Step 1: File Location

Follow these steps to establish a new location for the Application Configurator security and connection files, and to define general security settings.

1. Sign into Application Configurator. From the desktop, click Start > Spreadsheet Server Suite > Application Configurator. The Administrator Login panel displays.

2. Enter the administrator username and password as provided by an insightsoftware executive and click OK. The default username is Admin and the password is gsi, unless modified.

3. In Application Configurator, click the File drop-down menu and then click Settings.
4. Use the following table to enter data in the General tab of the Application Configurator Settings panel.

Field	Description
Security File Network Folder	Enter the path or click Browse to select a common network folder location for the security and connection files. This should be a secured location that each Application Configurator user has access to.
Cloud Storage Location	Enter the cloud storage URL to connect to insightsoftware’s cloud file management system.
Port	Enter the port number for the cloud storage location if necessary.
Platform Token Timeout	Enter the number of days (up to 14 days) post which the application will require Platform users to re-authenticate login to Spreadsheet Server.
Online License Check	Choose to enable or disable the online license check. This function is password protected when disabling the online license check.
Auto load Configurator files from network location	Enable this checkbox to automatically load the file data from the folder specified in the Security File Network Folder field each time you open Application Configurator.
Use binding variables	Enable this checkbox to bind variables and use that parameter when running a query. Use this function to avoid entering a required value into the query, writing separate queries for each different value, or concatenating strings, and improve the query calculation time. If enabled, Application Configurator applies this setting to all the users in the organization.
Select multiple ERPs for display	Select the ERPs for use in Spreadsheet Server.

1. Click OK.
2. In Application Configurator, click File > Save or the Save icon.
3. If you have defined a shared network location, click Yes in the subsequent prompt to push the changes to the network.