Configuration parameters

Site and space admins can set configuration parameters that determine how ALM Octane works.

Overview

Configuration parameters can be set to control the behavior of different areas in ALM Octane.

You can define parameters at two different levels:

Site-level parameters Parameters that are set at the Site level affect all the spaces in the site. Site administrators can access the site-level parameters at Settings > Site > Parameters.
Space-level parameters Parameters that are set at the Space level affect that space only and its workspaces. Space administrators, and site administrators with permissions on the space, can access the space-level parameters at Settings > Spaces > Parameters.

Tip: Admins can also set configuration parameters using the REST API. For details, see Setting configuration parameters with the REST API.

If the same parameter is set for the Site and for a given Space, the values of parameters set on the space level override the values of the same parameters set at the site level.

Changes to parameters are audited. You can retrieve the audit information via the REST API. For details, see Auditing entities (technical preview).

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Parameters

Parameter Scope Description
ADDITIONAL_ALLOWED_TLD Site

ValueEdge and ALM Octane validates that the top-level domain (TLD) entered in the SERVER_BASE_URL parameter is listed in https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db.

If your URL includes a TLD that is not listed there, enter your TLD in this parameter.

For example, if your SERVER_BASE_URL is http://a.b.corp, enter corp in the ADDITIONAL_ALLOWED_TLD parameter.

You can enter multiple TLDs as a comma-separated list without spaces.

Example: corp,corp1

Type: string

ALLOW_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE Site

Enables override method through HTTP header. This is not enabled for GET requests.

Type: boolean

Default: false

ALLOW_SAAS_LICENSE_EDITION_CHANGE Site/Space

Provides SaaS administrators with the ability to switch between license editions.

Type: boolean

Default: false

ALLOW_SAAS_LICENSE_MODEL_CHANGE Site/Space

Provides SaaS administrators with the ability to switch between license models.

Type: boolean

Default: false

ALM_OCTANE_IMPROVEMENT_PROGRAM_AGREEMENT Site

Provides SaaS administrators with the ability to collect Google Analytics data related to how users are using Octane.

Type: string

Values: true, false, WAITING_FOR_DECISION

Default: WAITING_FOR_DECISION

ATTACHMENTS_FILE_EXTENSION_BLACK_LIST Site

Defines a list of prohibited file extensions for ALM Octane attachments.

After saving this parameter, any extensions listed in this value are removed from the list of permitted extensions in the ATTACHMENTS_FILE_EXTENSION_WHITE_LIST configuration parameter. The extensions are removed for the entire site and all spaces.

Separate each extension with a semi-colon (;).

Type: string

Default: empty

ATTACHMENTS_FILE_EXTENSION_WHITE_LIST Site/Space

Defines a list of the permitted file-type extensions for ALM Octane attachments.

To permit all attachments, regardless of file extension, enter an * (asterisk). For security purposes, this is not recommended.

Separate each extension with a semi-colon (;).

You cannot add extensions that are prohibited, as specified in the ATTACHMENTS_FILE_EXTENSION_BLACK_LIST configuration parameter.

Note: You can also add additional, custom file extensions to the list of permitted extensions for ALM Octane attachments. The file types (mime types) must be one of ALM Octane's supported mime types, but you can choose any extension you like. For details, see the EXTENSION_TO_MIME_TYPE and the VALIDATE_MIME_TYPE_MATCH_TO_EXTENSION configuration parameters.

Type: string

Default: ngalink; links; jpg; bmp; png; pdf; word; doc; docx; msg; xml; xls; xlsx; ppt; pptx; zip; txt; wmv; mp4; m4p; mkv; vob; log; wrf; fbr; jpeg

ATTACHMENTS_PREVIEW_FILE_EXTENSIONS Site/Space

Defines the file-type extensions that can be previewed in ValueEdge and ALM Octane.

The file types listed in this parameter are previewed in a protected mode. For example, any malicious scripts will be blocked in the preview.

To enable the unprotected preview of the files, also list the file extensions in the ATTACHMENTS_PREVIEW_LOW_SECURITY_FILE_EXTENSIONS parameter.

To enable previewing Microsoft Office files, or other files for which browsers do not have embedded previews:

  • Add Office or other file extensions to this parameter.
  • Ensure that the file types are also listed in the ATTACHMENTS_FILE_EXTENSION_WHITE_LIST parameter.

Note:

  • To preview Office files, or other files for which browsers do not have embedded previews, every user should install a third-party browser extension. If the extension is not installed, the file preview will not open. Instead, when the user tries to preview the file, it will be automatically downloaded.

    Example of Google Chrome extension for Office files: Office Editing for Docs, Sheets & Slides.

  • Before installing any browser extension, ensure that the extension is safe and does not violate your company security policy.
  • The default file types can be previewed without installing any browser extensions.

Separate each extension with a semi-colon (;).

Type: string

Default: pdf;txt;log;html

ATTACHMENTS_PREVIEW_LOW_SECURITY_FILE_EXTENSIONS Site/Space

Defines the file-type extensions that will be previewed in ValueEdge and ALM Octane without any security protection. Malicious scripts could also run in the preview.

Note: To enable previewing the file types, list the file extensions in the ATTACHMENTS_PREVIEW_FILE_EXTENSIONS parameter as well.

Separate each extension with a semi-colon (;).

Type: string

Default: pdf;doc;docx;xls;xlsx

ATTACHMENTS_URL_DOMAIN_WHITE_LIST Site

Defines a list of the permitted domains for ALM Octane attachment URLs.

Used only if ATTACHMENTS_URL_ENABLE_DOMAIN_WHITE_LIST is set to true.

Separate each domain with a semi-colon (;).

Type: string

ATTACHMENTS_URL_ENABLE_DOMAIN_WHITE_LIST Site

Enables or disables usage of the domain white list validation of attachment URL, as enabled as defined with ATTACHMENTS_URL_DOMAIN_WHITE_LIST.

Type: boolean

Default: false

AUDIT_LOG_FILE_MAX_SIZE Site

Defines the maximum size (in KB) of each audit log file.

Type: integer

Default: 10240

Minimum: 1024

Maximum: 102400

AUDIT_LOG_FILE_ROLLING_SIZE Site

Defines the number of audit log files that are retained.

Type: integer

Default: 10

Minimum: 10

Maximum: 100

AUTHENTICATION_DELAY_ACTIVE Site

Sets whether user login attempts are monitored for suspicious activity. By setting this, the AUTHENTICATION_DELAY_SECONDS, and the AUTHENTICATION_MAX_ATTEMPTS site configuration parameters, you can control if ALM Octane ignores or prevents suspicious login attempts.

For details on how ALM Octane handled login attempts, see the audit log.

Type: boolean

Default: true

AUTHENTICATION_DELAY_SECONDS Site

If AUTHENTICATION_DELAY_ACTIVE is set to true, the number of seconds after which ALM Octane stops checking entered login credentials. The counts starts after the first failed login attempt. After the number of seconds has lapsed, ALM Octane starts to check login credentials again.

After setting this site configuration parameter, restart the ALM Octane server.

Type: integer

Default: 15 seconds

AUTHENTICATION_MAX_ATTEMPTS Site

If AUTHENTICATION_DELAY_ACTIVE is set to true, the number of attempts after which ALM Octane locks out the user trying to log in.

Type: integer

Default: 3

AUTOMATIC_TIMING_OF_MANUAL_RUN_DURATIONS_TOGGLE Site/Space

Determines whether the duration of manual and Gherkin test runs is measured automatically.

The timer starts when the Manual Runner window is launched, and stops when the Manual Runner window is closed.

The timing is stored in the test run's Duration field.

Type: boolean

Default: false

BASIC_AUTHENTICATION_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS Site/Space

Defines how long the REST API basic authentication result is cached (in seconds). Subsequent requests are validated against the cache, rather than requiring full authentication. For details, see Basic authentication.

Type: integer

Default: 120 seconds

BLAME_COMMITTER_ANALYZERS_EXCLUDE_FILE_EXTENSIONS Site/Space

The file extensions to exclude from the Commit Message and Commit Files analyzers. Files with these extensions will not be analyzed as the main cause of failures. For example, you can add .md files to this list, along with other files that will not affect test failures.

For details, see Find commits related to failures.

Type: string (entries separated by commas). The strings are not case-sensitive.

BLAME_COMMITTER_ANALYZERS_EXCLUDE_WORDS Site/Space

The words to exclude from the Commit Message and Commit Files analyzers. The analyzers won't trigger a blame report for the committer when it detects one of these words. For details, see Find commits related to failures.

Type: string (entries separated by commas). The strings are not case-sensitive.

Default: data, defect, feature, revert, fix, implement, service, review, tech, test, exception, graph, widget, entity, run, module, it, case, cases, tests, itcase, assert, add, remove, read, class, handler, getter, setter, error, check, pre, post, create, update, action, rest

BOARD_MAX_COLUMNS_TO_DISPLAY Site

The maximum number of columns to display in the Board view of the board.

Type: integer

Default: 30

BOOLEAN_STRING_UDFS_LIMIT Site/Space

The maximum number of boolean-type and string-type UDFs combined that can be defined per workspace. Boolean values are saved internally as strings, so their limit is a combined limit. If I have defined 98 UDFs of type string, I can add two more UDFs and they can be strings or booleans, or one of each.

Type: integer

Default: 100

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 100

CASE_INSENSITIVE_USER_NAME_IN_INTERACTIVE_AUTHENTICATION Site

Defines whether the user name should be case insensitive in the interactive tools authentication. For details, see Interactive integration for ALM Octane authentication.

Type: boolean

Default: false

CD_SERVER_DA_READ_PAGE_SIZE

Site/Space

By site admin only

Available in: ValueEdge and from ValueEdge and ALM Octane 16.1.100

Determines the number of DA items that ValueEdge and ALM Octane can obtain from a single request.

Type: integer

Default: 100

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 500

CD_SERVER_HTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT

Site/Space

By site admin only

Available in: ValueEdge and from ValueEdge and ALM Octane 16.1.100

Determines a timeout period, in seconds, for the deployment server HTTP client.

Type: integer

Default: 30

Minimum: 10

Maximum: 600

CD_SERVER_MAX_COUNT_IN_TENANT

Site/Space

By site admin only

Available in: ValueEdge and from ValueEdge and ALM Octane 16.1.100

Determines the number of CD servers that can be integrated per tenant.

Type: integer

Default: 50

Minimum: 1

CI_REQUEST_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS Site/Space

Determines the maximum number of records that can be deleted in a bulk delete operation.

Type: integer

Default: 30

CLUSTERING_MAX_TESTS_THRESHOLD

Site

Determines the number to be used as a threshold for test clustering analysis. For example, if this parameter is set to 200, and more than 200 tests fail for a pipeline run, ALM Octane does not analyze clustering.

Type: integer

Default: 200

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 50000

COPY_RUN_SUITE_UDFS_TO_RUNS Site/Space

Determines whether user-defined field (UDF) values that are defined for a test suite run (or plan) are copied to the associated test runs.

Type: boolean

Default: true

COPY_SPRINT_AND_MILESTONE_FROM_RUN_TO_DEFECT Site/Space

Determines whether the Milestone and Sprint fields of a new defect are automatically populated when the defect is created from the Manual Runner.

Type: boolean

Default: true

CORS_ALLOW_ORIGIN Site/Space

A list of domains that are allowed to connect to the ALM Octane server using browser CORS functionality.

Syntax: http(s)://<yourdomain>.<ext>

Type: string

CORS_AUTH_ALLOW_ORIGIN Site

A list of domains that are allowed to perform authentication requests to establish authenticated sessions with the ALM Octane server using browser CORS functionality.

Syntax: http(s)://<yourdomain>.<ext>

Type: string

CORS_ENABLED Site

Determines whether CORS support is enabled on ALM Octane.

Type: boolean

Default: true

CORS_MAX_AGE Site/Space

Indicates how long (in seconds) the results of a pre-flight request can be cached.

Type: integer

Default: 7200

COVERAGE_MAX_SIZE_TO_FUSE Site

The maximum size of a coverage file that may be injected to the system.

Type: integer

Default: 50 MB

CREATE_STEPS_DURING_RUN_CREATION Site/Space

Determines whether manual test run steps are created together with a test run.

If 'true': Test run steps are created when a manual test run is created.

If 'false': Test run steps are created when the manual test run starts executing in Manual Runner.

Type: boolean

Default: false

DATE_UDFS_LIMIT Site/Space

The maximum number of date/time UDFs that can be defined per workspace.

Type: integer

Default: 20

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 20

DEBUG_FLAGGING_DAEMON Site

The when set to true, the FLAGGING_DAEMON_PERIOD_HOURS value will be applied as seconds instead of hours. The thresholds specified by the user as part of flag rule configuration, will also be applied in seconds.

Type: boolean

Default: false

DEFAULT_DB_SERVER Site

The ID of the default database server. This value is used for tenant creation in a SaaS environment.

Type: string

DEFAULT_GET_PAGE_SIZE Site

The default number of items to return.

Type: integer

Default: 1000

Maximum: 10000

DEFAULT_LANGUAGE

Site/Space

The default language for the site or the shared space.

Type: string

Default:  lang.en

Values:

English:  lang.en
French: lang.fr
German: lang.de
Japanese: lang.jpn
Portuguese (Brazil): lang.ptb
Russian: lang.ru
Simplified Chinese: lang.chs
Spanish: lang.esp

DELETE_WORKSPACE_REASON_REQUIRED Site/Space

Determines whether the Delete reason field is required when deleting a workspace.

Type: boolean

Default: true

DENY_EXTERNAL_IMAGES Site

Deny the embedding of external images inside HTML content.

Type: boolean

Default: false

DISPLAY_JQUERY_WARNINGS Site

Displays the JavaScript exception stack trace for errors, reported to the user and sent back to the server.

Type: boolean

Default: false

DISPLAY_MAINTENANCE_PARAMS Site

Display the maintenance site parameters in the list of site parameters.

Type: boolean

Default: false

DOC_REPORT_COLORED_TEST_SCRIPT Site/Space

Allows the administrator to generate reports with color for scripts or steps in Gherkin and manual tests.

Type: boolean

Default: true

DOCUMENT_REPORT_LINK_IMG_DOMAINS_ALLOWED_LIST Site/Space

Defines a list of domains for which image URLs can be embedded in document reports as images.

Example: Suppose you have an image: http://www.google.com/image1.jpg. To enable this image to be available in the document report you would add the domain google.com in this parameter. If you want to have images from several domains available such as google.com and microfocus.com, then in the parameter you would enter google.com;microfocus.com.

Note: Ensure that the image file extension that appears in the URL is listed in the ATTACHMENTS_FILE_EXTENSION_WHITE_LIST parameter.

Separate each domain with a semi-colon (;).

Type: string

DOCUMENT_REPORT_LOGO_FILE_EXTENSIONS Site/Space

The allowed file extensions for document report logos.

Type: string (multiple values separated by semicolons)

Default: jpg, bmp, png, and jpeg.

DOCUMENT_REPORT_LOGO_MAX_SIZE Site/Space

The maximum allowed size of a document report logo in MBs.

Type: integer

Default: 5

DOCUMENT_REPORT_READER_PAGE_SIZE Space

The maximum number of pages allowed in a document report.

Type: integer

Default: 1000

DROPDOWN_MAX_ITEMS Site/Space

The maximum number of items that are displayed in dropdown lists.

Type: integer

Default: 200

Minimum: 30

Maximum: 1000

EDITABLE_TEST_TYPE_FOR_RUN Site/Space

Allows the editing the Test Type field of a test run.

Type: boolean

Default: true

ELASTIC_MAINTENANCE_MAX_WORKERS_PER_NODE Site

After upgrade, changes are made to Elasticsearch indexes. Processes run per space that re-index the old space indexes created in an Elasticsearch version earlier than 6.x, and update them to the current Elasticsearch version. This parameter sets the number of concurrent re-index processes that can run on each cluster node. The total number of re-index processes cannot exceed 10. The recommendation is to set this number to a low value if you have many cluster nodes.

Type: integer

Default: 4

Minimum: 1

Maximum: Cannot exceed 10 for the entire cluster. For example, if you have 3 cluster nodes, you can set the maximum value to 2.

ELASTIC_STOP_EXECUTE_REINDEX_POST_UPGRADERS Site

Stops the 'Elasticsearch index maintenance' post-upgrade job from running, or prevents it from running if it did not start yet. The job will complete with the FAILURE status and can be re-run at a later time to complete the process for indexes that were not yet re-indexed.

Type: boolean

Default: false

EMAIL_LOGO_FILE_EXTENSIONS Site/Space

A semicolon separated list of the allowed image file extensions, when uploading a picture as the email header.

Type: string

Default: jpg;bmp;png;jpeg

EMAIL_LOGO_MAX Site

The maximum image file size allowed to upload as en email header.

Type: integer

Default: 5 MB

EMAIL_QUICK_REPLY Site/Space

Determines whether users are able to reply to comments they are mentioned in via a slimmed down web page. The web page requires an initial user log in.

For details, see Comment on items.

Type: boolean

Default: false

ENABLE_FORMS_AUTHENTICATION Site

Enables the sign_in resource to be called with a regular HTML form, for integration with tools that require forms authentication. For details, see Authenticating.

Type: boolean

Default: false

ENABLE_AUDIT Site

Defines whether the audit log is used.

Type: boolean

Default: true

ENABLE_DUPLICATE_ENTITY Site/Space

Enables the duplicate entity functionality in Octane UI.

Type: boolean

Default: true

ENABLE_FAVORITE_PUBLIC_LINKS_PER_SHARED SPACE Space

Defines whether sharing public favorites is enabled on the shared space.

For details, see Public favorite links - admin tasks.

Type: boolean

Default: false

ENABLE_FAVORITE_PUBLIC_LINKS_PER_SITE

Site

Defines whether sharing public favorites is enabled on the site.

For details, see Public favorite links - admin tasks.

Type: boolean

Default: false

ENABLE_GENERATE_REPORT_WITH_LINK_IMAGE

Site/Space

Allows link images embedded in an entity's rich text fields, to be downloaded during document report generation.

Type: boolean

Default: false

ENABLE_INCLUDE_SITE_USERS

 

Site

Defines whether space admins can add site users to their shared space.

Type: boolean

Default: true (on-premises)

ENABLE_LEGACY_TECH_PREVIEW_CLIENT_TYPE Site/Space

Defines whether the REST API still accepts the HPE_REST_API_TECH_PREVIEW value for the HPECLIENTTYPE request header. This request header is used for working with REST API resources that are a technical preview.

We recommend that you set this parameter to false, and use the ALM-OCTANE-TECH-PREVIEW request header instead, set to true. This is because the HPE_REST_API_TECH_PREVIEW value for the HPECLIENTTYPE request header will soon be deprecated.

Type: boolean

Default: false

ENABLE_SECURED_CONNECTION_VALIDATION Site

When using SSL offloading via reverse proxy, this defines whether to enforce secure connections (HTTPS) when octane.conf settings are configured to use HTTPS.

Type: boolean

Default: true

ENABLE_SPRINTER_USAGE Site

Defines whether users see the toggle switch in Settings, which enables them to use Sprinter to run manual tests.

Type: boolean

Default: true

ENABLE_STRICT_TRANSPORT_SECURITY_HEADER Site

Defines whether Strict-Transport-Security header is added to response. For details, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security.

The header is added automatically when working with TLS, or if BASE_APP_URL parameter is Secure.

Type: boolean

Default: true

ENABLE_TEST_ASSIGNMENT_RULES_IN_SUITES Site/Space

Defines whether test assignment rules affect future test runs in the testing framework.

Type: boolean

Default: true

ENABLE_WIDGETS_IN_DOCUMENT_REPORT_PER_SHARED_SPACE Space

Let users add widgets to Document reports, on a shared space level. For details, see Document reports.

Type: boolean

Default: true

ENABLE_WIDGETS_IN_DOCUMENT_REPORT_PER_SITE Site

Let users add widgets to Document reports on a site level. For details, see Document reports.

Type: boolean

Default: Default: true

ENTITIES_BULK_TRANSLATION_CACHE_THRESHOLD Space

The bulk threshold. If the number of bulk entities is higher than the threshold, it will skip the cache and read directly from the database.

Default: 100

ENTITIES_TO_RETURN_WITH_DEFAULT_VALUES Site/Space

This parameter instructs ALM Octane to trim only the listed entities, when the TRIM_DEFAULT_VALUES_FOR_REST_API and MQM_CLIENT_UI are not disabled.

Type: string

Values: comma separated list of entities

ENTITY_EXTERNAL_ACTIONS_SUPPORTED_PROTOCOLS Site/Space

Lists the additional protocols that custom external actions are allowed to invoke.

By default, the following protocols are supported: http, https, mailto

For details, see Create external actions.

Type: string

Values: comma delimited list

EXCLUDED_CLIENT_TYPES_FROM_DEFAULT_VALUE_TRIMMING Site/Space

Excludes the specified client types, separated by commas, from the default value trimming. This is relevant when TRIM_DEFAULT_VALUES_FOR_REST_API is enabled. For details, see ENTITIES_TO_RETURN_WITH_DEFAULT_VALUES.

Type: string

Values: comma delimited list

EXPAND_HISTORY_RECORDS Site

Enables the fetching of history records for OData in the change-per-record style using the history_record entity. For details, see OData for developers.

Type: boolean

Default: false

EXPORT_IMPORT_MULTIVALUE_DELIMITER Site

Determines the character or string that ALM Octane recognizes as a delimiter between values when importing multi-value fields to and from Excel.

Note: Consider the characters that are not used inside values. If the delimiter coincides with any character used inside a value, the value is not imported.

Type: string

Default: , (comma)

EXTENSION_TO_MIME_TYPE Site/Space

Enables site admins to add additional, custom file extensions to the list of permitted extensions for ALM Octane attachments, as defined with configuration parameter ATTACHMENTS_FILE_EXTENSION_WHITE_LIST.

The file types (mime types) must be one of ALM Octane's supported mime types, but you can choose any extension you like.

NoteALM Octane supports all mime types defined as valid by Apache Tika.

The value of this parameter is one or more mappings between a custom file extension and its mime type. You can specify multiple mime types for each extension.

Format: <custom_extension>=<mime_type>[,<another_mime_type>][; <another_custom_extension>=<mime_type>[,<another_mime_type>]]

Separate each mapping with a semi-colon (;). Separate multiple mime types with commas (,). Do not add spaces between mappings.

To bypass the validation of if an attachment's mime type matches the file extension, see the VALIDATE_MIME_TYPE_MATCH_TO_EXTENSION configuration parameter.

Type: string

Example of one mime type per extension
ext1=text/plain;ext2=text/plain

Example with multiple mime types per extension
har=text/plain,text/html;avi=video/x-msvideo,video/avi,video/msvideo

EXTERNAL_ENTITY_ACTIONS_BUNDLE_MAX_SIZE  

The maximum size (in megabytes) of zipped external action files that you can upload to ALM Octane.

Type: integer

Default: 20

EXTERNAL_ENTITY_ACTIONS_FILE_EXTENSION_WHITE_LIST  

If you upload external actions to ALM Octane, you can restrict the file types that can be included in the uploaded zip file.

Type: string

Default: *

EXTERNAL_HELP_URL Site

Whether the ALM Octane Help Center opens on the cloud or on the local server.

  • true. The help center opens externally, at this location: 

    https://admhelp.microfocus.com/octane/

  • false or blank. The help center opens on the local server. Use this option only if users do not have internet access. For details, see Download Help Center.

Type: boolean

Default: true

FAILURE_ANALYSIS_INSIGHT_TEST_FAILURE_THRESHOLD Site

Defines the percentage of failed tests above which the tests and their corresponding builds are displayed as failure analysis insight cards for a specific pipeline.

This threshold is relevant only for quality insight issues, such as “QUALITY - Committers related to most test failures” and “QUALITY – Builds with most failed tests.”

Type: integer

Default: 20

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 100

FETCH_CI_JOB_LIST_TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS Site/Space

Defines a timeout in seconds, for fetching CI jobs from a CI server during creating new pipeline.

Type: integer

Default: 180 (3 minutes)

FILE_EXTENSION_WHITE_LIST_DOWNLOAD Site

File extensions that are allowed to be downloaded via open attachments, the REST API, or FTP Explorer.

Separate each extension with a semi-colon (;).

Type: string

Default: txt;doc;docx

FILE_EXTENSION_WHITE_LIST_UPLOAD Site

File extensions that are allowed to be uploaded via open attachments, extended storage, the REST API, or FTP Explorer.

Separate each extension with a semi-colon (;).

Type: string

Default: txt;doc;docx

FLAGGING_DAEMON_PERIOD_HOURS Site

The period of time to before starting a new flag rule process in the background.

By default this value is in hours. If you set DEBUG_FLAGGING_DAEMON to true, the above period will be applied in seconds instead of hours, and the thresholds specified by the user as part of flag rule configurations, will also be applied in seconds.

Type: Integer

Default: 24

FORGET_USER_ON_DELETE Site

Determines if ALM Octane should erase all user details when a user is deleted, from this point forward. Internally, a user-specified reference code is used as a substitute for the details.

After modifying this parameter, make sure to reload ALM Octane Settings before deleting users.

Setting this parameter does not impact users already deleted.

Type: boolean

Default: false

GDPR_NOTICE_BODY Site/Space

Defines the terms for personal data processing to display in a dialog box when first-time users log in to ALM Octane.

The terms are only displayed if the GDPR_REQUIRE_USER_CONSENT configuration parameter is true.

Basic html text is supported.

The text cannot exceed 1000 characters, so for long notices, use a link to a different page. When linking to another page, we recommend you use the target="_blank" attribute to open the notice in a different window.

Tip: You can set a title for the dialog box using the GDPR_NOTICE_TITLE configuration parameter.

Type: string

Default: blank

Maximum number of characters: 1000

Examples

  • Welcome to ThisCompany.<br/>Only authorized users allowed.

  • Welcome to ThisCompany.<br/>See <a href="https://www.thiscompany.com" target="_blank" > my terms.</a><br/>By logging in, you are acknowledging these terms and signifying your acceptance and willingness to use this product accordingly.

GDPR_NOTICE_TITLE Site/Space

Defines the title of the dialog box that displays the terms for personal data processing when first-time users log in to ALM Octane.

The title is only displayed if the GDPR_REQUIRE_USER_CONSENT parameter is true.

Type: string

Default: blank

Maximum number of characters: 1000

GDPR_REQUIRE_USER_CONSENT Site/Space

Determines if consent is required for first-time users logging in to ALM Octane. Terms of data usage are defined using the GDPR_NOTICE_TITLE and GDPR_NOTICE_BODY configuration parameters.

If the user does not consent, the user cannot log in.

If the user does consent, the date and time of the consent is stored in the user's GDPR consent time field at the site level.

Type: boolean

Default: false

GHERKIN_SCRIPT_DIALECT Site/Space

Sets the default language for scenarios and scenario outlines in Gherkin tests and BDD specifications. For details, see Localization.

Type: string

Values: a language notation as described in the Gherkin documentation.

Default: en

HIDE_HOURS_AND_MINUTES_IN_RELEASE_CONTROL Site/Space

Determines whether the Start time and End time fields in release process items display the date and time, or the date only.

Note: If the time is hidden, the system uses the time at which an item was created for the start and end times.

Type: boolean

Default: false

HIDE_LANGUAGE_DROPDOWN Site/Space

Hides the language selection dropdown for the user.

Type: boolean

Default: false

HREF_PROTOCOLS_WHITE_LIST Site

Provides a list of whitelisted protocols for the Link dialog box in memo fields. For details, see Item attributes.

Type: string

Default: http;https;td;testdirector;mailto

IMPORT_DATA_SETS_FUSE Site

The maximum number of data sets that can be imported in one import operation.

Type: integer

Default: 1000

IMPORT_REQUIREMENTS_FUSE Site

The maximum number of requirement documents that can be imported in one import operation.

Type: integer

Default: 1000

IMPORT_TASKS_FUSE Site

The maximum number of tasks that can be imported in one import operation.

Type: integer

Default: 1000

IMPORT_TESTS_FUSE Site/Space

Defines the maximum number of tests that can be imported in one import operation.

At the space level, the parameter can be edited only by the site admin.

Type: integer

Default: 300

IMPORT_WORK_ITEMS_FUSE Site

Defines the maximum number of work items (epics, features, stories, defects) that can be imported in one import operation.

Type: integer

Default: 1000

INCLUDED_CLIENT_TYPES_IN_DEFAULT_VALUE_TRIMMING Site/Space

Includes the specified client types, separated by commas, in default value trimming. These client types listed will not get default values, even if they have private access, unless they are specifically requested. This is relevant when TRIM_DEFAULT_VALUES_FOR_REST_API is set to false.

INTEGER_UDFS_LIMIT Site/Space

The maximum number of integer UDFs that can be defined per workspace.

Type: integer

Default: 50

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 50

LICENSE_USAGE_CALCULATE_INTERVAL Site

The number of minutes ALM Octane should wait before recalculating license usage, i.e. the interval between the CAPQ jobs that perform the calculations.

Default: 360 minutes (6 hours)

LIMIT_AMOUNT_OF_AUTOCOMPLETE_SUGGESTIONS Site

Defines the maximum number of suggestions displayed in autocomplete for Gherkin steps . Default: 20, Minimum: 0, Maximum: 20000, Type: Integer

Type: integer

Default: 20

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 20000

LIMIT_TESTS_IN_RECOMMENDED_GRID Site/Space

Defines the maximum number of tests that are recommended to reduce an application module's quality risk.

Default: 30

Minimum: 0

Note: If the parameter is set to 0, the Reduce risk button is not available in the Quality Risk insights pane.

LINK_COVERAGE_ENTITIES_TO_RUN_DEFECT Site/Space

Determines whether the Backlog items, Requirements, and Feature fields are automatically populated when a new defect is created from the Manual Runner.

Type: boolean

Default: true

LIST_NODE_CHILDREN_AMOUNT_PARAM_ID Site

Defines the maximum number of values that can be added to a user-defined list.

Default: 150

LOG_APPENDER_MAX_SIZE Site

Defines the maximum size for each Apache Log4j appender (in MB).

The format is: 

<log>Appender=#;<log>Appender=#;<log>Appender=#

Where:

  • appAppender is the name for the ALM Octane UI log.

  • siteAppender is the name for the ALM Octane SiteAdmin and SharedSpace admin log.

  • restAppender is the name for the ALM Octane REST API log.

Each log setting is separated by a semi-colon (;).

Types

  • string for the list of log appenders

  • integer for each log size

Example

appAppender=16;
siteAppender=20;
restAppender=11

Minimum size for each log: 1

Maximum size for each log: 100

LOG_LEVEL Site

Changes the log level for specific log files.  

The format is:

<log_file>=<level>; <log_file>=<level>

Each log setting is separated by a semi-colon (;).

Types:

  • string for the list of logs

  • string for each level

Example

com.hp.mqm.dal=DEBUG;
com.hp.mqm.test=WARN

Valid values for log levels: DEBUG, WARN, INFO, FATAL, ERROR, TRACE

LOG_ROOT_LEVEL Site

Changes the log level for specific Apache Log4j appenders.

The format is: <log>appAppender=<level>;
<log>siteAppender=<level>;
<log>restAppender=<level>

Where:

  • appAppender is the name for the ALM Octane UI log.

  • siteAppender is the name for the ALM Octane Settings log.

  • restAppender is the name for the ALM Octane REST API log.

Each log setting is separated by a semi-colon (;).

Types

  • string for the list of logs

  • string for each level

Example

appAppender=WARN;
siteAppender=ERROR;
restAppender=TRACE

Valid values for log levels: DEBUG, WARN, INFO, FATAL, ERROR, TRACE

LOGIN_PAGE_NAME_LABEL Site

Sets the login Name label on the Login page. This can be used to clarify how the user should log in. For example, if the user needs to log in with an email address, set the value of this parameter to Email.

Type: string

Default: blank, in which case Name is displayed

LOGIN_PAGE_NOTICE Site/Space

Sets html text to display at the bottom of the Login page under the Login button.

Basic html text is supported.

The text cannot exceed 1000 characters, so for long notices, use a link to a different page.

When linking to another page, we recommend you use the target="_blank" attribute to open the notice in a different window.

Type: string

Default: blank

Maximum number of characters: 1000

Examples

  • Welcome to ThisCompany.<br/>Only authorized users allowed.

  • Welcome to ThisCompany.<br/>See <a href="https://www.thiscompany.com" target="_blank" > my terms.</a><br/>By logging in, you are acknowledging these terms and signifying your acceptance and willingness to use this product accordingly.

LOGO_TEXT Site/Space

Sets the text to display at the top left of ALM Octane, such as the company name.

Unicode emojis are supported.

This parameter can be set both at the site level and at the shared space level. The shared space level parameter overrides the value set at the site level.

Type: string

Default: ALM OCTANE

LONGSTRING_UDFS_LIMIT Site/Space

The maximum number of long string UDFs that can be defined per workspace.

Type: integer

Default: 5

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 20

MAIL_ATTACH_MAX_SIZE Site

The maximum size (in KB) of entity files that can be included as attachments with emails sent from ALM Octane. Files larger than this size will not be sent with ALM Octane emails.

Type: integer

Default: 10485760

Minimum: 10240

Maximum: 10485760

MAIL_ATTACH_TOTAL_MAX_SIZE Site

The total size (in KB) of all the entity files that can be included as attachments with emails sent from ALM Octane.

If the total size exceeds this value, none of the files will be included as attachments.

Type: integer

Default: 10485760

Minimum: 10240

Maximum: 10485760

MAIL_FOOTER Site/Space

Defines the footer (rich text) for emails. Can be blank.

Type: string

You can customize email footers in the Defaults tab. For details, see Customize email header and footer.

MAIL_FORMAT Site

Defines the format that mails are sent in.  

Type: string

Default: HTML

Valid values: HTML, TEXT

MAIL_HEADER Site/Space

Defines the header (rich text) for emails. Can be blank.

Type: string

MAIL_MESSAGE_CHARSET Site

The characters set for sent emails.

Type: string

Default: UTF-8

MAIL_PROTOCOL Site

The mail protocol.

Type: string

Default: smtp

MAIL_SERVER_HOST Site

The mail server host.

You can also set the host in the ALM Octane UI: Settings > Site > Servers tab.

Type: string

MAIL_SERVER_PORT Site

The mail server port.

You can also set the port in the ALM Octane UI: Settings > Site > Servers tab.

Type: integer

Default: 25

MAIL_SUBJECT_SUFFIX Space

A string that is added as a suffix to the subject line in all emails sent from ALM Octane.

A subject suffix may be necessary in your organization as a classification tag, to ensure that the mail server allows ValueEdge and ALM Octane emails.

Type: string

MAX_ATTACHMENT_COUNT_PER_ENTITY Site/Space

The maximum number of attachments that can be added to any one entity.

Caution: Attaching high numbers of files to an entity can cause performance and functional issues. It is recommended to allow up to 50 files per entity.

Note that in some cases, the specified number of attachments may be marginally exceeded, for example when multiple uploads are processed simultaneously.

Type: integer

Default: 30

Maximum: 1000

Recommended to not exceed: 50

MAX_BUILD_LOGS_TO_KEEP Site

The number of logs to save from each job.

Type: integer

Default: 10

MAX_CARDS_TO_DISPLAY Site/Space

The maximum number of cards to display in the Board view of the board.

Type: integer

Default: 200

MAX_DOCUMENT_REPORT_CONCURRENT_PAGES Site

The overall maximum number of pages allowed for all concurrent exported documents on a single node.

Type: integer

Default: 1500

MAX_DOCUMENT_REPORT_PAGES Site

The maximum number of pages allowed for a single exported document. A negative number instructs ALM Octane to use the value of MAX_VALUE.

Type: integer

Default: 1000

MAX_DUPLICATE_RUN_ENTITY Site (hidden)

The maximum number of run entities that can be duplicated. For details, see Duplicating runs.

Type: integer

Default:10

MAX_CONCURRENT_REPORTS_PER_USER Site/Space

The maximum number of concurrent reports that can be generated per user. If the user exceeds the maximum, ALM Octane will issue a notification.

Type: integer

Default: 5

MAX_EXPORT_TESTS_WITH_STEPS Space only

The maximum number of manual and Gherkin test steps that can be exported to Excel per space.

Customizable by space admins only.

Type: integer

Default: 20

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 255

MAX_PAGE_SIZE Site

The maximum number of items that can be returned.

Type: integer

Default: 20000

Minimum: 5000

Maximum: 20000 

MAX_STEPS_IN_RUN_REPORT Site/Space

The maximum number of steps that can be in a run report.

Type: integer

Default: 1000

MAX_TREE_DEPTH_APPLICATION_MODULE Space only

The maximum number of hierarchical levels supported in the application modules tree, including the root. This means that if you specify the value 4, the tree contains the root plus three more levels.

Type: integer

Default: 4 (3 levels in addition to the root) 

Minimum: 4

Maximum: 20

MAX_TREE_DEPTH_SCM_RESOURCE Space only

The maximum tree depth for the SCM resource tree.

Type: integer

Default: 12 

Minimum: 4

Maximum: 20

MAX_VULNERABILITIES_UPSERT_SIZE Site

The overall size of vulnerabilities injected data to block.

Type: integer

Default: 20

MAXIMUM_DOCUMENT_REPORT_PAGES Space

The maximum number of pages allowed for a single exported document. A negative number instructs ALM Octane to use the value of MAX_VALUE.

Type: integer

Default: 1000

MIGRATION_ELASTIC_REPOSITORY Site

The name of the Elastic repository used to export data. For details, see Enable export and import of Elastic data.

Type: string

MEMO_FIELD_IMAGE_VALIDATION Space  
MEMO_UDFS_LIMIT Site/Space

The maximum number of memo-type UDFs that can be defined per workspace.

Type: integer

Default: 10

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 30

MINUTES_UNTIL_GLOBAL_SESSION_TIMEOUT Site

Non-SSO environments: The maximum number of minutes that the session lasts even if the session is in use. After this timeout, the user must log in again.

SSO environments: The maximum number of minutes that the session lasts when logged in with API keys. After this timeout, the user must log in again.

Type: integer

Default: 1440 minutes (24 hours)

MINUTES_UNTIL_IDLE_SESSION_TIMEOUT Site

Non-SSO environments: The maximum number of minutes that the session lasts while the session is not in use. After this timeout, the user must log in again.

SSO environments:The number of minutes for license consumption. If the number of minutes has elapsed, the license is considered expired. The next request consumes a new license (if available). Re-login is not required.

Type: integer

Default: 180 minutes (3 hours)

NUMBER_OF_ENTITIES_CONSIDERED_LARGE_REPORT Site/Space

The number of entities to be considered a large report. Small reports take precedence over large reports. This value cannot exceed the maximum number of entities allowed in a report (NUMBER_OF_ENTITIES_PER_REPORT_PAGE multiplied by MAXIMUM_DOCUMENT_REPORT_PAGES).

Type: integer

Default: 1000

NUMBER_OF_ENTITIES_PER_REPORT_PAGE Site/Space

The approximate number of entities we expect to see on one page of document report.

Type: integer

Default: 3

NUMBER_OF_RECENT_SEARCH_STRINGS_TO_KEEP Site/Space

The number of search strings to store in the recent global search list.

Type: integer

Default: 10

Minimum: 3

Maximum: 20

ODATA_NAME_ENCODED Site/Space

Indicates whether OData should encode name fields. This can be relevant when returning non-english characters as part of an OData response.

Type: boolean

Default: false

ODATA_RESTRICT_EXPAND_DEPTH Site

Available in ValueEdge and from ValueEdge and ALM Octane 16.1.100: Controls the number of expansion levels.

  • true. Sets the maximum expand depth defined by MAX_EXPAND_API_DEPTH (which currently also defines the depth for REST API).

  • false. Removes the limit of the number of query expansion levels. It is not recommended to do more than 2 to 4 levels.

Type: boolean

Default: false

ODATA_RESTRICT_SELECTABLE Site

Available in ValueEdge and from ValueEdge and ALM Octane 16.1.100: Applies additional restriction for expanded items by determining if the field is selectable.

A list of the non-selectable fields (this list is subject to change):

ReleaseEntity: work_item_has_release, work_item_detect_in_release

SprintEntity: work_item_planned

WorkItemEntity and its subtypes: children

  • true. Blocks users from fetching non-selectable fields.

  • false. Allows users to fetch non-selectable fields.

Type: boolean

Default: false

ODATA_RESTRICT_SELECTABLE_IN_EXPAND Site

Available in ValueEdge and from ValueEdge and ALM Octane 16.1.100: Instructs data calls to check the selectable in expand and selectable fields. If a user selects a non-selectable field, it throws an exception.

  • true. Throws an NonSelectableFieldException if a user tries to select a non-selectable field in an expanded field.

  • false. Ignores the selectableInExpand property and only uses the field's selectable property.

Type: boolean

Default: false

ODATA_USE_SERVER_BASE_URL Site

If ALM Octane does not respond successfully to an OData consumer request, it might be because the base URL used to refer to ALM Octane is different than expected.

  • true. ALM Octane uses the URL specified in the SERVER_BASE_URL site configuration parameter.

  • false. ALM Octane uses the original URL as requested from the consumer.

Type: boolean

Default: true

ODATA_XML_ENCODED Site/Space

Indicates whether OData should encode memo fields. This can be relevant when returning non-english characters as part of an OData response.

Type: boolean

Default: false

ONLY_SHOW_ACTIVE_RELEASES Space

For ALM Octane and Jira synchronization mapping. If set to true, deactivated releases (in ALM Octane) and archived versions (in Jira) are hidden from value mapping, and you do not need to map them to pass the integrity check.

Type: boolean

Default: false

PHASE_SLOW_DOWN_THRESHOLD_PERCENT Site/Space

Available in: ValueEdge

Determines the threshold to calculate the slowdown for epic and feature phases, in percentage.

The phase slowdown value is based on the average phase time for work items that were done in previous releases. For example, if an item remains in the same phase for more than 100% of the phase average time, ValueEdge and ALM Octane will display a Slow phase icon in the timeline.

Type: integer

Default: 100

PIPELINE_RUN_CACHE_TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS Site

The length of time in seconds that a pipeline run will be stored in the cache.

Type: integer

Default: 10

PR_PURGE_DISABLE Site/Space

Disables all purging of pipeline runs.

Values: true or false

Default: false

PR_PURGE_ NUM_DAYS_TO_KEEP Site/Space

The number of days to keep pipeline runs and their data.

Type: integer

Default: 364 (1 year)

Range: 7-728 (2 years)

Note: Only relevant if PR_PURGE_ STRATEGY_TYPE is set to days_to_keep.

PR_PURGE_ NUM_RUNS_TO_KEEP Site/Space

The number of pipeline runs to keep from each pipeline.

Type: integer

Default: 10,000

Range: 10-20,000

Note: Only relevant if PR_PURGE_ STRATEGY_TYPE is set to runs_to_keep.

PR_PURGE_ STATE_TYPE Site/Space

The purge state for the shared space:

None: Suspends both automatic and manual purging for the site (default) or shared space.

Automatic: Purges the pipeline runs based on the policy indicated in the PURGE_ STRATEGY_TYPE site parameter.

Manual: Allows a manual purge of the pipeline runs.

Note: The values are not case-sensitive.

PR_PURGE_ STRATEGY_TYPE Site/Space

Manage the site for removing pipeline runs from the site:

days_to_keep: Purges the pipeline runs after the number of days specified in the PR_PURGE_ NUM_DAYS_TO_KEEP site parameter. (default)

runs_to_keep: Purges the pipeline runs after the number of runs reaches the value of the PR_PURGE_NUM_RUNS_TO_KEEP site parameter.

PROPAGATE_SPEC_APP_MODULE_TO_SCENARIOS Site/Space

Populates application module changes in the BDD specification to its scenarios.

Type: boolean

Default: true

PROPAGATE_SPEC_COVERAGE_MODULE_TO_SCENARIOS Site/Space

Populates backlog coverage changes in the BDD specifications to its scenarios.

Type: boolean

Default: true

PUBLIC_LINK_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS_PER_SPACE Site

The maximum number of public link requests that can be served concurrently per space.

Type: integer

Default: 2

PUBLIC_LINKS_ALLOW_EMBEDDING_RESPONSE Site/Space

Determines whether favorite pubic links can be embedded in online pages.

For details, see Public favorite links - admin tasks.

Type: boolean

Default: false

PUBLIC_LINKS_REQUIRE_SSO_AUTHENTICATION Site

Available in versions: 16.0.300 and later

Determines whether external users can access pubic links of dashboard favorites with their organization single-sign-on authentication method.

Invoking a public link request will redirect users that are not authenticated in the organization SSO yet, to the authentication page. Once a user is authenticated, whether or not registered to ValueEdge and ALM Octane, they will receive the public link's response.

Type: boolean

Default: false

RC_AA_CHECK_EXECUTION_INTERVAL

Site/Space

By site admin only

Available in versions: 16.0.300 and later

Auto actions of the following types:

  • CI server auto actions
  • Available in ValueEdge and from ValueEdge and ALM Octane 16.1.100: CD server auto actions

Determines the interval at which ValueEdge and ALM Octane checks for auto actions that are considered outdated to verify their execution status.

Type: integer

Default: 60 minutes

Minimum: 5 minutes

RC_AA_RUN_CD_PROCESS_CHECK_EXECUTION_COUNT_PER_TASK

Site/Space

By site admin only

Available in: ValueEdge and from ValueEdge and ALM Octane 16.1.100

Determines the number of outdated CD server auto actions for a single execution check-up.

An auto action is considered outdated if its status remains In Progress after the period defined in the RC_AA_RUN_CD_PROCESS_OUTDATE_TIME parameter is over.

The most outdated auto actions are checked first. If the number of outdated auto actions exceeds the defined number, the remaining auto actions will be examined during the next execution check-up.

Note: The interval for execution check-ups is defined in the RC_AA_CHECK_EXECUTION_INTERVAL parameter.

Type: integer

Default: 100

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 200

RC_AA_RUN_CD_PROCESS_OUTDATE_TIME

Site/Space

By site admin only

Available in: ValueEdge and from ValueEdge and ALM Octane 16.1.100

Determines the completion period, in minutes, for CD server auto actions.

When the defined period is over, and an auto action is still In Progress, the auto action is considered outdated. ValueEdge and ALM Octane then triggers the CD server polling to verify the auto action execution status.

Note: ValueEdge and ALM Octane will not check the status of auto actions that were completed or aborted within the defined period.

Type: integer

Default: 120

Minimum: 5

Maximum: 1440

RC_AA_RUN_CI_JOB_CHECK_EXECUTION_COUNT_PER_TASK

Site/Space

By site admin only

Available in versions: 16.0.300 and later

Determines the number of outdated CI server auto actions for a single execution check-up.

An auto action is considered outdated if its status remains "In Progress" after the period defined in the RC_AA_RUN_CI_JOB_STATUS_OUTDATE_TIME parameter is over.

The most outdated auto actions are checked first. If the number of outdated auto actions exceeds the defined number, the remaining auto actions will be examined during the next execution check-up.

Note: The interval for execution check-ups is defined in the RC_AA_CHECK_EXECUTION_INTERVAL parameter.

Type: integer

Default: 100

Maximum: 200

RC_AA_RUN_CI_JOB_STATUS_OUTDATE_TIME

Site/Space

By site admin only

Available in versions: 16.0.300 and later

Determines the completion period for CI server auto actions.

When the defined period is over, and an auto action is still "In Progress", the auto action is considered outdated. ValueEdge and ALM Octane then triggers the CI server polling to verify the auto action execution status.

Note: ValueEdge and ALM Octane will not check the status of auto actions that were completed or aborted within the defined period.

Type: integer

Default: 120 minutes

Minimum: 20 minutes

RC_AA_UPDATE_ENTITIES_MAX_SIZE Site/Space

Available in versions: 16.0.300 and later

ValueEdge and ALM Octane auto actions:

Determines the maximum number of ValueEdge and ALM Octane items that can be updated by an auto action.

Type: integer

Default: 500

RC_CRITERIA_PER_GATE Site/Space

Determines the number of criteria allowed in a single quality gate.

Type: integer

Default: 10

Maximum: 30

RC_QUERY_CRITERION_CALC_COUNT_PER_TASK Site

Determines the maximum number of query criteria that can be calculated at once.

Type: integer

Default: 20

Minimum: 20

RC_QUERY_CRITERION_STATUS_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS Site

Defines the time gap, in seconds, between repeated evaluations of quality gate query criteria.

Type: integer

Default: 10

Minimum: 10

RUN_BURNDOWN_EXECUTED_NATIVE_STATUSES Site/Space

Available in: ValueEdge and from ValueEdge and ALM Octane 16.1.100

Defines the test run phases that ValueEdge and ALM Octane considers executed.

You can use this parameter to exclude test runs with certain phases, such as Blocked, Skipped, or In progress, from the Test runs burn-down widget.

The excluded phases are added to the Planned line.

Type: string

Default: passed, failed, blocked, not_completed, skipped

SAME_SITE_COOKIE_ATTRIBUTE Site

To enable hosting external actions on ALM Octane, set to "None".

Type: string

Allowed values: Strict, Lax, None

Default: Lax

SERVER_BASE_URL Site

The base URL of the server.

The ALM Octane server is often unaware of the base URL used to refer to it from the outside world, because the base URL is often set at the proxy server level.

Use this parameter to manually specify the externally-used URL. This is especially useful for scenarios where the ALM Octane server needs to send the base URL to other applications that do not run inside the server's local network.

To ensure that the change takes effect on all areas, restart the server.

Type: string

Example:

http://host.domain:8080

SESSION_READ_RESULTS_IN_DAYS Site

The number of days to show in session details, where no time or ID were specified. For details, see Manage the site.

Type: integer

Default: 7

Range: 0-365

Note: If set to 0, mandatory session filtering is disabled.

SHARED_SPACES_LOG_LEVEL Site

Changes the log level for specific shared space logs.  

The format is:

<shared_space_ID>=<level>;<shared_space_ID>=<level>;<shared_space_ID>=<level>

Each level setting is separated by a semi-colon (;).

Type: string

Example1001=INFO;2001=WARN

Allowed values: DEBUG, WARN, INFO, FATAL, ERROR, TRACE

SHOW_FIELD_TOOLTIP Site/Space

Determines whether a custom field's description is displayed as tooltip when the user hovers over the field's name.

Type: boolean

Default: false

SHOW_LAST_USED_VALUES_IN_RUN_DIALOG Site/Space

Enables the fields in the Run dialog box to show the values that were selected in previous runs. This applies to the Default Environment and Default Release fields in suite runs, and the Environment and Release fields in manual runs.

Default: true

SKYPE_INTEGRATION_TECH_PREVIEW Site

Enable the tech preview integration of the ALM OctaneUI with Microsoft Skype.

Type: boolean

Default: false

SLACK_INTEGRATION_CLIENT_ID Site

When enabling Slack integration with ALM Octane, this parameter sets the client ID for accessing Slack. You can find this in the Slack app's Basic Information > App Credentials area.

Type: string

SLACK_INTEGRATION_SECRET Site

When enabling Slack integration with ALM Octane, this parameter sets the client secret for accessing Slack. You can find this in the Slack app's Basic Information > App Credentials area.

Type: string

SMTP_ADMIN_MAIL Site/Space

Sets the "From" email address to be used when a user clicks the Send Email button on the toolbar for an entity.

If blank, the mail is sent from the current user.

On premises: Changes to the parameter at the space level can be made by site admins.

SaaS: Submit a support ticket to change the parameter.

Type: string

SMTP_AUTHENTICATION Site

Defines whether the SMTP server needs to be authenticated.

Type: boolean

Default: false

SMTP_ENABLE_STARTTLS Site

Determines whether STARTTLS is used when connecting to the mail server.

Type: boolean

Default: false

SMTP_NOTIFICATION_SENDER_EMAIL Site/Space

Sets the "From" email address to be used when ALM Octane sends an email for notifications, such as "follow" notifications, notifications sent using API access key sessions, or notifications from rules.

This parameter is relevant only if notifications are turned on:

  • If this parameter is not specified, ALM Octane uses the value specified in SMTP_ADMIN_MAIL.

  • If no values are specified for both this parameter and SMTP_ADMIN_MAIL, no notifications are sent.

On premises: Changes to the parameter at the space level can be made by site admins.

SaaS: Submit a support ticket to change the parameter.

Type: string

SMTP_PASSWORD Site

Sets the password for connecting to the SMTP server.

Type: string

SMTP_SSL_SUPPORT Site

Defines whether to connect to the SMTP server using SSL

Type: boolean

Default: false

SMTP_USER Site

Sets the user for connecting to the SMTP server.

Type: string

STORAGE_MAX_FILE_SIZE

Site/Space

Sets the maximum size for storage files, including attachments (in megabytes).

Type: integer

Default: 100

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 100000 (100 GB)

STORAGE_MAX_SIZE Space

Sets the maximum size for storage per shared space. By default, no maximum storage size is set.

The space storage size is set by the site admin.

Available workspace storage is set on the space level, and not per workspace. This means the amount of total available workspace storage is shared between the workspaces in the space.

Type: integer

Default: 0 (unlimited)

Minimum: 6000 MB

SUPPORT_EXTERNAL_ENTITY_ACTIONS_BUNDLE Site/Space

Indicates whether external actions can be uploaded to ValueEdge and ALM Octane. For details, see Host external actions in ALM Octane.

Type: boolean

Default: true

SUPPORTED_CI_PLUGIN_SDK_VERSION Site

Sets the minimum SDK version of the CI plugin supported by ValueEdge and ALM Octane. If you are using a lower version, incoming data is blocked.

We recommend not changing this parameter without instructions from Support. If you change this to a lower version than default, performance and functionality may be impaired.

Type: string

Default: 2.0.67

SUPPORTS_BASIC_AUTHENTICATION Site/Space

Sets whether the basic authentication is activated for the REST API and OData per space.

Note that basic authentication is not secured. Turning this parameter on will reduce the security level of ALM Octane.

When setting this configuration parameter: 

  • Make sure to specify the space ID.

  • Send an ALM-OCTANE-TECH-PREVIEW header with the value true in your requests to configure this parameter.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: See Configuration parameters.

SUPPRESS_NOTIFICATIONS Site/Space

Disables user notifications in My Work > Notification, and email notification by business rule.

This is useful when you are performing massive bulk update operations.

Type: boolean

Default: false

SYNC_BASE_URL Site

If Synchronizer is on a different URL than ALM Octane, enter the public base URL of the Synchronizer.

Type: string

Example: http://sync-server.company.net:8080

TASK_SUPPORTS_FLOAT_VALUES Space only

Determines whether the task Estimated hours can be whole numbers or decimal fractions.

  • If set to false, only whole numbers are accepted.
  • If set to true, decimal fractions are accepted.

Caution: Setting this parameter to true is a permanent action. You cannot revert this parameter back to false.

Type: boolean

Default: false

TEST_RESULTS_MAX_TESTS_IN_SUITE Site

The maximum number of test runs to be taken from the pushed test result that will be injected to the suite. For the remainder of the runs, an exception will be thrown.

Type: integer

Default: 1000

TEST_RESULTS_MAX_TOTAL Site/Space

The maximum number of test runs to be taken from the pushed test result. For the remainder of the runs, an exception will be thrown.

Type: integer

Default: 10000

TESTS_TO_RUN_PARAMETER_JSON_FORMAT Site/Space

Indicates whether TestRunner will use the JSON format to pass the list of tests for execution on the CI server.

Type: boolean

Default: false

TR_INJECT_DUPLICATE_RUNS Site

Indicates whether duplicate runs in the same injection will be injected.

Type: boolean

Default: true

TREE_COMPONENT_MAX_ITEMS_PER_PARENT

Site/Space

By site admin only

Sets the limit for the number of items to display in the tree for the Backlog, Quality, and Requirement modules. Also sets the number of items to return using the REST API.

If the tree contains a parent with more than this number of children, a message displays indicating that not all items are displayed. You can search for items by name if the one you need is not displayed.

Type: integer

Default: 500 (recommended, for performance reasons)

TRIM_DEFAULT_VALUES_FOR_REST_API

Site/Space

Defines whether shared spaces should return only client requested fields. Use this in conjunction with EXCLUDED_CLIENT_TYPES_FROM_DEFAULT_VALUE_TRIMMING to exclude specific client types from trimming, or Configuration parameters.

Type: boolean

Default:true

UPDATE_MY_WORK_RUN_ITEMS_ON_SYNC Site/Space

When set to true, runs that are migrated or synchronized from other tools, are added to My Work. Enabling this parameter may affect performance.

Type: boolean

Default: false

USER_DETAILS_BOX_ENABLED Site/Space

When set to true, hovering over a user's avatar shows contact details as defined in the USER_DETAILS_BOX_OPTIONS parameter.

Type: boolean

Default: true

USER_DETAILS_BOX_OPTIONS Site/Space

Defines which user details are shown when USER_DETAILS_BOX_ENABLED is true.

If empty, all contact information is displayed. When you enter one or more of the following values (comma separated), only the specified details are displayed: email, phone, chat, teams, team_leaders.

Type: string

VALIDATE_MIME_TYPE_MATCH_TO_EXTENSION Site/Space

Whether ALM Octane validates mime types.

For details about which mime types are validated if set to true, see the EXTENSION_TO_MIME_TYPE configuration parameter.

Type: boolean

Default: false

VULNERABILITIES_PER_PIPELINE_RUN_LIMIT Site

When injecting vulnerability issues into ALM Octane using the REST API, this number represents the maximum number of vulnerability issues that can be injected for each individual pipeline run:

Type: integer

Default: 100

Maximum: 500

WEBHOOK_ALLOW_HTTP Site/Space

If the URL specified in Trigger webhook rules can use the http protocol in addition to the secure https protocol.

When using HTTP, use only the standard port 80 for outgoing requests,

Type: boolean

Default: false

WEBHOOK_REQUEST_TIMEOUT Site

The number of seconds to wait for the webhook response.

Type: integer

Default: 30 seconds

Minimum: 10 seconds

Maximum: 60 seconds

WORK_ITEM_FIELDS_ENABLED_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_RANKING Site/Space

The fields by which a user can rank backlog items. This applies to user-defined or system fields that are editable and of integer type.

List only logical names of fields. Separate field names with a comma.

Note: Logical field names should not contain any special characters other than underscores.

Type: string

Default: none

WORKFLOW_CUSTOMIZATION_IN_NEW_WORKSPACE Space

Defines the default workflow customization setting in new workspaces.

  • If set to phase_extension_only, phases can be extended, and transitions are automatic.
  • If set to phase_and_transition, phases can be added, and transitions can be customized.

Type: string

Default: phase_extension_only

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