Preferences

This section allows you to configure system-wide preferences. Note that telephony specific settings are configured in Default Values.

Generally you don't have to do anything here as preferences are initialized to recommended default values after the installation. Some options may need to be changed for the older installation.

Enable system status check. Occasionally, a system update may be required to fix a critical issue. This option enables daily system status check.

Allow automatic system updates. This option enables automatic updates when required.

Store Voicemail in database. Controls whether Voicemail messages will be stored in the database, or as files on the file system.

Maintain Change Log. Controls whether changes made via Configuration Manager will be tracked and the history of changes will be available to system administrators.

Thirdlane Connect debugging. Controls whether Thirdlane Connect users will be allowed to manage logging and debugging on their devices.

Allow use of External Queue Members. Selecting this option will allow use of External Queue Members - i.e. route queue calls to connected PBXs registered as Queue Members. See Queues for more details.

Extensions Based Ring Groups. Extensions Based Ring Groups may be deprecated in the future. Please use Device Based Ring Groups where possible. See Hunt Lists for more details.

Allow oversubscription when specifying tenant limits. Oversubscription allows you to specify tenant limits limited only by your license irrespective of limits specified for other tenants. Note that oversubscription may result in errors when tenant administrators create new objects (like User Extensions) and exceed your total license limit.

Maximum date range. You can specify a range (in days) that users will be limited to when accessing CDR, and CDR and Call Center Reports. This is useful to prevent excessive load on the system.

Keep CDR records for. You can specify for how long to keep CDR records for. For multi-tenant system you can override this value for each tenant.

Keep Queue Log records for. You can specify for how long to keep Queue Log records for. For multi-tenant system you can override this value for each tenant.

Keep Voicemail for. You can specify for how long to keep Voicemail recordings for. For multi-tenant system you can override this value for each tenant.

Keep Recorded Calls for. You can specify for how long to keep CDR records for. For multi-tenant system you can override this value for each tenant.

Keep Change Log records for. You can specify for how long to keep Change Log records for. For multi-tenant system you can override this value for each tenant.

Partition CDR. Selecting "Partition CDR" (if it is shown as "No") will partition 'cdr' database table by month to improve performance. Partitioning is enabled by default for newer installations.

Partition Queue Log. Selecting "Partition Queue Log" (if it is shown as "No") will partition 'queue_log' database table by month to improve performance. Partitioning is enable by default for newer installations.

Partition Recordings. Selecting "Partition Recordings" (if it is shown as "No") will partition 'recordings' database table. Partitioning is enabled by default for newer installations.