The Lookups field on the VA Site Settings form, Settings tab.

Enter the maximum number of records that return to a lookup when users press F4. Entering a value here is useful when lookups are associated with tables containing hundreds or thousands of records, which can affect the load/refresh speed.

The specified maximum affects all lookups, so consider how restrictive you want to be. Typically, you do not want to be too restrictive with lookups that normally return a smaller record set. Consider setting a limit that restricts larger lookups, but does not affect smaller ones.

If the number of records exceeds the designated maximum, a message displays indicating that there are additional records. If the record you are looking for is not in the current record set, enter selection criteria and click Refresh to re-query the database. You can include wildcards (*, %) or comparison operators (<, >, <>, =, >=, <=) to refine the search as necessary (for example, >6000, *6000, etc.). Clicking Refresh returns a record set based on the entered criteria.

The Forms field on the VA Site Settings form, Settings tab.

Enter the maximum number of records the system returns when you open a form. Entering a value here is useful when forms are associated with tables containing thousands of records that can affect the load/refresh speed

The specified maximum affects all forms, so consider how restrictive you want to be. Typically, you do not want to be too restrictive with forms that normally return a smaller record set. Consider setting a threshold that affects only those forms returning a larger number of records. For example, if you maintain a material file with 100,000 records or more, but the vendor file contains maybe 8,000 records, set a threshold of 10,000, which would affect the material records, but not the vendor records.

The Page Size field in the VA Site Settings form, Settings tab.

You can use this field to help make Vista forms load faster.

Enter the maximum number of records per page that you want the system to return when any user opens any form. Forms associated with tables containing an extensive number of records will initially retrieve only the number of records that you choose here so the form can load faster. The value in this field only affects users who have opted to use the paging functionality on a form-by-form basis using the paging drop down in the form header's task bar.

During the install process, the system applies the value found in the Forms field of the Max Number of Rows section as the default value for this field. If you enter a lower value in this field, the speed that forms load may increase because the system must retrieve fewer records before displaying the form.

If you choose to enable faster form loads by entering a lower number, consider the following:

• This setting only affects forms where the user has enabled paging using the Pagination On/Off field in the drop-down in the form header's task bar.

• For users that want to override this setting with a lower number on all their forms, change the value in the Page Size field of the VA User Profile form

• Users that have enabled the paging feature cannot opt to set their paging value higher than this setting.

• When any user opens a form with more records than the number in this field, the system groups all records over that number into subsequent pages, each with that same number of records.

  Important: This 'paging' result is often confused with missing records. To see more records, navigate to subsequent pages. Use the filter bar as needed.

• Use the green-colored Previous Page and Next Page navigation buttons to view any additional pages of records.

• The status bar in each form will indicate the page number you are on, as well as the total number of pages (for example, Page 1 of 50).

• If you know the ID of a record, you can enter that ID in the appropriate key field to display that record. For example, if you enter a vendor number in the Vendor field of AP Vendors, the system displays that vendor record

The Max Warning Rows field on the VA Site Settings form, Settings tab.

Max Warning Rows field in the VA Site Settings form

Set a row-count threshold to limit the number of rows loaded during a query to ensure that forms load faster.

If a user opens a form that would query the database for more records than the number you set here, Vista will provide the user a chance to apply a filter, which if applied allows the form to load faster.

For example, if you enter 5,000 in this field, and a user opens a form that maintains 6,000 records, the system will ask the user if they want to filter the records before querying the database.

You can override this warning for individual users by checking the Suppress Max Warnings Rows check box in the VA User Profile form.

The Days to Keep Log History field on the VA Site Settings form, Settings tab.

Enter the number of days to keep application log entries. The system deletes older entries on startup.

The Activate Work Centers check box on the VA Site Settings form, Settings tab.

Select this check box to activate the Work Centers feature and allow all users access to the Work Centers form (which is opened from the main application window by selecting Options > Work Centers).

Leave this box unselected if you will not be using the Work Centers feature.

Number of Tabs field on the VA Site Settings form, Settings tab.

Enter the maximum number of Work Center tabs that each user should be allowed to add to their main application window. For example if you enter a "2" in this field, a user could add a Dashboard Work Center and PM Work Center in addition to the Menu tab on their main application window.

If you leave this field blank, users will be limited to a total of six Work Center tabs on the main application window.

The Use Auto-Log Out check box on the VA Site Settings form, Settings tab.

Select this check box to enable the system to automatically log users off of Vista after a specific number of minutes of idle time. Logging a user off will release that Vista license for use by another user.

Once you select this check box, go to VA User Profile and select the Allow Auto Log Off check box for each user to whom you want to apply this feature. The setting will take effect after the affected user logs out and then logs back in.

Leave this check box unselected (default) if you do not want to use the 'auto log off' feature.

For more information, see Logging Users Off Automatically After Idle Time.

The Minutes to Log Out field on the VA Site Settings form, Settings tab.

Enabled and required if the Use Auto-Log Off check box is selected.

Defaults to 120 minutes. You can change the default to a number from 15 to 120.

Enter the number of minutes of idle time, after which selected users (in VA User Profile) will be automatically logged off. Idle time for a user starts at the last press of a keyboard key or movement of a mouse. For example, if you enter a "60" in this field, when a selected user has not pressed a keyboard key or moved the mouse for 60 minutes, that user will be automatically logged off.

For more information, see Logging Users Off Automatically After Idle Time.

The Login Message field on the VA Site Settings form, Settings tab.

Enter the login message to display when users log on to the system, up to 1,024 characters.

The Login Message Will Be Displayed check box on the VA Site Settings form, Settings tab.

Select this check box to display the Log On Message when users log on to the system.

Leave this check box unselected if you don't want a log on message displayed each time a user logs onto the system.

The Poll Interval (sec), LAN Client field on the VA Site Settings form, Settings tab.

Enter the polling interval, in seconds, for the LAN (internal) client. Interval must be equal to or greater than 5 seconds, but cannot exceed 3600 seconds.

The interval specified here determines the wait time between checks to the database for message retrieval. When you send a message, the system puts it in the database, where it sits until it is retrieved. Each running client will check the database periodically and retrieve any applicable messages.

You can set separate intervals for LAN and Internet clients. This way, you can specify shorter intervals for the faster LAN clients and longer intervals for the slower Internet clients.

The Internet Client field on the VA Site Settings form, Settings tab.

Enter the polling interval (in seconds) to use for immediate messages sent via the Internet (external) client. Interval must be equal to or greater than 5 seconds, and not exceed 3600 seconds.

The interval specified here determines the wait time between checks to the database for message retrieval. When you send a message, the system puts it in the database, where it sits until it is retrieved. Each running client will check the database periodically and retrieve any applicable messages.

You can set separate intervals for LAN and Internet clients. This way, you can specify shorter intervals for the faster LAN clients and longer intervals for the slower Internet clients.

The Logged On Users uses Form Security field on the VA Site Settings form, Settings tab.

Select this check box to secure the Logged On Users form using VA Form Security.

With this check box selected, the Logged On Users form:

• After login - available only to users given permissions to view the form

• Before login - not available to any user

Leave this check box unselected if not using Form security for the Logged On Users form.

The Enable Security Administration check box on the VA Site Settings form, Settings tab.

Select this check box to turn on VA Security Administration. The first user to select this check box becomes the first Master Security Administrator.

Once this check box is selected by the first Master Security Administrator, it can only be cleared by a Master Security Administrator. It is grayed out for users who are not Master Security Administrators.

Leave this check box unselected (default) if not using VA Security Administration.

The Disable Saving Password on Login check box on the VA Site Settings form, Settings tab.

Select this check box to remove the Save Password check box from the Vista Log On screen. This will require all users to enter their password each time they log in to Vista.

Leave this check box unselected (default) to allow users to save their login passwords. When not selected, the Save Password check box displays on the Vista Log On screen.

The Disallow Self Security Modification (All Users) check box on the VA Site Settings form, Settings tab.

Select this check box to prevent all Vista users from changing their own security access settings. This affect all users. It also overrides any user-by-user selection(s) of the Disallow Self Security Assignment check box in the VA User Profile form.

Leave this check box unselected to allow users to change their own security access settings.

The Send email via SMTP check box on the VA Site Settings form, Settings tab.

Select this check box to force all email from this company's Vista™ by Viewpoint accounts to be sent via SMTP, even when users have MS Outlook installed.

You would typically select this option if the company uses Vista in the Viewpoint for Cloud™ environment, and users have MS Outlook installed on their computers, but do not have access to MS Outlook in the VFC environment.

You can override this setting on a per-user basis in VA User Profile.

The Organization ID field on the VA Site Settings form, Settings tab.

The system automatically populates this field with the organization ID specified during installation of Vista. You should not need to change this value; however, you can update it if needed.

Vista uses this unique identifier to track the speed and stability of your Vista environment to ensure that your solution is consistently performing at peak efficiency.

The Username field on the VA Site Settings form, Add'l Settings tab.

This field applies only if you have Viewpoint For Projects™. See Integration Overview for an overview on Viewpoint For Projects™ integration.

Enter the Username for accessing Viewpoint For Projects™.

The Password field on the VA Site Settings form, Add'l Settings tab.

This field only applies if you have Viewpoint For Projects™. See Integration Overview for an overview on Viewpoint For Projects™ integration.

Enter the Password for accessing Viewpoint For Projects™.

The URL field on the VA Site Settings form, Add'l Settings tab.

This field applies only if you have Viewpoint For Projects™. See Integration Overview for an overview on Viewpoint For Projects™ integration.

Enter the URL to use for Viewpoint For Projects™.

The Enterprise field on the VA Site Settings form, Add'l Settings tab.

Once you have entered a Username and Password for accessing, Viewpoint For Projects™ , click the Select button to associate Vista with a specific Viewpoint For Projects™ enterprise.

You can associate projects in the selected enterprise with the projects in Vista.

See Integration Overview for an overview on Viewpoint For Projects™ integration.

The Comdata FTP Settings section on the VA Site Settings form, Add'l Settings tab.

These fields apply only if you are using Comdata as your credit service provider. See Setting Up Credit Card Payments and Setting Credit Services Information for information on the process.

Enter the URL, Port, User ID, and Password for the SFTP server. These values were provided to you by Comdata.

You can override these fields per FTP session in the AP FTP form, or per company in AP Company Parameters.

The Customer API URL field on the VA Site Settings form, Add'l Settings tab..

Enter the URL (provided by Nvoicepay) to use for invoice attachment file uploads, payment batch uploads, and return file processing.

The Identity URL field on the VA Site Settings form, Add'l Settings tab.

Enter the URL (provided by Nvoicepay) for the Viewpoint ePayments identity API.

The Exe Path field on the VA Site Settings form, Add'l Settings tab.

For use by hosted environment administrators.

Enter the path your hosted or on-premise environment will use to access the Aatrix executable.

The History Path field on the VA Site Settings form, Add'l Settings tab.

For use by hosted environment administrators.

Enter the path that Aatrix will use to maintain data history.

The Vista Web URL field on the VA Site Settings form, Add'l Settings tab.

This field is automatically populated when you install the Vista Web and displays the base URL used for Vista web forms.

If you are using a Direct Company Login (PRCo Specific URLs), this field may not auto-populate with the company-specific URL. You will need to enter the base portal URL (for example: https://vistawebportal.com).