Customizing Information Console configuration

Set configuration parameters for the Information Console application to tune performance and to control service and application execution. For example, you can perform the following tasks using configuration parameters:

n	Setting the default locale.

n	Controlling the Message Distribution Service Load Balancing.

n	Specifying the default Encyclopedia volume and server.

You configure the Information Console application by changing configuration file contents, such as web.xml. To understand the common configuration files and how each of their entries affect Information Console, see Actuate Information Console configuration.

The following section describes the customization procedure using the text editor.

How to customize Information Console configuration parameters

Use the following procedure to customize configuration parameters for Information Console. In this procedure, it is assumed that web.xml is the configuration file.

1	Make a backup copy of web.xml.

2	Using a text editor that supports UTF-8 encoding, edit web.xml to change parameter values. Parameter definitions use the following format:

<param-name><keyword></param-name>

<param-value><value></param-value>

n	<keyword> is the name of the parameter.

n	<value> is the parameter value.

Do not enclose the keyword and value within quotes, and use no spaces between <param-name>, the keyword or value, and </param-name>. For example, the definition for the default locale parameter is:

<param-name>DEFAULT_LOCALE</param-name>

<param-value>en_US</param-value>

3	Save web.xml.

4	Restart the application server or servlet engine that runs Information Console.

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