Advanced settings

This table describes the general options for customizing your settings in the Control-M client:

Option type

Description

Presets path

Defines the default location for filter presets. You can click to select a different location.

  • Refresh quantitative resource list interval (seconds): Enables automatic update of the status of resources in Active Jobs Database in Quantitative Resources windows. You can set the automatic update according to the number of seconds.
  • Refresh control resource list interval (seconds): Enables automatic update of the status of resources in Active Jobs Database in control Resources windows. You can set the automatic update according to the number of seconds.
  • Refresh condition list interval (seconds): Enables automatic update of the status of resources in Active Jobs Database in condition Resources windows. You can set the automatic update according to the number of seconds.

Action Report

Keep last <n> lines: Defines the maximum number of job and folder actions displayed in the Action Report window. If more than the specified number of messages are issued, the oldest messages are removed from the window. You can select any number from 10 to 999. The default is 200.

Reconnection Attempts

If the connection to Control-M client is lost, Control-M/EM attempts to reconnect to the first server in a user-defined list of alternative servers and continues to reconnect to the next available server. You can set a number of defaults as follows:

  • Automatically reconnect for GUI server: Enables Control-M/EM to reconnect to Control-M client automatically without user intervention (automatic mode).

    You can monitor and intervene where necessary while the connection is being reestablished.

  • Max reconnection retries: Defines the number of reconnection attempts Control-M/EM should make. The default is 5 reconnection attempts.
  • Wait <sec> seconds between reconnection attempts: Defines the number of seconds Control-M/EM must wait between reconnection attempts. The default is 5 seconds.

Localization

Determines the language locale of the Control-M client.

The following languages are supported:

  • Deutsch
  • English
  • French

Archive

  • Maximum Archived Jobs in Search Results: Determines the maximum number of search results that you can receive for each search request.
  • Compress Data on Save: Compresses the size of the text file when you save a job log or output.

Parent Topic

Customized settings