M5 Parameter Maintenance

The M5 Parameter Maintenance frame allows you to view and edit M5 Parameter values within the application itself. To view the list of available parameters, select the dropdown menu and select from the following options: All Groups, Ad Hoc, Attachments, Database, Defaults, External Auth, Installation, Limits, Localization, Logon, Multi-Currency, Reporting Server, and User Preferences.

After you make you selection the parameters loads on the M5 Params  i-frame.

1. To change or edit a parameter select the Value field of the parameter you want to change. A description of the parameter and its options appears to the right of the i-frame when you select the row. Scope is not an editable field.
2. When you finish entering a value, select SAVE to update the changes.

Two fields on the M5_PARAMS table allow you to specify how they want users to log in:

The CE_EMAIL_DOMAIN specifies the email domain; (for example,assetworks.com.). This email domain is then ADDED TO, or REMOVED FROM the sign in value the user enters when signing in at M5.

The LOGON_DOMAIN_SPECIFICATION field specifies whether the domain should be ADDED TO, or REMOVED from the value the user enters.

The options are:

• A  - To add.
• R - To remove.
• N - Do nothing. Leave the value as the user entered.

Example of A:

• Application user as created in M5 is johndoe@assetworks.com
• CE_EMAIL_DOMAIN is assetworks.com.
• LOGON_DOMAIN_SPECIFICATION is A.
• User enters johndoe / password on the M5 logon page.
• System appends @assetworks.com. onto the login value, and logs user in as johndoe@assetworks.com.

Example of R:

• Given the same user as above.
• If user entered johndoe@assetworks.com as the login name, the system would REMOVE @assetworks.com, making the login user johndoe, and because that user doesn't exist, user get an invalid logon message.

Actual use for R would be having users set up WITHOUT a domain specified on the application user, but user login using the domain. M5 then removes the domain so the user can log in successfully, for example:

• If user is set in M5 as jane.doe.;
• and user logs in as jane.doe@assetworks.com;
• system will remove the @assetworks.com. portion the user entered, and log user in successfully as jane.doe.

N treats the value the user types in as the value to be used. It does not alter it, so value typed in must exist as an application user.

Last Updated: 04/21/2020

NOTE: To view a list of System Flags and Role Privileges that may impact this screen, hover over the screen title in M5 to display the bubble help/tooltip. At the bottom of the bubble help/tool tip, there is a Settings hyperlink. Click that hyperlink to display the list of flags and privileges.

Additional training and technical documents on this subject may be available in the Resource Files area.