App Manager Application Properties

These properties affect an individual Digitise app and are configured within App Manager, under the Application category Properties tab.

General Category

The Properties in this category apply to all versions of the app. Properties in the Version category below, however, are set on a version basis, allowing you to specify different settings for different versions of the app, if required.

Name

Read-only. Name of app.

Installation

Specify whether users are able to choose whether to install the app or an update or it will automatically be installed (forced update).

To allow users to choose whether to install the app, select Allow user the choice of installing this application; to automatically install the app or update, select Force the user to install this application.

This option affects apps running within a standard Digitise Apps Client on all Platforms and updates to Standalone Apps on Android and Windows desktops and tablets. You cannot download updates to Standalone Apps running on iOS devices.

For Android, Universal Windows and Windows Desktop Platforms, changes to this Property will be updated on the Digitise Apps Client or Standalone App the next time the Client connects to the App Server to refresh the App List, i.e. if the Client or Standalone App checks for updates when loading or authenticates a user with the App Server or a user manually refreshes the list. On Apple devices, the Digitise Apps Client doesn't include the ability to refresh the Application List, so changes will be picked up the next time the Client or Standalone App authenticates a user with the App Server.

Default value: Allow user the choice of installing this application

Audit Level

Allows you to specify a different level of audit and diagnostic logging for this app than is specified in the system default setting.

The following values are available:

Debug – debug level messages enabled plus recording server-client communications to disk.

Audit – standard level - this is the default setting.

None – no auditing.

Default – Use the default logging setting from the Default Audit Level Property under the Server Properties.

If you set this Property to a value other than Default, the value specified will override the Server setting for this app.

Note that you can also set the logging level for individual users, in which case the setting highest up in the list of values above will be used – see App Manager Audit and Debug Logging for more information.

Geo Tagging

This option overrides the current default server-wide setting for geotagging configured under the Server Properties.

The App Manager options for geotagging only affect Digitise apps running within a standard Digitise Apps Client. For Standalone Apps, you can enable or disable geotagging within the build request sent to the Digitise Apps Build System from within App Studio.

The geotagging feature sends details of a user's location to the App Server whenever an app downloads or uploads data.

This option can take the following values:

Enabled – Turn geotagging ON for this app.

Disabled – Turn geotagging OFF for this app.

Default – Use the default server-wide geotagging setting from the GeoTagging Property under the Server Properties.

Version Category

Version

Select version of app to configure. Changes you make to the remaining Properties in this category will only apply to the version you select here, allowing you to configure individual versions of an app differently, if required.

Devices

Read-only. States device platforms this version is available for.

Description

An optional description for the selected version, providing information for your reference about the selected version, such as its features or changes from the previous version.

Database Encryption

This option is no longer used and can be ignored.

Encryption

Select whether or not to encrypt all data sent between the App Server and client devices.

If you set this Property to a value other than Default, the value specified will override the Server setting for this app. To specify encryption for data in transit for this app, select On; to disable encryption for this app, select Off.

Default value: Default

Compression

Select whether or not to compress data sent between the App Server and client devices.

If you set this Property to a value other than Default, the value specified will override the Server setting for this app. To specify compression for data in transit for this app, select On; to disable compression for this app, select Off.

Default value: Default

Storage Mode

Read-only. Displays how the app is stored on the server.

Location

Read-only. This Property is always set to [Binary Image].

User Access

Specify whether the default position is to allow or deny access to this version of the app for users.

You can then use the Access Control list below to change this value for individual Users and Groups of Users.

Refer to the topic Restrict Access to Digitise apps, for more details about granting access rights for individual versions of a Digitise app.

Default value: Allow

Device Access

Specify whether the default position is to allow or deny access to this version of the app for devices.

You can then use the Access Control list below to change this value for individual devices.

Refer to the topic Restrict Access to Digitise apps, for more details about granting access rights for individual versions of a Digitise app.

Default value: Allow

Access Control

Deny or allow access to this version of the app for individual Users, Devices and Groups of Users where you want to give different access rights than specified in the User Access and Device Access options above. Refer to the topic Restrict Access to Digitise apps, for more details about granting access rights for individual versions of a Digitise app.

Default value: Allow