Configure System Settings

You can centrally customize and optimize elements of your system's features.

Change the System Settings

Context

You may want to alter the default settings to customize your system's experience for your users.

Procedure

From the side navigation, choose System Administration.
Choose the System Configuration tab.
Choose Edit.
Change one or more of the settings listed below. Do any of the following:
- To search for a setting, enter a keyword in the Search text box and choose Search.
- To change a setting, enter a value in the text box, select a value from the drop down, or set the toggle to On or Off, depending on the setting.
- To undo a change, choose Undo.
Click Save.

Configurable System Settings

The following settings are available to control optional functionality and backend administration.

System Settings

Setting	Description	Category
Link My Tenants	This setting allows to you connect to and link an SAP Datasphere tenant to your SAP Analytics Cloud tenant. Once configured, your users can then quickly navigate between the two tenants using the Product Switch menu in the top shell bar. There are two fields: SAP Analytics Cloud URL: This is already filled out with the URL for your tenant and can't be changed. SAP Datasphere URL: Enter the URL of your SAP Datasphere tenant you want to connect and make available in the Product Switch. When you save your changes in the System Configuation tab, you'll be prompted to sign in to your SAP Datasphere tenant to complete the linking process.	General Admin
Content Namespace	This setting enables you to identify or change the content namespace. This value is used in strings of code such as in the IDs of custom roles. By default, this is automatically generated.	General Admin
Enable Job for Export and Import	This setting enables users with the appropriate Lifecycle permissions to import and export content. By default, this is set to OFF.	Import/Export
Remove Story URL from Appendix	When set to ON, exported stories won't include the story URL. Removing the URL is useful when you are sharing PDFs with your customers or other individuals who don't need access to the story.	Import/Export
Package size for export	This setting allows you to specify the package size for export. By default, this is set to 50000.	Import/Export
Allow Discussion Deletion	This setting enables users to delete discussion threads in the Collaboration panel. By default, this is set to ON.	Collaboration
Commenting in embedded mode	This setting allows you to turn on commenting in embedded mode. By default, the feature is disabled.	Collaboration
Allow Schedule Publication for non-SAC users	This setting allows you to turn on scheduling for non-SAP Analytics Cloud users.	Publishing
Allow Schedule Publication	This setting allows you to turn on scheduling.	Publishing
Trace Level	This setting determines which messages from the system log are displayed in the monitoring Trace feature (System > Monitor). Choose one of the following levels in order of severity: Debug Info Warning Error Fatal By default, this is set to Error.	Monitoring
Default Application	This setting sets the landing page displayed when users access the SAP Analytics Cloud URL. By default, this is set to SAP Analytics Cloud. Note that changes will take effect within 8 hours. This default only applies to users who have not yet set their own default application.	General Admin
Ask for Permission when Uploading Personal Data	This setting enables you to prevent users from uploading data without permission by an administrator. By default, this is set to OFF.	Modeling
Disable Blended Data for Local Datasets	This setting disables blended data for all local datasets. Widgets with blended data won't be available for viewing.	Visualization
Disable Blended Data for Remote Datasets	This setting disables blended data for all remote datasets. Widgets with blended data won't be available for viewing.	Visualization
X509 Issuer Name	This setting enables you to enter X.509 certificate issuer name to support Single Sign-On. Common Name (CN), Organization (O), and Country (C) attributes are separated by commas.	Authentication
Reverse Proxy Host	This setting enables you to enter the fully qualified name for a reverse proxy host for live data connections. For more information, see Live Data Connection.	Authentication
Allow model import from File Server	This setting allows data to be imported into models from files located on file servers. For more information, see Allowing Data Import and Model Export with a File Server and Importing Data from Files. By default, this is set to OFF.	Modeling
Allow model export to File Server	This setting allows the data from models to be exported to file servers. For more information, see Allowing Data Import and Model Export with a File Server and Exporting a Model to a File. By default, this is set to OFF.	Modeling
Allow import from an application	This option enables you to import stories that are created in an embedded application (example: SAP Fieldglass, or SAP S4 HANA, or SAP SuccessFactors) to the SAP Analytics Cloud, enterprise account. Currently, you can import stories only from the SAP Fieldglass. By default, this is set to OFF.	Transport Content (Lifecycle Management)
Limit of comment threads per Model	This setting allows you to set the maximum number of data point comments and dimension comments that can be added to a model. By default, this is set to 3000.	Collaboration
Enable commenting on models with dimension members limit		Collaboration
Live Data Models: Enable Smart Grouping and predictive forecasting in Time Series	This setting allows you to run forecasts on models from remote systems. For more information, see Running a Forecast in a Time Series or Line Chart and Applying Smart Grouping to Your Chart. By default, this is set to OFF.	Visualization
Enable Progressive Chart Rendering	This setting allows you to display a cached version of a chart when reloading. For more information, see Progressive Chart Rendering. By default, this is set to OFF.	Visualization
Avoid Remote Session Timeout (in seconds)	This setting determines the interval for which connection keepalive requests are sent to remote systems. The minimum value is 30 seconds, and the maximum value is 43200 seconds. You can enter 0 to disable the feature. By default, this is set to 30. If you are using a SAML Identity Provider (IdP), there may be conflict between your IdP settings and the session timeout setting in SAP Analytics Cloud: If your SAML assertion validity period is less than the session timeout setting, users must re-authenticate against the IdP when required. If your SAML assertion validity period is greater than the session timeout setting, users will be logged out of SAP Analytics Cloud, but will not automatically be logged out of your IdP. If your IdP supports re-authentication via session cookies or certificates, users whose sessions in SAP Analytics Cloud have expired should be able to log in without supplying credentials. For additional information on connection timeout for SAP HANA systems, see Live Data Connections to SAP HANA.	User Experience
Session Timeout (in seconds)	This setting allows you to set the amount of time before a user session expires if the user doesn't interact with the system. The minimum value is 300 seconds, and the maximum value is 43200 seconds. By default, the session timeout is set to 3600 seconds (1 hour).	User Experience
Disable mobile app password	This setting allows you to stop the system from prompting users to re-enter their application password on their device each time the app is changed to the foreground and made active. Note that the application password is still required for first-time setup. By default, this is set to OFF.	Mobile
Set the default tab on mobile	This setting allows you to set the default tab that users first see on the SAP Analytics Cloud mobile app when accessing this system. Choose either Story or Boardroom.	Mobile
Automatically refresh data on mobile	This setting allows you to turn on automatic data refresh for mobile. By default, this is set to ON.	Mobile
Default story/presentation filter in mobile	This setting allows you to set the default filter of which stories and presentations to display in the mobile app. Select one of the following options: All Shared with me Owned by me By default, this is set to All.	Mobile
Mobile remote connection SSO setting	This setting OFF.	Authentication
Initial SAML Safari Endpoint		Authentication
SAML IdP Token Login Endpoint		Authentication
SAML IdP Token Login Parameter Format		Authentication
Refresh member description for filters	This setting allows the member descriptions in static input controls (or story filter subtitles) to be automatically refreshed when you open the story.	General Admin
Number of days before deleted files are permanently deleted	This setting allows you to change the amount of time before deleted files are permanently removed from the system. Administrators and users assigned to roles that include the Manage permission on Deleted Files can restore deleted files within this time frame. By default, this is set to 30 days.	User Experience
Community URL	This setting allows you to add a community URL. If this is left blank, users will be directed to the default SAP Community URL.	User Experience
Story Scale Format	This setting allows you to change the default scale format for numeric values in your story, particularly in charts and visualizations. Select one of the following options: Thousand, Million, Billion k, m, bn By default, this is set to Thousand, Million, Billion.	Visualization
Show Currency As	This setting allows you to choose how to identify your currency. Select one of the following options: Symbol (e.g., $, €, ¥) ISO Code (e.g., EUR, YEN, USD) System Default This is set to System Default.	Visualization
Story Currency Position	This setting allows you to choose the position for the currency identifier (symbol or ISO code) and the scale format. Select one of the available formats. This is set to System Default. This feature is not yet available for remote (live data) HANA connections. For SAP BW, this feature requires the following patch: 2700031 - InA: Complex Units / Unit Index.	Visualization
Apply Currency Position to Widget Subtitles	This setting allows you to include your currency position preferences in the subtitle for the tile. By default, this is set to OFF.	Visualization
Acquired Model Indexing	This setting enables the indexing of acquired models in your system. By default, this is set to OFF.	General Admin
Allow translation of user content	This setting allows content creators to use the Mark for translation toggle in their stories and other translatable content and submit the content to the translation workflow.	Visualization
No Data Message for Charts	This setting allows you to select the error message that displays when a chart contains no data. Select one of the following options: There are no values to display in this chart The chart cannot be displayed because no data is available No value is available No data is available for the chart to render By default, this is set to No data is available for the chart to render.	Visualization
No Data Message for Numeric Point	This setting allows you to select the error message that displays when a numeric point chart contains no data. Select one of the following options: There are no values to display in this chart The chart cannot be displayed because no data is available No value is available No data is available for the chart to render By default, this is set to No data is available for the chart to render.	Visualization
Browser Cache for Stories and Digital Boardroom	This setting allows you to set the number of days the browser cache will be stored. By default, this is set to 8 days.	Visualization
Simplify variable change from the story filter bar	This setting reduces the number of clicks that it takes to get to the value help menu when updating variables for story filters.	Visualization
Profile Picture URLs	This setting enables you to add one or more photo server URLs to an allowlist. Photos on allowlist servers can be assigned to users created or modified programmatically. For more information, see SAP Analytics Cloud User and Team Provisioning API. Note that only HTTPS servers can be added.	User Experience
Enable un-compounded display keys	This setting allows you to display the partially compounded key of a compounded dimension. Disable the toggle to always display the fully compounded key of a compounded dimension. Note This feature is only supported for Optimized View Mode.	Connections (SAP BW)
Number of parallel sessions for BW data sources	This setting allows you to set the number of additional, parallel HTTP sessions used for executing SAP BW queries. By default, all SAP BW queries are executed in sequence, in a single session. Executing the queries in parallel sessions can improve performance. You can set a maximum of 12 parallel sessions.	Connections (SAP BW)
Max BW drill level	This setting allows you to set your maximum number of drill levels between 2 and 50 levels.	Connections (SAP BW)
Respect text presentations that are defined at the BW Query level	This setting allows you to use the BW Query level layout for charts, input controls, and the explorer. The BW Query level is defined in SAP BW live connections as well as in BW-based data sources. By default, this setting is set to OFF. Note The BW Query display setting also affects the Display As setting: if you set the query's text output format to long, the description text in charts will also be long. BW Query “Key” and “Text” are handled in the following way in SAP Analytics Cloud: “Key” = ID “Key” and “Text”ID + Description “Text” = Description “Text” and “Key” = ID + Description	Connections (SAP BW)
Allow file sharing to 'All Users'	This setting lets you control whether the `All Users` option is available when users share content. By default, this setting is set to ON. Note If you switch off this setting, you might want to notify your users that the option is no longer available to them.	General Admin