Introduction
This document describes the configurable settings found in the Panel Settings Manager of Sparq. A VCAdmin user can access these settings by selecting Panel Settings Manager from the System menu on the Sparq console. Note Only a user with VCAdmin privileges can access these settings. The tables in this document contain four columns: Setting Name Description Configurable Default Value The Configure column contains one of three possible values: Yes: the setting can be modified by the VCAdmin account No: the setting is restricted Advanced: changes to this setting should be approved by the IT or Development team
Contexts
Communication Dashboard
Setting Name Datetime Message Description Configurable Default Value 4/21/09 11:00 Sparq Updates New Features added to Sparq 9CFD2850-444D4f4e-A8AE0494699EDB50 See (i) below
Displays the Date and Time when the Yes notification message was added Shows the Message displayed in the Yes Notification area Yes
NotificationID
Tooltip
Shows the text displayed when the Yes mouse hovers over the notification New features have been added to your panel. For more information, click the i. above link or contact Technical Support
Contact Information
Setting Name ReturnEmailAddress Description Configurable Default Value Email address used for sending survey Yes vcadmin@ visioninvitations critical.com ReturnEmailName Name shown in the mail address bar Yes supportpanel for survey invitations ReturnEmailPassword Password used when configuring Boog- Yes Password1 iePop TechSupportEmail Email address used to contact TechYes vcadmin@ visionnical Support critical.com TechSupportPhone Phone number used to contact Tech- Yes 604-111-1111 nical Support TechSupportStudyLink URLassociated with 'Technical SupYes port' link found at the bottom of the Sparq webpage. If empty, the link defaults to the value found in TechSupportEmail.
General
Setting Name Configurable Default Value Culture Context Language: language of the por-Yes en-CA tal based on panelist's context Environment Default environment of the Panel; Yes DEFAULT panel context disregarding panelist's culture Name The name of the Panel Yes Panel_supportpanel LongDateFormat Shows the Complete Date format in Yes dddd, text MMMM, yyyy ShortDateFormat Shows the Date format Yes MMM-ddyyyy ShortTimeFormat Shows the Time format Yes hh:mm tt PrivacyPolicyLink URLfor link to Privacy Policy. Link is dis-Yes played only if respondent uses a mobile device to access survey and the value is not empty. DecimalDelimiterOverride Passes delimiter value through C# to Yes None javascript to convert values before and after calculation from string to float and float to string. IsHidden Yes False Description
Incentives
Setting Name IncentivesPingEnabled Description Configurable Default Value Yes True
Enables the Incentives diagnostics task. Incentives feature must be enabled and IncentivesPingIntervalSeconds must be greater than 0. IncentivesPingIntervalSeconds The number of seconds to wait before Yes sending a successive diagnostics message. IncentivesPingService The number of seconds to wait before Yes CheckDelaySecondss making a direct call to the service to check whether a message has reached the service. Wait time initiates after a diagnostics message has been sent. IncentivesMonitoringLogging The location of the diagnostics mes- Yes ConfigFile sage log4net logging configuration file. i. %PanelRootDirectory%\IncentivesMonitorLogging.config
Media
Setting Description Name MediaServer Folder location to which the Rad Editor uploads media content Configurable Default Value No /MediaServer
Paths
Setting Name AdminBaseUrl AdminJavascriptPath Description Configurable Default Value SparqAdmin page base URL Advanced %URL%/Admin/ Relative path of Sparq's JavaAdvanced %VersionNumber% Script AdminSkinPath Relative path of Sparq's skin ele- Advanced %VersionNumber% ments OpenPortalLiveBaseUrl Portal page URL Advanced %URL%/Portal/ OpenPortalSkinFolder Relative path of the Portal's skin Advanced OpenPortalTestBaseUrl Portal page test or staging URL Advanced %URL%/PortalStaging PortalBaseUrl Portal page base URL Advanced %URL% PortalFlashPath Relative path of Portal's Flash ele- Advanced %VersionNumber% ments PortalJavascriptPath Relative path of Portal's JavaAdvanced %VersionNumber% script PortalSkinPath Relative path of a portal's skin ele-Advanced skin/ ments. This path generally changes for each context ReportingBaseUrl Report Builder base URL Advanced %URL%/Reporting/ ShelfsetBuilderBaseUrl Shelfset Builder base URL Advanced %URL%/ShelfsetBuilder/ TranslationBaseUrl Base URL of Translator's URL. Advanced This is located on the Languages tab of a study when a new language is added. Relative path of a translated por- Advanced tal's skin elements. This setting generally changes for each context %URL%/Translation
TranslationSkinPath
skin/
PointsManagement
Setting Name PointsFormatString Description Used to convert points format from Integer to a string in the DB The number of months of points history Configurable Default Value Yes 0 3
PointTransaction Yes HistoryMonths PerPage StudyPointsDescription The word or string used to describe points Yes in the portal
points
Portal
Setting Name CommunityTerms andInstructions Description Configurable Default Value Message instruction for Yes panelists to join the Community Community String used to describe the Yes UsernameLabel Username in the Community Community String used to describe the Yes Username Submit button in the ComSubmitButtonLabel munity ConfirmUnsubscribe Message received by pan- Yes Please click the button elists when they unsubbelow to confirm that scribe from a panel you want to unsubscribe the following email address: ForgotPassword Label on the button that Yes Forgot Password? appears on the Sparq login screen. InvalidPassword Message received by pan- Yes Please enter an alphaFormatMessage elists when their password numeric password does not meet the passbetween 6 and 12 charword criteria acters including at least one number. NowAPanelist Message received by new Yes Congratulations, you are panelists upon enrollment now a panelist. PanelistPortalLogin Text that appears with the Yes Login to the Panelist Porportal link on Contal firmation, Email Change and Unauthorized pages PostPanel Text of the panelist Thank Yes Thank you for your parNameWelcome You message ticipation. Please select from the following options: Welcome to the Thank you, your email address has been removed from the panel. To unsubscribe, click here
Text of the Panelist WelYes come message Unsubscribed Sets the message panelists Yes SuccessfullyMessage receive when they have been removed from a panel UnsubscribeMessage Label on the Unsubscribe Yes button
The Strategic Interactive Research Company
PrePanelName Welcome
Best Practices The UnsubscribeMessage appears as a hyperlink. We recommend a short single line for this message. Example To unsubscribe from PCWPulse, click here. This will not affect your other PC World email preferences. Since the ConfirmUnsubscribe and UnsubscribedMessages do not appear in any emails, HTML markup can be used to alter these messages. Examples Please click below to confirm that you wish to unsubscribe the following email address from PCWPulse. <p>Unsubscribing from PCW Pulse will not affect your other PC World email preferences or your newsletter subscriptions</p> <p>Thank you, your email address has been removed from PCW Pulse.</p><p>If you want to update your PC World email marketing preferences, please visit us at <a href = http:// www.pcworld.com/newsletters/updateoptin> http:// www.pcworld.com/newsletters/updateoptin </a></p>
Security Requirements
Setting Name PanelistPasswordRegex Description Panelist password pattern PanelPlusUserPasswordRegex Admin password pattern Configurable Default Value Advanced ^(?=[^ ]*\d)(?=[^ ]*[a-zAZ]).{6,12}$ Advanced ^(?=[^ ]*\d)(?=[^ ]*[AZ])(?=[^ ]*[a-z]).{6,12}$
Diagnostics
Logging
Setting Description Name Category Category in which an action is stored Level Type of item being logged. Values include: Error, Warning, Info or Off Name Area of Sparq being logged. Values include: Task Manager, Export, Forum or Import Configurable Default Value Advanced TaskManager Advanced Error No Task Manager
Monitoring
Setting Name AdminEnabled PortalEnabled ReportEnabled RespondingEnabled ShelfsetEnabled Description Enables auditing Enables auditing Enables auditing Enables auditing Enables auditing Configurable Default Value on Admin pages Yes TRUE on Sparq Portal Yes TRUE on Reporting Yes TRUE on Responding Yes TRUE on Shelfset Builder Yes TRUE Yes Yes TRUE TRUE
General
Admin
Setting Name BatchAnswerText ToolsList BieksaMigrationDate CommunityAnalysis PageSize CompressJavascript Description Configureable Default Value List of tools for batch answers in Advanced InsertSnippet Rad Editor Date migrated to version 4.3 Advanced Number of posts to display on Advanced TRUE one page in Community Analysis Whether compressed javascript Advanced TRUE is used. This setting is used for panel optimization. Whether exporting private infor-Yes False mation is limited to VCAdmin Whether the panel has forums Yes FALSE enabled Whther the Fusion Integration Advanced Kit is enabled Sets what fields you can import Advanced PanelistIdQuestion PanelistEmail into the Participation Study PanelistAlternateId Yes TRUE Sets the list of tools for Instruc- Advanced tions in the Rad Editor Pipes, Undo, Bold, Italic, Underline, LinkManager, ImageManager, FlashManager, MediaManager, DocumentManager, InsertSymbol see (i) below see (ii) below 50
ExportPrivate Information Forums FusionIntegration Enabled ImportParticipation Questions IncludeClientShared Editor InstructionText ToolsList
IssuesURL LiveHelpUrl MinimumPointsFor Redemption PanelistManagement Visible PanelSettingsBackup Folder ProgressBarPath Algorithm
URLfor page displayed when a URL can not be loaded URL for Sparq Technical Support site Minimum number of points required before a panelist can redeem Whether Panelist Management is visible Name of the backup folder for panel settings Whether to use the shortest
Setting Name
QuestionDefaults
QuestionPicker NodePageSize
QuestionTextToolsList
Description Configureable Default Value path or longest path for calculating progress for responding to surveys Defines the following values Yes Culture: en-CA Required: TRUE for each question type: Height, in px, of verbatim The rest vary by question text box question type. Width, in px, of verbatim question text box Instruction Text: instructions displayed with given question type Culture: culture of the question Text: Instruction text that is displayed QuestionSubType: Question type to which these default values apply Required: whether a response is required How many questions are shown Yes 500 on the question picker tree before creating separate folders. This can affect performance when dealing with many questions. Sets the list of tools for all ques- Advanced Pipes, Undo, Bold, Italic, Undertions in the Rad Editor line, LinkManager, ImageManager, FlashManager, MediaManager, DocumentManager, InsertSymbol Advanced The email address to which addi-Yes tional sample requests are sent Whether the server side view Advanced TRUE state is enabled When SysNo See (iii) below temCheckFeatureState is enabled, configure the IP range for
Setting Name
Description Configureable Default Value it to function properly ShowSampleRequest Whether to show the sample Advanced FALSE Form request for in the Admin view of Sparq SingleAnswerText List of tools for single answers Advanced Pipes, Undo, Bold, ToolsList in the Rad Editor Italic, Underline, ImageManager UserManualUrl URL for the User Manual Advanced SecuredParticipationQuestions QuestionName Advanced PanelistPassword i. http://help.visioncriticalpanels.com/Issues ii. https://support.visioncritical.com/ics/support/security.asp?deptID=5389 iii. 76.77.75.0/25;216.191.179.224/28;149.7.36.40/29;184.73.228.111/32;10.0.0.0/8
Asset Manager
Setting Name Configurable Default Value MaxSingleUploadSizeKb Maximum single file upload size for Asset Advanced 5120 Manager MaxTotalUploadSizeKb Maximum total file upload size for Asset Advanced 10240 Manager SupportFileTypes List of file types that can be uploaded using the Asset Manager Advanced see below Description
Authentication
Setting Name Configurable Default Value RequireAdminAuthentication Whether the user needs to be logged on No TRUE as Administrator to use Dynamic Reporting Description
Branding Manager
Setting Name BrandingManager FeatureState Description This feature is not supported Configurable Yes Default Value Hidden
Capscan Settings
Setting Name AccessCode AllowLookup ClientId Url Configurable Default Value The access code supplied by Capscan Advanced Whether address lookups are allowed Advanced FALSE ClientID supplied by Capscan Advanced The URL to Capscan's OnDemand web serv- Advanced See (i)below ice i. http://www.capscanondemand.com/capscanondemand/capscanondemand.asmx Description
Community
Setting Name CommunityControl PanelAccess Description Configurable Default Value Yes AllAdmins Yes Yes Yes Advanced 40 50 3 ^]a-zAZ0-9_\@\.]+$ 500
Identifies the groups with access to the Control Panel in this community CommunityAnalysisPageSize Max number of posts to show on a page CSUsername Max number of characters allowed in MaximumLength Community usernames CSUsername Min number of characters allowed in MinimumLength Community usernames CSUserNameRegex Pattern allowed for Community usernames DiscussionAnalysis BookmarkAll WarningLimit
Max number of posts in a group for Yes users to bookmark the group without system warning
Data Transfer
Setting Name DatabaseServer SampleFileFolder Description Configurable Default Value Advanced No No See (i) below See (ii)below See (iii) below See (iv) below
Location of sample files on the DB server DataTransferFilesFolder Folder location of data files ReportFilesFolder Location of stored reports SampleFileFolder
Display Settings
Setting Name Description Configurable Default Value Initial Answer List Size Sets number of Answers displayed Advanced 32
Feature Management
Setting Name BrowserDetectionFeatureState Description Configurable Default Value Yes Enabled False True False False False
Enables or disables browser detection DecryptUrlDataFeatureEnabled Determines whether RSA URL data Yes encryption is on DeleteLiveQuestionEnabled Determines whether questions on a Yes Live study can be deleted EnableEmailTracking Enables inserting of an image into a Yes mail message for tracking click rates EnablePasswordChangePolicy Determines whether the password Yes change policy is enabled EnablePasswordAudit Determines whether password audit- Yes ing is enabled. This setting is dependent on MaximumPasswordAudit found in Password Change Policy Settings in General Settings EnableLoginFailureLockOut Determines whether login failures Yes locks out users or not. This setting is dependent on MaximumConsecutiveLoginFailure found in Password Change Policy Settings in General Settings. EnableLockPasswordChange Determines whether password must Yes age prior to allowing password change. This setting is dependent on MaximumPasswordAgeInHours found in Password Change Policy Settings in General Settings. EnableParticipationStatisticsAudit Enables Participation Statistics Audit-Yes ing, and enables debugging when futures issues were found when Participation Statistics is off synch EnableResponseBasePanelFilterRepair Enables on-demand filter repair in Yes responding. When false, responding will simply fail when a filter is broken. When true, broken filters will repair on the fly EnableUnsubscribeReasonStudy If UnsubscribeReasonStudyId is con- Yes figured and this is enabled, it enables the Unsubscribe Reason feature
False
False
False
True
False
Setting Name
Description
which redirects to the unsubscribe reason study that is configured ImageQuestionFeatureState Determines whether image question Advanced types are enabled. OpenPortalFeatureState Determines whether custom portal is Yes enabled for the panel MobileBitlyFeatureState Enables the mobile bitly links Yes MobileFeatureState Enables the mobile feature Yes PointsRedemptionFeatureState Determines whether the points Yes redemption is available, hidden or unavailable QuestionExtensionSettings Name: Question name Yes Visible: determines whether the Yes Question Extension is visible RelevantIdFeatureState Controls whether Relevant Id page Yes (only used by National Panels) executes Relevant Id check. When set to Hidden or Disabled Relevant Id check is bypassed ReportBuilderFeatureState Determines whether Report Builder Advanced is enabled RestrictExternalSamplesToRole Determines whether running studies Advanced with external samples is restricted by role (ie, PanelAdministrator) SalesforceIntegrationFeatureState Enables Salesforce Integration, allow-Yes ing synchronization of panel plus users with Salesforce SampleRequestButtonFeatureState Determines whether Admins viewing Yes the Sampling & Deployments page can request a sample from Vision Critical for their study. The button will pass the Panel name, user's display name and user's email address and will redirect the user to a contact page. ShelfSetBuilderFeatureState Determines whether the ShelfYes SetBuilder feature is on for the panel SimpleWeightCategoriesFeatureState Determines whether Simple Weight Yes feature is available under the Panel's Manage tools
Clickmap False
Hidden
Disabled Hidden
Description
Determines whether the static content feature for open portal is on for the panel. StudyPointsFeatureState Determines whether or not a points program is enabled and visible on a study. Sv2DiscussionFeatureState Enables VC Discussions, thus allowing redirectio to Forums. SystemCheckFeatureState Enables System Check feature SystemHealthDashboardFeatureState Not yet supported TestModeToolbarFeatureState Enables test mode toolbar when responding in test mode
Advanced
Disabled
General
Setting Name Announcement Description Configurable Default Value Sets an announcement which Yes is displayed on the admin login page. ConfirmPanelistWithSecureId Determines whether SecureID Yes False used to confirm panelists DefaultAdminEnvironment Sets the default environment Advanced Default used when you log on to the Admin page DefaultPortalEnvironment Sets the default environment Advanced Default used when panelists log on to the Sparq portal DefaultRespondentAccessMode Sets the default survey access Yes MobileAndDesktop mode for respondents. Survey access controls which devices respondents may use to complete a study. DefaultTranslationEnvironment Sets the default environment Yes Default of the Translation Portal. This is usually the same as the Admin Environment EnableHideInMobilePage When MobileFeatureState is Yes enabled, it relies on this setting to allow or disallow removing answers from hidden questions PreventClickJacking Enables prevention of click jackYes True ing vulnerability UseSslForOffloading Whether or not always uses Yes False SSL for Flash Gateway Requests (The flag should be set to True when SSL Offloading turned on, and False when off.)
Global Variables
Setting Name Description Configurable Default Value No Enabled
GlobalVariablesFeatureState Controls whether the panel can use Global variables feature. When disabled, or hidden, all scripting methods for Global Variables will generate an error GlobalVariablesPanelId Identifies a panel for Global Variables No GlobalVariablesUrl URL for the global variables to web serv- No ice
800
50
50
Licensing
Setting Name LaunchDate Description Date that the panel was launched Configurable Default Value No 1/9/2006 0:00 No 11/1/2030 0:00 No 1/9/2006 0:00
LicenseExpiryDate Date on which the panel license expires MigrationDate Date on which the panel was migrated to version 3.9
Locale
Setting Name DefaultAdminLanguage Description Default language of the Panel Admin site Default language of the Panel A list of languages with spell-check support in the text editor Configurable Default Value No en-CA
DefaultPanelLanguage
Yes
en-CA
RadSpellCheckLanguage
No
RadSpellEditDistanceProviderCompatibleCultures An algorithm No that assists in calculating string matches for languages that are not phonetic. This setting identifies languages that require the
en-CA, en-GB, English, frCA,French, esES, es-EU, Spanish, deDE, German, fi-FI, Finnish, pt-BR,Portuguese (BR), pt-PT,Portuguese (PT), it-IT, Italian, nl-NL, Dutch, pl-PL, Polish, cs-CZ, Czech, ru-RU, Russian, svSE,Swedish, da-DK, Danish, sk-SK, Slovak, nb-NO, Norwegian cs-CZ,pl-PL,ruRU,sk-SK,nbNO
Setting Name
Description Configurable Default Value use of the Edit Distance algorithm. Any languages that are not in this list are considered phonetic
Mail
Setting Name EmailBatchSize Description Configurable Default Value Sets the maximum number of Advanced 1000000 emails that can be sent out simultaneously in a deployment GlobalErrorsEmailAddress Sets the email address to which Yes vcadmin@ visionSparq sends global error details critical.com MailPickupDirectory Location to which emails are No \\starla\pickup saved MailServer Sets the mail server No starla PanelistPasswordResetEmailId Sets the ID of the action of reset-No 1 ting a particular panelists email address SendNotifications Determines whether to send Advanced True notifications when emails are approved in sampling
Misc
Setting Name AnswerSetsPath Description Configurable Default Value Yes See (i) below
CommunityConfigurations
HostConfigurations
ExtensionFolder Languages
NewsLettersSettings
NumericMaximumDecimalPlace
OnlineHelpUrl
Path to the custom set of canned answer sets that show up in batch answer editing. Culture: Shows the Community Advanced Advanced Culture Name: Sets the name of the Community Configuration settings for the Advanced panel host Culture: Sets the culture. Environment: Sets the default Environment. HostName: Sets the name of the host. ie, sandbox.visioncritical.com Sets the folder location where Yes Extensions are saved Sets the list of supported lanAdvanced guages and details CommunityCulture Culture: Sets the culture for that language. (ie, en-CA.) Enabled Index: Sets the index number of the language. IsMultiByte: Sets whether or not the language is multibyte. Name: Sets the name of the language. (ie, English) Determines whether to show news-Yes letter text on the panel login page and/or the homepage ShowOnHomePage ShowOnLoginPage Sets the maximum number of dec- Yes imal places allowed in a a numeric question The URLpath of the Online Help Yes
True True 4
Description
PointsRedemptionComments
Configurable Default Value Shows the identity or credentials Yes used in Parature when submitting VC-ARS_ a ticket to Technical Support Employees AmName Client SupCSlaName SessionEmail port SessionId See (v) below See (vi) below Defines the messages that are dis- Yes played when a point redemption See (vii) error occurs below Comment: Text that is presented to the respondent.
Culture: Culture of the environment. Description: Description of the error. QuickPollSettings Shows whether the Quick poll settings are visible on the panel login page and/or home page ShowOnHomePage ShowOnLoginPage RequireReportBuilderAuthentication Debugging setting that allows developers use Dynamic Reporting without logging on to Sparq. This is for internal use only ResponseLinkMappings Sets the mappings used in migrations from older versions of Sparq where the response link is different in the new version. These mappings indicate how Sparq should interpret an old link. RestrictExternalSampleToRole SampleRequestUrl The SampleRequestUrl is used in the SampleRequestButtonFeatureState and is the URL to which the Author will be redirected when requesting further information for obtaining a sample from Vision Critical.
Advanced
Yes
Description
StudiesExcludedFromStudyReport
StudyLinksSettings
Sv2DiscussionUrlRegexes
Configurable Default Value Determines the folder location No See (viii) where batch files for branding tasks below are saved Sets the Studies that should not be Yes included in the Reports using the Study Ids Shows whether the Study links Yes are visible on the panel login page True and/or home page True ShowOnHomePage ShowOnLoginPage This regex value validates redirect Yes None URLs to VC Discussions forums. Invalid URLs cause an "Incorrect Forum Link URL" warning.
/ToolBars/AnswerSets.xml supportpanel. bostaff.test.com D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_supportpanel\Extensions http://webhelp.visioncriticalpanels.com/Default.htm#StartTopic=Content/ systemuser@visioncritical.com b8300a6cddfeab0cfb6b56bd5187c862 We need to refuse your request because you forgot your name. D:\Customer\Cores\4.5.10.52880\Scripts
OpenPortal Settings
Setting Name Configurable Default Value OpenPortalApplicationBackupsPath Sets the folder location where Yes See (i) the Portal Backups are saved below OpenPortalCacheExpirationPeriod Sets the time when the open por- Yes 30 tal cache will expire OpenPortalLivePhysicalPath Sets the folder location where Yes See (ii) the Live Portal is saved below OpenPortalTestPhysicalPath Sets the folder location where Yes See (iii) the Test Portal is saved below StudiesContentFilePath Sets the folder location where Yes See (iv) Studies are stores below i. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_supportpanel\Portal\Backups ii. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_supportpanel\Portal\Live iii. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_supportpanel\Portal\Test iv. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_supportpanel\Portal\Test\Configuration\StaticContentBlocks.xml Description
Sets the ID of the panel filter to be used as a template for creating conditions in a study ExportTemplateId Sets the ID of the export template InvitationTemplateId ID of the panel filter ID to use for invitations Reminder1TemplateId Sets the ID of the template used for the first reminder email Reminder2TemplateId Sets the ID of the template used for the second reminder email Reminder3TemplateId Sets the ID of the template used for the third reminder email ReportTemplateId Sets the ID of the panel filter used as a template for reports SampleTemplateId Sets the ID of the panel filter used as a template for samples SendInvitationEmailTemplateId Sets the ID of the template used to create invitation emails
No No No No No No No No
12 2 3 4 5 11 1 6 7 8 9
SendReminder1EmailTemplateId Sets the ID of the template used to Yes create the first reminder emails SendReminder2EmailTemplateId Sets the ID of the template used to No create the second reminder emails SendReminder3EmailTemplateId Sets the ID of the template used to No create the third reminder emails
MaximumPasswordAgeInHours
MaximumPasswordAudit
Determines the number of consecutive login failures before a user gets locked out. To enable this feature, set EnableLoginFailureLockOut in Feature Management. Determines the number of Yes hours a password must age before a password change is enabled. To enable this feature, set EnableLockPasswordChange in Feature Management. Determines the number of Yes password audits per user. To enable this feature, set EnablePasswordAudit in Feature Management.
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PasswordChangeExpireIntervalInDays
Determines the number of Yes days before users are required to change their password PasswordChangeReminderIntervalInDays Sets the number of days Yes users are prompted before the password are required to change the password PasswordEmailResendBlockTimeInMinutes Time in minute interval Yes where a panelist email password resend is allowed PasswordLinkExpirationTimeInMinutes Time out expiration for pan- Yes elist reset password page
30
10
2880
EventBaseExportDateFormated Explicitly sets the date/time formatting to eliminate inconsistencies in Exports. MaxExpression Count Sets the maximum expressions allowed in a panel filter MaxGridQuestionCount Sets the maximum number of grid questions allowed MaxLoopSize Sets the maximum number of loops allowed in a questionnaire MaxPageItemCount Sets the maximum number of items that can exist in a page sequence MaxQuestionAnswerCount Sets the maximum number of answers allowed in a choice question MaxStudyAnswerCount Sets the maximum number of answers allowed in PXML exports PXML Timeout Sets the length of time (secs) before a PXML import of a study will timeout
Relevant ID Settings
Setting Name CountryCodes Description Configurable Default Value Yes
A comma separated list of country codes that is used for a geo-location check (normally respondents that are not from one of the listed countries get disqualified) PanelShort A string identifier used by Relevant Id to identify Yes the panel TimeoutInSeconds The maximum amount of time Relevant Id script Yes is allowed for execution. Ensures that respondents are not blocked if Relevant Id did not execute properly
TEST 10
Report Output
Setting Name Configurable Default Value ConversionServiceCultureName Sets the culture used for report Advanced en-US exports in Report Builder ConversionServiceQueuePath Sets the path of the conversion Advanced service for ReportBuilder exports MaxReportOutputTaskPendingSeconds Sets the maximum time (secs)a Advanced 600 ReportBuiler export can be pending before fail MaxReportOutpuTaskRunningSeconds Sets the maximum number of Advanced 720 seconds that a ReportBuilder export can be in running status before it fails MaxSlides Sets the maximum number of Advanced 1000 slides allowed in a Report Builder ReportExcelStyleSettingsPath Sets the folder location of the No See (i) Excel styling configuration file below for Report Builder exports i. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_supportpanel\Portal\Test\Configuration\StaticContentBlocks.xml Description
Reporting
Setting Name Description
EnableSparqTwoReportingAvailabilityDetection Performs a test to determine if SparqTwoReportingBaseUrl is available IncludePanelistInAdHocReport Sets whether to include panelists Yes in AdHoc reports ReportingServices ReportFolder Yes WebFolder Yes ReportExecutionWebServiceUrl No Timeout No SparqTwoReportingServiceUrl Adds Sparq2 service url to enable No data import web service used by Quick Reports i. http://latest-services-reporting.lkg.deploy1test.local/DataImportService.svc
FALSE
Star 3000
See (i below
Salesforce Integration
Setting Name Description Configurable Default Value No
SalesforceProxyUrl URL proxy for sales force integration. Only used when SalesforceIntegrationFeatureState setting is enabled
Shelfset Builder
Setting Name DeploymentEmailBody Description Configurable Default Value Yes See (i) below
DeploymentEmailBodyEncodingName
DeploymentEmailSubject
DeploymentFromEmail
Sets the email text sent when a Shelfset project is launched Sets the encoding of Yes the email text that gets sent when a Shelfset project is launched Sets the email subject Yes text of the email that gets sent when a Shelfset project is launched Sets the email Yes address from which the email is set when a Shelfset project is launched
utf-8
ImageExportCleanupIntervalSeconds
IsDeploymentEmailBodyHtml
MaxImageExportFileAgeSeconds
MaxPlanogramExportFileAgeSeconds
MaxProductImageExportFileAgeSeconds
Specifies when Advanced exported images from Shelfset builder can be deleted Sets the Shelfset Yes Builder email text that is sent after Shelfset Builder is deployed Sets the maximum Advanced age (secs) of image exports for they are deleted in Shelfset Builder Sets the age (secs) of Advanced planogram exports before they can be deleted Sets the age (secs) of Advanced product images before they can be deleted
3600
TRUE
1800
1800
1800
Setting Name
Configurable Default Value NeoSwiffImageQuality Advanced 20 NeoSwiffSccExePath Folder location of the Advanced See (iii) scc.exe file below NeoSwiffImageSize Advanced 100100 PlanogramExportsCleanupIntervalSeconds Set the interval (secs) Advanced 3600 at which point planogram exports are deleted in Shelfset Builder ProductImageExportFileLengthBytes Sets the maximum Advanced 52428800 file size for product image exports in Shelfset Builder ProductImageExportsCleanupIntervalSeconds Sets the interval Advanced 3600 (secs) at which product image exports are deleted RequireShelfsetBuilderAuthentication Whether login is Advanced TRUE required for Shelfset Builder SccTimeOutSeconds Sets the maximum Advanced number of seconds allowed to generate Flash before the action times out ShelfsetDesignerSessionLeepAlivePingSeconds Sets the number of No seconds to keep Shelfset Designer alive 120
Description
600
i. Hi, <br/> <br/>Please find the attached {0} shelfset project POGSand PDL export files. To access the image for this project, please click on the link below: <br/>{1}<br/><br/>ShelfsetBuilder ii. shelfsetbuilder@visioncritical.com iii. D:\Program Files\NeoSwiff\scc.exe
SQL TimeoutSettings
Setting Name SqlCommandTimeouts BounceProcess Description Configurable Default Value 600 240 600 30 300 120
Sets time (secs) before Boogie Pop query Yes times out CommunityAnalysis Sets time (secs) before Community Anal- Yes ysis query times out CompileDatabases Sets time (secs) before a query times out Yes for creating response tables Default Sets time (secs) before a query times out Yes for default operations DefaultLongTimeout Sets time (secs) before a query times out Yes for long default operations DeleteStudy Property Delete Study command time out, No (unless where default is 20. VcAdmin users should directed by never change this unless directed by Devel-Development) opment ExportExecution Sets time (secs) before a query times out Yes for exports PanelFilterGetPanelist Sets time (secs) before a query times out Yes for getting panelists via panelfilter SynchronizePanelistData Sets time (secs) before a query times out Yes for synchronizing panelist data with participation study UnreserveSample Sets time (secs) before a query times out Yes for unreserving a sample
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SSLManager
Setting Name CertificateRequestIntervalMinutes Description Configurable Default Value Advanced 3600
Sets the interval at which the Branding Manager requests SSL certificates MaxCertificateRequestFileAgeSeconds Sets the duration of a Branding Advanced ManagerSSL certificate request file before it is deleted SslManagerFeatureState Sets whether the SSL Manager Yes tool is Enabled, Disabled, or Hidden
1800
Hidden
Study Compilation
Setting Name CompiledStudiesFolder Description Configurable Default Value No See (i) below Advanced FALSE No FALSE See (ii) below
Sets the folder location for compiled studies DebugCompile Dev only. For Debugging. KeepTempCompilationFiles Sets whether to keep the temporary study compilation files
ResponseAssemblyKeysFile Sets the location of the key file used for No generating response assemblies i. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_support\panel\CompiledStudies ii. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_support\panel\vcKey.snk
Study XMLs
Setting Name Configurable Default Value PointRedemptionStudyXmlFile Sets where PointRedemption Study is No See (i) stored in XML format below VCProfilingStudyXmlFile When SystemCheckFeatureState is No enabled, it requires a test profiling study file to enable importing and responding automated for the System Check feature VCTemplateStudyXmlFile PXML filed used for creating the Tem- No See (ii) plate Library study below VCSystemTestStudyXmlFile When SystemCheckFeatureState is No enabled, it requires a test study file to enable importing and responding automated for the System Check feature
The Strategic Interactive Research Company
Description
Support Request
Setting Name Description Configurable TopicsFile Yes UserSupportRequestPage Yes i. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_support\panel\skins\Default\Portal\xml\SupportTopics.xml Default Value See (i) below TRUE
System Settings
Setting Name Configurable Default Value EndTimeForAppPoolRecycling End time for AppPool Yes 11:00 UTC Recycles (24-hr clock) (see i below) StartTimeForAppPoolRecycling Start time for AppPool Yes 14:00 UTC Recycles (24-hour clock) (see ii below) i. For panels installed after May 13, 2013, the default value is 10:00 UTC. ii. For panels installed after May 13, 2013, the default value is 13:00 UTC. Description
PointsRedemptionLinkId
Sets the Communications Study ID Sets the demographic ques- No tion group ID Sets the Participation Study No ID Sets the ID of the question No group used for tracking points Sets the anonymous link ID No of the Points Redemption Study Sets the ID of the Points No Redemption Study Sets the group ID of the Pro- No filing Study Sets the ID of the Profiling No Study No
7 2 2 8
QuestionPickerQuickSelectQuestionGroupId Sets which question group to show by default on the left of the question picker QuickPollsStudyId Sets the study ID of the QuickPollsStudy ShelftSetPanelPlusGroupId Sets the ID of the Sparq user group for Shelfset Builder WeightSetStudyId Sets the ID of the Weight Set Study
No No
4 1
Yes
Task Manager
Setting Name BounceProcessBatchIntervalMinutes BounceProcessMaxEmailToEvaluate Description
Configurable
Sets the email polling interval (mins) Advanced Performance setting that identifies how Yes many maximum bounce email addresses to perform when the process begins. This prevents the process from monopolizing resources. EnableTaskManagerOnStartUp Sets whether the Task Manager is enaNo bled on startup IncentivesMonitoringLoggingConfigFile Holds the path of the configuration file Yes that is required for Incentives Monitoring. Incentives Monitoring is a diagnostic that enables Sparq to send test message to ensure that Incentives can receive messages from Sparq IncentivesPingEnabled Enables or disables Incentives Ping for Yes diagnostic messages. The process determines if incentives diagnostic messages where successful. This process can be triggered from the Scheduled Task Manager in Sparq IncentivesPingIntervalSeconds When Incentives Ping is enabled, an inter- Yes val is used to begin the process to check if any incentives diagnostic messages should be reported to the user. IncentivesPingServiceCheckDelaySeconds When Incentives Ping is enabled and an Yes incentives diagnostic message has been sent, this setting value will put the process to sleep and then wake it up to determine if the message is successful InterruptRunningTasksonTaskManagerStartUp Sets whether to interrupt currently run- No ning tasks when the Task Manager starts MaximumAtrCount Sets the number of the Automated Test Yes Runs that can be done at one time SendInvitationBatchIntervalMinutes Sets the interval (mins) between tasks Advanced that require email to be sent (invitations, reminders, etc.) StatusIntervalMinutes Self-check feature checks the system for Yes any issues affecting features that are enabled on the panel. The interval minutes controls the time between checks
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Description
Configurable
When SystemCheckFeatureState is ena- Yes bled, this setting ensures that the Stystem Check Feature is not triggered too soon. The System Check feature performs a test response to a test study, autoresponds to the browser detection, and attempts to click the next button to determine if responding has any issues Sets what date the Task Manager uses for No "the present" Sets whether the Custom Now date is ena-No bled Task Manager's polling interval (millisecs) Advanced for new tasks
Determines if application pools should be recycled when publishing portals. UseNewTicketsforBatchIncentivesProcessing Prevents extraneous colYes umns in Incentives Reports that occur when commas are placed in fields.
True
Testing Toolbar
Setting Name Description Configurable Default Value Yes Enabled
WeightSet Limitation
Setting Name Configurable Default Value MaximumWeightSetIteration Sets the maximum number of times a Yes 100 weight set can be reused WeightSetIterationLimit Sets the number of Weight set repe- Yes 50 titions WeightSetReportRanges Sets the range used for a weight set: Yes see (i) WeightSetReportRanges Yes Name below WeightSetTraceState Yes Disabled WeightVariableDecimalPlace Sets the maximum number of places Yes for the weight set Percentage of sample with weight between 0.5 and 2 i. Description
EnableSeedEmail Enables seed email functionality SeeEmailAddressList Seed email list; comma or semi-colon delimited i. testsend@visioncritical.com
Services
Setting Name Description Configurable Default Value Yes TRUE Yes TRUE Yes FALSE Yes 2 Yes 100 Yes Yes 30
AdminServiceEnabled Enables Administrative Service AuthenticationServiceEnabled Enables Authentication Service CommunityServiceEnabled Enables Community Service DefaultThrottlingDelay MaximumItemCount ThrottlingDelays Timeout Sets the length of idle time allowed before the user is logged out of Sparq
Services
Setting Name AdminServiceEnabled Description Configurable Default Value Yes True True False 2 100 30
Determines whether Administrative Service is enabled AuthenticationServiceEnabled Determines whether Authentication Yes Service is enabled CommunityServiceEnabled Determines whether Community Serv- Yes ice is enabled DefaultThrottlingDelay Yes MaximumItemCount Yes ThrottlingDelays Yes Timeout Determines the period of idle time Yes allowed before the user is logged out of Sparq
New Reporting
FeatureManagement
Setting Name Configurable Default Value SparqTwoReportingFeatureState Enables Sparq2Reporting in the Yes Enabled top menu bar. Description
Reporting
Setting Name Description Configurable Default Value Yes See (i) below
PanelPlusPlatformServicesBaseUrl Sets base URL for Sparq 1.0 Platform services. Currently, this is needed for New Reporting Integration. SparqTwoReportingBaseUrl Sets base URL for New Reporting Yes instance. Used to initialize New Reporting using parameters passed into the URL i. http://gino2.com/PlatformServices/v1.0/ ii. http://tenant1.sparq1.qa.sparq2test.com/admin/Reporting.html