Configure the Application Options

By default, the appearance and behavior of the Meridian Explorer client application are acceptable for most users but you can configure numerous options to further optimize their experience.

Note:

You cannot configure default sorting options or hide columns for users in Explorer. Files are sorted alphabetically according to the file name.

To configure the application options:

In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, in the Repositories group, click Options.

The User Defaults Options page appears.
In the menu, click Application.

The list of configurable options appears.
Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.
Click Save.

Meridian Explorer application options
Group	Option	Description
Application Options	Enable Meridian download control	Enable (default) this option to use the Accruent Upload/Download control for file transfers. Meridian Explorer users can configure the options of the control.
Application Options	Enable draft print	If enabled (default), the Draft Print command is available to users in the viewer pane if: The property page is configured to show document content from PowerWeb as described in Create And Edit Detail Page Layouts The documents exist in the vault and are published as a PowerWeb location
Application Options	Enable watermarks on draft print hardcopies	If enabled and watermarks are configured in the source vault, they will also be printed on the output. The default is disabled. For information about configuring the appearance of watermarks, see Configure Watermark Printing.
Application Options	Hide status columns from grid	If enabled, hides the column that show document status icons. The default is disabled. Note: If enabled, this will disable display of the number of available rows in the current view and the workflow status column in the results grid is hidden from view by users.
Application Options	Include empty values in navigation view	If enabled (default), navigation view levels for properties that are empty are shown instead of hidden. The default is enabled.
Application Options	Optimize grid queries	Leave disabled (default) unless directed by Accruent Technical Support. See also .
Meridian Script Events	Disable feedback comment events	If enabled, the following Meridian Enterprise events do not occur: AIMS_AddComment AIMS_UpdateComment AIMS_CloseComment AIMS_DeleteComment
Meridian Script Events	Use Meridian impersonation	If enabled (default), the account of the IIS application pool under which the application runs will be used to connect to Meridian Enterprise for features like discussion comments, redlining, retrieving watermark data, uploading documents to the vault, and VBScript events. This prevents the Kerberos double hop problem. The application pool and the Meridian Enterprise server must run under the same service account. If disabled, the connection to Meridian Enterprise impersonates the Meridian Explorer user. The application pool and the Meridian Enterprise server do not need to run under the same service account. The Kerberos double hop problem can occur if the Meridian Enterprise server is run on a different computer than Meridian Enterprise Server.
System Settings	URL for viewer download	If the Enable Accruent viewer control option is enabled as described in Configure the Viewer Options and you want Meridian Explorer users to download the control from a location on your network, type a URL where the control can be downloaded by users. This URL will appear in an empty viewer windows until the user installs the control. By default, a URL to the viewer control on the Accruent website will be shown.
Synchronization	Synchronization	By default, synchronization between Meridian Explorer repositories and their Meridian Enterprise source vaults, is done in batches of documents. This excludes the document content, which must be done as a separate task. To edit the synchronization settings: Click Edit. The Explorer Synchronization Settings dialog box appears. Configure the appropriate options: Require Meridian stream files — If enabled, causes an error to be logged if the content for a document that is being synchronized cannot be found in the source vault. Export batch size — The maximum number of documents to include in each batch during repository synchronization. The default is 10000. Level of concurrency — The maximum number of simultaneous process threads to use to read the document content files from the source vault during synchronization. The default is 8 and assumes the server CPU has 8 cores. The Meridian Enterprise EDM server must be configured to use one of the multi-threading database engines (names that end with the number 5) in order to take advantage of this option.