Session Monitor

You can specify that if a user of the application is inactive for a certain period of time, the user’s session will time out and automatically log the user out.

You can also specify when a warning dialog is to be displayed, informing the user that the session is about to time out. The user can click OK on this warning dialog to continue the session. If the user does not respond to the warning message, the session will time out in the specified period of time.

Also note that a time-out period can be specified on the server. The server time-out overrides the time-out specified here. That is, if the server time-out period is less than the time-out specified here, the server time-out is used instead.

Procedure

  1. In the Configuration Administrator, click config.xml in the left pane.
  2. In the Graphical Editor tab, click in the Session Monitor section:
  3. Configure the Session Monitor using the following fields that appear in the right pane:
    • Disable Session Monitor - Check this check box to disable the Session Monitor—when disabled, the application will not time out.
    • Time Out (minutes) - The number of minutes of user inactivity before the session will time out. The user is automatically logged out upon timing out.

      Minimum: 5

      Maximum: none

      Default: 30

    • Warning (minutes) - The number of minutes before the time out will occur that a warning dialog is displayed informing the user that the session is about to time out.

      Minimum: 1

      Maximum: 1/3 of the value specified for the time-out period.

      Default: 5