Content Management and Capture

I'm trying to implement a usersettings.json file for a pre-existing Datacap application. The file is being detected and parsed by the application, but the settings aren't being reflected in the user interface.

I think I'm doing it right - I have a "defaultValue" and a "resetValue" for all the settings I wish to explicitly set, along with a "version" for each section.

Here is an example:

  "datacapweb.client.JMonitor":{
      "visibleAttrs":{
          "defaultValue":[
           {"id":"qs_qid"},
           {"id":"pb_batch"},
           {"id":"qu_status"},
           {"id":"qu_task"},
           {"id":"qs_start"},
           {"id":"pb_UserID"},
           {"id":"pb_ndocs"},
           {"id":"pb_pages"}
          ],
          "resetValue":[
           {"id":"qs_qid"},
           {"id":"pb_batch"},
           {"id":"qu_status"},
           {"id":"qu_task"},
           {"id":"qs_start"},
           {"id":"pb_UserID"},
           {"id":"pb_ndocs"},
           {"id":"pb_pages"}
          ],
          "version":2
      },
      "docInfo": {
        "defaultValue": 2,
        "resetValue": 2,
        "version":2
      }
  }

In this example I would expect the Job name to not appear in the Job Monitor, but it's still there when I log in (it had been explicitly included originally by the user, and I would expect this entry to override the user's settings).

We haven't bounced any of the servers nor any databases - is that necessary?

p.s. I know the file is being read and parsed because there were a couple of formatting errors in my first cut, and the application barfed on it when I logged in. I fixed the formatting errors and the error messages went away.

This may help. 

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/managing-user-settings-administratively-ibm-datacap-navigator

I'm trying to implement a usersettings.json file for a pre-existing Datacap application. The file is being detected and parsed by the application, but the settings aren't being reflected in the user interface.

I think I'm doing it right - I have a "defaultValue" and a "resetValue" for all the settings I wish to explicitly set, along with a "version" for each section.

Here is an example:

  "datacapweb.client.JMonitor":{
      "visibleAttrs":{
          "defaultValue":[
           {"id":"qs_qid"},
           {"id":"pb_batch"},
           {"id":"qu_status"},
           {"id":"qu_task"},
           {"id":"qs_start"},
           {"id":"pb_UserID"},
           {"id":"pb_ndocs"},
           {"id":"pb_pages"}
          ],
          "resetValue":[
           {"id":"qs_qid"},
           {"id":"pb_batch"},
           {"id":"qu_status"},
           {"id":"qu_task"},
           {"id":"qs_start"},
           {"id":"pb_UserID"},
           {"id":"pb_ndocs"},
           {"id":"pb_pages"}
          ],
          "version":2
      },
      "docInfo": {
        "defaultValue": 2,
        "resetValue": 2,
        "version":2
      }
  }

In this example I would expect the Job name to not appear in the Job Monitor, but it's still there when I log in (it had been explicitly included originally by the user, and I would expect this entry to override the user's settings).

We haven't bounced any of the servers nor any databases - is that necessary?

p.s. I know the file is being read and parsed because there were a couple of formatting errors in my first cut, and the application barfed on it when I logged in. I fixed the formatting errors and the error messages went away.

Hey Duke - thanks for the link.

I'd love to get some assurance from IBM that this feature actually works before screwing myself into the ground trying to figure out what's wrong.

Beyond that, I wonder if I'm leaving something out - for example, I'm not including the "width" attribute in the visibleAttrs arrays.

Is there a way to export the settings for a user to see how the JSON is formatted? Then I can use that as a template for setting the global defaults.

This may help. 

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/managing-user-settings-administratively-ibm-datacap-navigator

I'm trying to implement a usersettings.json file for a pre-existing Datacap application. The file is being detected and parsed by the application, but the settings aren't being reflected in the user interface.

I think I'm doing it right - I have a "defaultValue" and a "resetValue" for all the settings I wish to explicitly set, along with a "version" for each section.

Here is an example:

  "datacapweb.client.JMonitor":{
      "visibleAttrs":{
          "defaultValue":[
           {"id":"qs_qid"},
           {"id":"pb_batch"},
           {"id":"qu_status"},
           {"id":"qu_task"},
           {"id":"qs_start"},
           {"id":"pb_UserID"},
           {"id":"pb_ndocs"},
           {"id":"pb_pages"}
          ],
          "resetValue":[
           {"id":"qs_qid"},
           {"id":"pb_batch"},
           {"id":"qu_status"},
           {"id":"qu_task"},
           {"id":"qs_start"},
           {"id":"pb_UserID"},
           {"id":"pb_ndocs"},
           {"id":"pb_pages"}
          ],
          "version":2
      },
      "docInfo": {
        "defaultValue": 2,
        "resetValue": 2,
        "version":2
      }
  }

In this example I would expect the Job name to not appear in the Job Monitor, but it's still there when I log in (it had been explicitly included originally by the user, and I would expect this entry to override the user's settings).

We haven't bounced any of the servers nor any databases - is that necessary?

p.s. I know the file is being read and parsed because there were a couple of formatting errors in my first cut, and the application barfed on it when I logged in. I fixed the formatting errors and the error messages went away.