GNM_RCS_Configuration_Parameters_TS

• 1. .Introduction

     1. Purpose

The document GNM_RCS_System_Configuration_FS.docx is the functional specification that describes what features RCS has in relation to the configuration of the system.

This document is one of a set of technical specifications that provide details of how those functions are implemented in RCS.

• 1. Scope

This document focusses on Configuration parameters. These parameters are managed in subject-related groups. Separate documents deal with all other aspects of the system’s configuration.

This document is intended as a high-level technical document outlining how the relevant business functions are implemented in terms of software modules.

Importantly, this document does not aim to provide the level of detail that would be required in a programming specification in areas such as program structure, detailed business rules, data integrity, validation, locking considerations, data security, and calls to/from other software modules, performance considerations, and so forth.

For details of program logic and coding, the reader should refer to the program files themselves.

• 1. .Configuration parameters

Configuration parameters are stored in the CONFIGURATION_PARAMETERS table and can be viewed and edited in various screens described in this document.

Unless otherwise stated in the relevant section, all of these screens are actually the same physical screen querying different sets of data from the table for each menu option.

All of these configuration screens are only accessible to users with RCS Administrator privileges.

Within the application software parameter values are accessed via functions defined within the CPAR database package. These functions are defined with RESULT CACHE so that the table is only accessed the first time each function is executed, with the result cached thereafter until the underlying data changes.

• 1. System parameters

RCS has a number of system-wide parameters. The parameter names and values can be viewed in the System parameters screen, and the values can be modified. The screen is accessed from this menu option:

Housekeeping → System configuration → System parameters

The parameters displayed above should be self-explanatory..

• 1. Rights parameters

RCS has a number of parameters that relate to rights. The parameter names and values can be viewed in the Rights parameters screen, and the values can be modified. The screen is accessed from this menu option:

Housekeeping → System configuration → Rights parameters

The parameters displayed above should be self-explanatory.

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• 1. Commission parameters

RCS has a number of parameters that relate to commissions. The parameter names and values can be viewed in the Commission parameters screen, and the values can be modified. The screen is accessed from this menu option:

Housekeeping → System configuration → Commission parameters

The parameters displayed above should be self-explanatory.

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• 1. Contracts parameters

RCS has a number of parameters that relate to contracts. The parameter names and values can be viewed in the Contract parameters screen, and the values can be modified. The screen is accessed from this menu option:

Housekeeping → System configuration → Contract parameters

The parameters displayed above should be self-explanatory.

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• 1. Contributors parameters

RCS has one parameter that relates to contributors. The parameter names and values can be viewed in the Contributor parameters screen, and the values can be modified. The screen is accessed from this menu option:

Housekeeping → System configuration → Contributor parameters

The parameters displayed above should be self-explanatory.

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• 1. Expenses parameters

RCS has a number of parameters that relate to expenses. The parameter names and values can be viewed in the Expenses parameters screen, and the values can be modified. The screen is accessed from this menu option:

Housekeeping → System configuration → Expenses parameters

The parameters displayed above should be self-explanatory.

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• 1. Matching parameters

RCS has a number of parameters that relate to matching content. The parameter names and values can be viewed in the Matching parameters screen, and the values can be modified. The screen is accessed from this menu option:

Housekeeping → System configuration → Matching parameters

The parameters displayed above should be self-explanatory.

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• 1. Accounts parameters

RCS has a number of parameters that relate to accounts payable. The parameter names and values can be viewed in the Accounts parameters screen, and the values can be modified. The screen is accessed from this menu option:

Housekeeping → System configuration → Accounts parameters

The parameters displayed above should be self-explanatory.

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• 1. Interface parameters

RCS has a number of parameters that relate to the management of the Oracle interfaces. The parameter names and values can be viewed in the Interface parameters screen, and the values can be modified. The screen is accessed from this menu option:

Housekeeping → System configuration → Interface parameters

The parameters displayed above should be self-explanatory.

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• 1. File paths parameters

RCS has a number of parameters that relate to file paths for files that get generated by the system. The parameter names and values can be viewed in the File paths parameters screen, and the values can be modified. The screen is accessed from this menu option:

Housekeeping → System configuration → File paths parameters

The parameters displayed above should be self-explanatory.

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• 1. File extensions & MIME headers

File extensions and MIME headers can be configured in RCS – these are used when opening files stored in the database into a browser window. This data is managed in the File extensions & MIME headers screen. The screen is accessed from this menu option: Housekeeping → System configuration → File extensions + MIME headers

This opens the Oracle Form named rcs_dext_010_pc.fmb which has two tabs as shown below:

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• 1. Webserver parameters

RCS has a number of parameters that relate to webserver configuration – these are important for invoking Oracle Reports from the Oracle Forms. The parameter names and values can be viewed in the Webserver parameters screen, and the values can be modified. The screen is accessed from this menu option:

Housekeeping → System configuration → Webserver parameters

The parameters displayed above should be self-explanatory.

It is important that these parameters are changed in any database clones that are used in development or for training: this is because the development webserver is on a different server and has a different name.

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• 1. Performance monitoring parameters

RCS has a number of parameters that determine whether system monitoring is turned on or not in a few key areas. These parameters are rarely used now as AWR reports are used instead to identify performance issues across the entire system. The parameter names and values can be viewed in the Performance monitoring parameters screen, and the values can be modified. The screen is accessed from this menu option:

Housekeeping → System configuration → Performance monitoring parameters

The parameters displayed above should be self-explanatory.

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• 1. Email configuration

RCS has a number of email templates that can be configured – these templates are used by some of the automated system processes that generate emails. These templates can be viewed and modified in the Email configuration screen. The screen is accessed from this menu option:

Housekeeping → System configuration → Email configuration

This opens the Oracle Form named rcs_etem_010_pc.fmb as shown below:

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