Designer Settings

Updated on 13 Dec 2024
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The Designer Settings is a category under System > Settings that can adjust Designer features and their configurations.

All available Designer settings, their default values, and their functions are listed in the table below.

Setting Location		Setting Name		Default Value	Description
All Designers		Enable Bulk Name Change Action		False	Toggles appearance of the Rename Data Type in Folder Designer Project action.
		Hide Modifications Comments in History		True	Toggles appearance of details such as user name, datetime, etc. in a Designer Element's history upon save.
		Require Comment on Save		False	Toggles requiring a comment upon saving a Designer Element.
		Submit Step Help Requests		True	Toggles submitting step help requests via API calls to Decisions upon opening an empty step help information window.
		Maximum Items in Lookup Lists		250	Prompts for item limit shown in Lookup Lists in the Flow Designer.
		Disable Filtering For Administrators		False	Toggles if visibility rules apply to Administrator accounts.
		Automatically Add Entities to Parent Folder's Module		True	Toggles automatically attaching a created items to its parent Folder's module.
		Show Warning If Item Is Related To More Than X Other Rules and Flows		3	Prompts for minimum number of dependencies needed to trigger a warning about dependencies once the item updates.
Archive		Archive Old Versions On Save		True	Toggles storing a backup of an item upon save. Backups are found in the item's History Folder.
Archive		Ignore Versions Less Than Age		15 minutes	Prompts for a time limit that prevents backup creation if a new save occurs too recently from its most recent save. This is used to maintain meaningful backups by preventing duplicates.
Designer Folder		Show Default Folder View Page		True	Toggles the default view of a Designer Project. When set to False, the List view is shown by default.
		Default Page Type		Designer Project View	Allow selection of which Page of the Designer Folder loads by default once selected.
			Designer Folder View	--	Designer Projects load the List Page by default.
			Designer Project View	--	Designer Projects load the Folder View by default.
Designer Settings		Check for newer versions in Repository		True	Toggles if the Repository checks their entities for newer versions. Only useful if the instance is a Repository.
Flow Designer		Clear Flow Data On Exception		False	Toggles clearing Flow data once an exception occurs. When set to True, a Flow needs to set its Clear Policy On Exception setting in the Flow Designer to either YES or Use Default to function.
		Link Type		Cornered	Allows selection of the default link's appearance in the Flow Designer.
		Step Shape		DarkIcon	Allows selection of the default step's shape in the Flow Designer.
		Jump Lines		True	Toggles whether connected lines in the Flow Designer jump over each other.
		Avoid Nodes		True	Toggles avoiding other nodes in the Flow Designer while connecting two nodes.
		Hide Advanced Flow Steps (v9.5+)		True	Hides many categories of Flow Steps in the Flow Designer. These Steps are not intended for public use.
Form Validations		--		--	--
	Validation Style	Validation Outline		Surround	Allows selection of the default validation outline on a Form.
	Validation Style	Validation Display		IconAndText	Allows selection of the default validation display type on a Form.
	Break	Background and Border Color		blank	Allows selection of the background and border colors for fatal aka break validations on a Form.
	Warning	Background and Border Color		blank	Allows selection of the background and border colors for warning validations on a Form.
	No Issue	Display No Issue Validation		False	Toggles configuring default settings for no validations i.e. when removing a validation error from the Form.
Grid		Can Add Columns		False	Toggles ability to add columns to a Report at runtime.
		Show Group Field Name		Not On Single Grouping	Allows selection of when group names are shown on Reports.
			Not On Single Grouping	--	Reports display group names if the Report does not use single grouping.
			Never	--	Reports will never display group names.
			Always	--	Reports may always display group names.
		Icon Type		Circle	Allows selection of the default icon for Reports.
		Row Left/Right Click Action Type		Show Slider/Show Actions	Allow selection of default left click/right click action type for Reports.
			Show Slider	--	Clicking expands the Slider menu to display the item's details, actions, properties, and tags.
			Show Actions	--	Clicking expands the Action menu for the items in the Report.
			Default Action	--	Clicking activates the default assigned action.
			No Actions	--	Clicking does not activate any actions; nothing happens.
		Selected Rows Style		Left Side Indicator	Allows selection of the default appearance of a selected row in Reports.
		Enable Row Numbering		True	Toggles enumerating rows in Reports.
		Enable Grouping		True	Toggles grouping columns in Reports.
		Enable Sorting		True	Toggles sorting columns in Reports.
		Enable Grid Stretch Mode		False	Toggles ability to enter Grid Stretch Mode in Reports.
		Report Row Numbering		Reset on Every Page on Report	Allows selection of how rows are numbered during pagination.
			Reset on Every Page of Report	--	Row numbers are contained within their Report page.
			Continue Numbers on Report	--	Row numbers persist between Report pages.
		Show Selected Row Indicator		False	Toggles appearance of row indicator in Reports.
Importing		Approve Importing		True	Toggles creating import assignments once an import error occurs. When both this setting and the Assign Task When Importing Missing Folder Structure in the Portal Settings are set to True, then the import assignments are sent to the groups specified in the Approve Import By Group setting. When this setting is set to False while the other is set to True, then the import assignments are sent to the Administrators group.
Importing		Approve Import By Group		blank	Allow selection of which groups receive import assignments when the Approve Importing setting is True.
Integration with Database		Groups Can Create Connection		Designers, Administrators	Allows selection of which user groups can create a connection string.
Integration with Database		Groups Can See Connection String		Designers, Administrators	Allows selection of which user groups can see any connection strings.
Owner		Set Creator as Owner		True	Toggles if the creator of an entity is automatically set as its owner. Owners receive notifications whenever their owned entities are ran, edited, or deleted.
Owner		Notify Owner on Changes		True	Toggles if owners receive notifications when any changes occur to their entities.
Project Health		Disable All Custom Conditions		False	Allows for custom Health conditions to not be used.
Projects		Groups that can create projects		Designers, Administrators	Allows selection of which user groups can create Projects.
Query Editor		Allow Designers to Use Query Editor		False	Toggles whether an account in the default Designer group can access the Query Editor.
Report Designers		In-Memory Data Pagination		False	Toggles loading Report Data in memory. When set to True, set a Report's Use Paging setting to True and In-Memory Data Pagination to Default in the Report Designer settings.
Report Viewer		Allow Edit Report Button in Header		True	Toggles displaying the Edit button under the Configuration dialog of Report Viewer.
Rule Designer		List Rule Constant Values Over		10	Prompts for a total of passed items that, if exceeded, a Statement Rule will not display its value. Instead, it will display "[#] items. View Mapping for values".
Rule Designer		Show Case Sensitive Indicator in Rule Text		False	Toggles checking case sensitivity in the Statement Rule Designer.
Run Unit Tests		Email Addresses to Notify on Broken Tests		blank	Prompts for an email address that the server will notify once a broken unit test occurs.
Run Unit Tests		Run Unit Tests after Designer Saved		False	Toggles automatically running associated unit tests after saving in a Visual Designer.
	All Unit Tests Execution	Daily		False	Toggles running all unit tests daily at a specified hour to routinely test all process functionality.
		After Import		False	Toggles running all unit tests after importing a project to ensure the imported project executes correctly in the new environment.
		Flow to Run after All Unit Tests Execution		After Unit Test Execution Completed	Allows selection of a Flow to run after all unit test executions finish.
State Colors		Default 1-16		Various	Allows selection of default colors for states seen in the Set State step and in a Process Folder's timeline.
Studio Settings		Project Documentation Template		blank	Prompts for adding a custom NVelocity Template into the instance. This template can be used in steps like Generate Report For Module Name to generate a ProjectReport.html that displays entity data.
User Defined Type		Add Member Category		Entity [User Defined]	Prompts for a new name for the action of adding data into an Entity. This action then exists under the All > Add folder action category.

Feature Changes

Description	Version	Release	Developer Task
Added the Hide Step Categories in Toolbox setting.	9.5	November 2024	[DT-042302]

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