Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) Not yet implemented
Application Priority The priority given to Flow threads by the Windows Operating System. Normal is recommended for nearly all situations.
Look and Feel Allows you to change the default theme of Flow
Max Threads Enter the maximum number of threads that Flow can utilise at any one time for executing Actions. If more Actions are triggered for execution than the number of allowed threads they will be paused until a thread comes free. Enter 0 for unlimited threads (up to the max allowed by the Windows Operating System and your computers memory). For best performance you should set this no higher than 3 times the number of processor cores available in your computer.
Default Max Thread Per Action The default maximum number of threads a single action will use if allowed to process in simultaneous threads. See "Allow this action to process in multiple concurrent threads" on the Action configuration. For best performance you should set this no higher than 2 times the number of processor cores available in your computer.
Wait before Execution The amount of time in seconds to wait before the execution of a scheduled Action. This should be set to 0 but if you experience double triggering of scheduled actions you can set this to 1 - 5.
Use web-based help files Select to open the web help files at http://www.flow.net.nz/documentation instead of your local .CHM help files
Allow creation of Fields automatically Deprecated Flow no longer creates fields automatically in your databases, however it use to create XFLO_ID fields if this method was used for Transaction Identification on DB Definitions.
Confirm Delete Actions Select to enable the confirmation of any Delete button pressed. This is recommended to avoid accidental deletion.
Cause error on non-empty destination data Select to cause an error if a destination data definition has data prior to the map executing. This situation normally represents a configuration problem on the data definition, and this option highlights the problem by causing an error rather than letting the process continue.
Delete half-written files when export fails When exporting data to Files if the process fails it will delete any half-written files. If deselected the half-written files will be moved to the Error folder of the File Connection.
TRACE MODE Select to enable Trace Mode. This should not be used on production systems. Trace Mode will output trace information to Application Data Folder\Temp\