Overview
It is possible to change the automatic logout time for M-Files Classic Web Access users. The default time for automatic logout is 24 hours. This is useful when you have concurrent licenses in use and want to release them automatically.Solution
To change the default 24 hours for the upload session timeout, the registry setting below needs to be updated (or created) on M-Files server:| Registry Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Motive\M-Files\<version>\Server\MFWA\Sites\<site ID> |
| Value Name: | SessionTimeout |
| Value Type: | REG_DWORD (DWORD 32-bit Value) |
| Value Data: | Defines the minutes that tell the session timeout. |
On the M-Files server, create the following registry key, where <version> is the M-Files version number (e.g., 21.1.9827.4) and <web site ID> is a unique ID assigned to the M-Files Web Access site by IIS. If there is only one Web site, the site ID is usually 1. If the M-Files Web Access site is running in the virtual directory of the Web site, add a colon and the name of the virtual directory after the site ID. For example, if the application is accommodated in the MFWA virtual directory of this single Web site, the Web site ID is 1:MFWA. The IIS server software in Windows 2003 displays the ID as one column.
Example of a registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Motive\M-Files\21.1.9827.4\Server\MFWA\Sites\1
Please bear in mind that the default logout time registry key is NOT vault specific, therefore if you need this setting changed for a cloud vault - you will need a dedicated cloud vault / server.
