Applies to: settings

General Settings

This setting page is for administrators to configure the application settings and create new settings.

Accessing General Settings

Administrators can access the General Settings by clicking on the cogwheel in the toolbar and select “General Settings” from the drop-down menu.

Available Settings

The General Settings page allows administrators to change the following application settings:

Designer

Configurations related to the Designer.

The number of settings is limited in the current version of MOPS 4.0, but will be expanded in future releases.

  • Default Grid Size: The default grid size for the designer. This is used to set the grid size for new displays and components that designers create.
    This setting can be overridden by users in their Profile Settings.

Directory Explorer

Configurations related to the Directory Explorer, which is the left side panel in the main application view.

  • Home Page: This setting will set the home page for the application when users log in.
    This setting can be overridden by users by setting an entity as homepage directly from the Directory Explorer drop-down menu by selecting Tools>Set as Home Page.
  • Show Directory Explorer on load: This setting allows the users to control whether the Directory Explorer is shown when the application is loaded. If this setting is enabled, the Directory Explorer will be shown by default when the users open the application. If it is disabled, the Directory Explorer will be hidden by default and users can show it by clicking on the button in the top banner.
    This setting can be overridden by users in their user profile.
  • Pinned Node: This setting allows users to set their preferred root node in the Directory Explorer.
    This setting can be set by users by open the Directory Explorer menu on a node (folder/site/area etc.) and select Pin.

Notification

Configurations related to notification, which are used to notify you about important events in the system.

  • E-mail Address: This setting allows users to specify the email address where they want to receive notifications from the system. This is separate from the email address used for authentication and is used specifically for receiving notifications.
  • Phone Number: This setting allows users to specify a phone number where they can receive SMS notifications from the system. This is useful for receiving notifications of higher priority when users are not monitoring their e-mails.

Point Trend

Configuration related to point trends, which are used to display trends of tag data in the system.

  • Default Period: This setting gives the ability to specify the default period for point trends. The period is used to determine how much historical data is displayed in the trend.
    This setting can be overridden by users in their user profile.
  • Default Resolution: This setting gives the ability to specify the default resolution for point trends. The resolution is used to determine the data aggregation period for the data being presented.
    This setting can be overridden by users in their user profile.

Shell

Configuration related to shell, which is the main application view.

  • Language: This setting allows the users to change the language of the user interface. The available languages are determined by the set of languages made available during system delivery.
  • Theme: This setting allows users to change the theme of the user interface.

Trend

Configuration related to trends, which are used to display trends of tag data in the system. These settings are similar to the point trend settings, but are used for trends that are created manually and not using the point trend feature.

  • Default Period: This setting gives the ability to specify the default period for point trends. The period is used to determine how much historical data is displayed in the trend.
    This setting can be overridden by users in their user profile.
  • Default Resolution: This setting gives the ability to specify the default resolution for point trends. The resolution is used to determine the data aggregation period for the data being presented.
    This setting can be overridden by users in their user profile.
  • Trend Document: the document used to represent the trend for all users.

Value status styling

Configuration related to status values, which is currently only used by the Label component.

  • High High Alarm (HHA) Color: Color value for the High High Alarm.
  • High Alarm (HIA) Color: Color value for the High Alarm.
  • Low Low Alarm (LLA) Color: Color value for the Low Low Alarm.
  • Low Alarm (LOA) Color: Color value for the Low Alarm.
  • Rate of Change (ROC) Color: Color value for the Rate of Change.

Applying settings

​ All settings can be applied by changing the values in them and click on the Save Values button at the bottom. The settings will then apply to all new users added to the application.

Those settings that can not be overridden by users will then be applied to all users.

Override user preferences

To apply the changes to all users, the Override Button button beside the setting should be clicked and it will apply the changes to all users and by that overwrite their preferences.