sparq panel settings (1).pdf

Sparq Administration Panel Settings

Scripting GuideVision Critical Documentation- 2 -

The Strategic Interactive Research Company

IntroductionThis document describes the configurable settings found in the Panel Settings Manager ofSparq. A VCAdmin user can access these settings by selecting Panel Settings Managerfrom the System menu on the Sparq console.

NoteOnly a user with VCAdmin privileges can access these settings.

The tables in this document contain four columns:

Setting NameDescriptionConfigurableDefault Value

The Configure column contains one of three possible values:

Yes: the setting can be modified by the VCAdmin accountNo: the setting is restrictedAdvanced: changes to this setting should be approved by the IT or Development team

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ContextsCommunication Dashboard

SettingName

Description ConfigurableDefault Value

Datetime Displays the Date and Time when thenotification message was added

Yes 4/21/09 11:00

Message Shows the Message displayed in theNotification area

Yes Sparq Updates NewFeatures added toSparq

NotificationID Yes 9CFD2850-444D-4f4e-A8AE-0494699EDB50

Tooltip Shows the text displayed when themouse hovers over the notification

Yes See (i) below

i. New features have been added to your panel. For more information, click theabove link or contact Technical Support

Contact Information

Setting Name Description ConfigurableDefault ValueReturnEmailAddress Email address used for sending survey

invitationsYes vcadmin@ vision-

critical.comReturnEmailName Name shown in the mail address bar

for survey invitationsYes supportpanel

ReturnEmailPassword Password used when configuring Boog-iePop

Yes Password1

TechSupportEmail Email address used to contact Tech-nical Support

Yes vcadmin@ vision-critical.com

TechSupportPhone Phone number used to contact Tech-nical Support

Yes 604-111-1111

TechSupportStudyLink URLassociated with 'Technical Sup-port' link found at the bottom of theSparq webpage. If empty, the linkdefaults to the value found in Tech-SupportEmail.

Yes



General

Setting Name Description ConfigurableDefaultValue

Culture Context Language: language of the por-tal based on panelist's context

Yes en-CA

Environment Default environment of the Panel;panel context disregarding panelist'sculture

Yes DEFAULT

Name The name of the Panel Yes Panel_sup-portpanel

LongDateFormat Shows the Complete Date format intext

Yes dddd,MMMM, yyyy

ShortDateFormat Shows the Date format Yes MMM-dd-yyyy

ShortTimeFormat Shows the Time format Yes hh:mm ttPrivacyPolicyLink URLfor link to Privacy Policy. Link is dis-

played only if respondent uses a mobiledevice to access survey and the value isnot empty.

Yes

DecimalDelimiterOverride Passes delimiter value through C# tojavascript to convert values before andafter calculation from string to floatand float to string.

Yes None

IsHidden Yes False


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Incentives


IncentivesPingEnabled Enables the Incentives diagnosticstask. Incentives feature must be ena-bled and Incen-tivesPingIntervalSeconds must begreater than 0.

Yes True

IncentivesPingIntervalSeconds The number of seconds to wait beforesending a successive diagnostics mes-sage.

Yes 300 sec-onds (5minutes)

IncentivesPingServiceCheckDelaySecondss

The number of seconds to wait beforemaking a direct call to the service tocheck whether a message hasreached the service. Wait time ini-tiates after a diagnostics message hasbeen sent.

Yes 10

IncentivesMonitoringLoggingConfigFile

The location of the diagnostics mes-sage log4net logging configurationfile.

Yes See (i)below.

i. %PanelRootDirectory%\IncentivesMonitorLogging.config

Media

SettingName

Description ConfigurableDefaultValue

MediaServer Folder location to which the Rad Editor uploadsmedia content

No /MediaServer



Paths

Setting Name Description ConfigurableDefault ValueAdminBaseUrl SparqAdmin page base URL Advanced %URL%/Admin/AdminJavascriptPath Relative path of Sparq's Java-

ScriptAdvanced %VersionNumber%

AdminSkinPath Relative path of Sparq's skin ele-ments

Advanced %VersionNumber%

OpenPortalLiveBaseUrl Portal page URL Advanced %URL%/Portal/OpenPortalSkinFolder Relative path of the Portal's skin AdvancedOpenPortalTestBaseUrl Portal page test or staging URL Advanced %URL%/PortalStagingPortalBaseUrl Portal page base URL Advanced %URL%PortalFlashPath Relative path of Portal's Flash ele-

mentsAdvanced %VersionNumber%

PortalJavascriptPath Relative path of Portal's Java-script

Advanced %VersionNumber%

PortalSkinPath Relative path of a portal's skin ele-ments. This path generallychanges for each context

Advanced skin/

ReportingBaseUrl Report Builder base URL Advanced %URL%/Reporting/ShelfsetBuilderBaseUrl Shelfset Builder base URL Advanced %URL%/ShelfsetBuilder/TranslationBaseUrl Base URL of Translator's URL.

This is located on the Languagestab of a study when a new lan-guage is added.

Advanced %URL%/Translation

TranslationSkinPath Relative path of a translated por-tal's skin elements. This settinggenerally changes for each con-text

Advanced skin/

NoteThe default value for %URL% is www.supportpanel.bostaff.com


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PointsManagement


PointsFormatString Used to convert points format fromInteger to a string in the DB

Yes 0

PointTransactionHistoryMonthsPerPage

The number of months of points history Yes 3

StudyPointsDescription The word or string used to describe pointsin the portal

Yes points



Portal

Setting Name Description ConfigurableDefault ValueCommunityTermsandInstructions

Message instruction forpanelists to join the Com-munity

Yes

CommunityUsernameLabel

String used to describe theUsername in the Com-munity

Yes

CommunityUsernameSubmitButtonLabel

String used to describe theSubmit button in the Com-munity

Yes

ConfirmUnsubscribe Message received by pan-elists when they unsub-scribe from a panel

Yes Please click the buttonbelow to confirm thatyou want to unsubscribethe following emailaddress:

ForgotPassword Label on the button thatappears on the Sparq loginscreen.

Yes Forgot Password?

InvalidPasswordFormatMessage

Message received by pan-elists when their passworddoes not meet the pass-word criteria

Yes Please enter an alpha-numeric passwordbetween 6 and 12 char-acters including at leastone number.

NowAPanelist Message received by newpanelists upon enrollment

Yes Congratulations, you arenow a panelist.

PanelistPortalLogin Text that appears with theportal link on Con-firmation, Email Changeand Unauthorized pages

Yes Login to the Panelist Por-tal

PostPanelNameWelcome

Text of the panelist ThankYou message

Yes Thank you for your par-ticipation.

Please select from thefollowing options:

PrePanelNameWelcome

Text of the Panelist Wel-come message

Yes Welcome to the

UnsubscribedSuccessfullyMessage

Sets the message panelistsreceive when they havebeen removed from a panel

Yes Thank you, your emailaddress has beenremoved from the panel.

UnsubscribeMessage Label on the Unsubscribebutton

Yes To unsubscribe, clickhere


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Best PracticesThe UnsubscribeMessage appears as a hyperlink. We recommend a short single line for this mes-sage.

ExampleTo unsubscribe from PCWPulse, click here. This will not affect your other PCWorld email pref-erences.

Since the ConfirmUnsubscribe and UnsubscribedMessages do not appear in any emails, HTMLmarkup can be used to alter these messages.

ExamplesPlease click below to confirm that you wish to unsubscribe the following email address fromPCWPulse. Unsubscribing from PCWPulse will not affect your other PCWorld email pref-erences or your newsletter subscriptions

Thank you, your email address has been removed from PCWPulse.If you want toupdate your PCWorld email marketing preferences, please visit us at http:// www.pcworld.com/ne-wsletters/updateoptin

Security Requirements

Setting Name Description ConfigurableDefault ValuePanelistPasswordRegex Panelist pass-

word patternAdvanced ^(?=[^ ]*\d)(?=[^ ]*[a-zA-

Z]).{6,12}$PanelPlusUserPasswordRegex Admin pass-

word patternAdvanced ^(?=[^ ]*\d)(?=[^ ]*[A-

Z])(?=[^ ]*[a-z]).{6,12}$



DiagnosticsLogging

SettingName


Category Category in which an action is stored Advanced TaskManagerLevel Type of item being logged. Values include: Error,

Warning, Info or OffAdvanced Error

Name Area of Sparq being logged. Values include: TaskManager, Export, Forum or Import

No Task Man-ager

Monitoring

Setting Name Description Configurable Default ValueAdminEnabled Enables auditing on Admin pages Yes TRUEPortalEnabled Enables auditing on Sparq Portal Yes TRUEReportEnabled Enables auditing on Reporting Yes TRUERespondingEnabled Enables auditing on Responding Yes TRUEShelfsetEnabled Enables auditing on Shelfset Builder Yes TRUEStudyEnabled Enables auditing on Studies Yes TRUETaskManagerEnabled Enables auditing on Task Manager Yes TRUE


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General



AdminSetting Name Description ConfigureableDefault ValueBatchAnswerTextToolsList

List of tools for batch answers inRad Editor

Advanced InsertSnippet

BieksaMigrationDate Date migrated to version 4.3 AdvancedCommunityAnalysisPageSize

Number of posts to display onone page in Community Anal-ysis

Advanced TRUE

CompressJavascript Whether compressed javascriptis used. This setting is used forpanel optimization.

Advanced TRUE

ExportPrivateInformation

Whether exporting private infor-mation is limited to VCAdmin

Yes False

Forums Whether the panel has forumsenabled

Yes FALSE

FusionIntegrationEnabled

Whther the Fusion IntegrationKit is enabled

Advanced

ImportParticipationQuestions

Sets what fields you can importinto the Participation Study

Advanced PanelistIdQuestionPanelistEmailPanelistAlternateId

IncludeClientSharedEditor

Yes TRUE

InstructionTextToolsList

Sets the list of tools for Instruc-tions in the Rad Editor

Advanced Pipes, Undo,Bold, Italic, Under-line, LinkManager,ImageManager,FlashManager,MediaManager, Doc-umentManager,InsertSymbol

IssuesURL URLfor page displayed when aURL can not be loaded

Advanced see (i) below

LiveHelpUrl URL for Sparq Technical Sup-port site

Yes see (ii) below

MinimumPointsForRedemption

Minimum number of pointsrequired before a panelist canredeem

Yes 50

PanelistManagementVisible

Whether Panelist Managementis visible

Yes True

PanelSettingsBackupFolder

Name of the backup folder forpanel settings

Advanced Panel Settings Back-ups

ProgressBarPathAlgorithm

Whether to use the shortest Yes ShortestPath


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Setting Name Description ConfigureableDefault Valuepath or longest path for cal-culating progress for respond-ing to surveys

QuestionDefaults Defines the following valuesfor each question type:Height, in px, of verbatimquestion text boxWidth, in px, of verbatimquestion text boxInstruction Text: instruc-tions displayed with givenquestion typeCulture: culture of the ques-tionText: Instruction text that isdisplayedQuestionSubType: Questiontype to which these defaultvalues applyRequired: whether aresponse is required

Yes Culture: en-CARequired: TRUE

The rest vary byquestion type.

QuestionPickerNodePageSize

Howmany questions are shownon the question picker treebefore creating separate fold-ers. This can affect performancewhen dealing with many ques-tions.

Yes 500

QuestionTextToolsList Sets the list of tools for all ques-tions in the Rad Editor

Advanced Pipes, Undo,Bold, Italic, Under-line, LinkManager,ImageManager,FlashManager,MediaManager, Doc-umentManager,InsertSymbol

ReportingManualUrl AdvancedSampleRequestDestinationEmail

The email address to which addi-tional sample requests are sent

Yes

ServerSideViewState Whether the server side viewstate is enabled

Advanced TRUE

SelfCheckAllowableIPRange When Sys-temCheckFeatureState is ena-bled, configure the IP range for

No See (iii) below



Setting Name Description ConfigureableDefault Valueit to function properly

ShowSampleRequestForm

Whether to show the samplerequest for in the Admin view ofSparq

Advanced FALSE

SingleAnswerTextToolsList

List of tools for single answersin the Rad Editor

Advanced Pipes, Undo, Bold,Italic, Underline,ImageManager

UserManualUrl URL for the User Manual AdvancedSecuredParticipationQuestions QuestionName Advanced PanelistPassword

i. http://help.visioncriticalpanels.com/Issuesii. https://support.visioncritical.com/ics/support/security.asp?deptID=5389iii. 76.77.75.0/25;216.191.179.224/28;149.7.36.40/29;184.73.228.111/32;10.0.0-

.0/8

Asset ManagerSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueMaxSingleUploadSizeKb Maximum single file upload size for Asset

ManagerAdvanced 5120

MaxTotalUploadSizeKb Maximum total file upload size for AssetManager

Advanced 10240

SupportFileTypes List of file types that can be uploadedusing the Asset Manager

Advanced seebelow

File Types Supported by Asset Manager

Web files:

.html, .htm, .css, .js, .xsl, .xslt

Image files:

.bmp, .gif, .ico, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .xbml, .xpml, .ief, .fif, .ras, .pict, .xwd, .rgb

Flash files:

.swf, .flv

Archive files:

.zip

Media files:

.asx, .mov, .avi, .mpeg, .mpg, .mp3, .wav, .aiff, .ra, .ram, .wma, .wmf, .wmv, .dcr

Document files:

.doc, .rtf, .txt, .pef, .xml, .htm, .html, .xsl, .xslt


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AuthenticationSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueRequireAdminAuthenticationWhether the user needs to be logged on

as Administrator to use DynamicReporting

No TRUE

Branding ManagerSetting Name Description Configurable Default ValueBrandingManagerFeatureState

This feature is not supported Yes Hidden

Capscan SettingsSettingName


AccessCode The access code supplied by Capscan AdvancedAllowLookup Whether address lookups are allowed Advanced FALSEClientId ClientID supplied by Capscan AdvancedUrl The URL to Capscan's OnDemand web serv-

iceAdvanced See (i)below

i. http://www.capscanondemand.com/capscanondemand/capscanondemand.asmx

Cell Limitation (Report Builder)Setting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueMaxCellCount Max cells allowed in a crosstab Advanced 10000MaxColumnCellCount Max columns allowed in a crosstab Advanced 100MaxDynamicAnswerCount Max answers allowed in a calculated

questionAdvanced 100

MaxNestedLevelCount Max items that can be nested in acrosstab

Advanced 4

MaxRowCellCount Max rows allowed in a crosstab Advanced 200



CommunitySetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueCommunityControlPanelAccess

Identifies the groups with access tothe Control Panel in this community

Yes AllAdmins

CommunityAnalysisPageSizeMax number of posts to show on apage

Yes 40

CSUsernameMaximumLength

Max number of characters allowed inCommunity usernames

Yes 50

CSUsernameMinimumLength

Min number of characters allowed inCommunity usernames

Yes 3

CSUserNameRegex Pattern allowed for Community user-names

Advanced ^]a-zA-Z0-9_\-@\.]+$

DiscussionAnalysisBookmarkAllWarningLimit

Max number of posts in a group forusers to bookmark the group withoutsystem warning

Yes 500

Data TransferSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueDatabaseServerSampleFileFolder

Location of sample files on the DBserver

Advanced See (i) below

DataTransferFilesFolder Folder location of data files No See (ii)belowReportFilesFolder Location of stored reports No See (iii)

belowSampleFileFolder Folder location of external sample

filesNo See (iv)

belowi. D:\Customer\SampleFiles\LOCALUSER\visc-datalinkii. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_supportpanel\DataTransferFilesiii. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_supportpanel\ReportFilesiv. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_supportpanel\SampleFiles

Display SettingsSetting Name Description Configurable Default ValueInitial Answer List Size Sets number of Answers displayed Advanced 32


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Feature ManagementSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueBrowserDetectionFeatureState Enables or disables browser detec-

tionYes Enabled

DecryptUrlDataFeatureEnabled Determines whether RSA URL dataencryption is on

Yes False

DeleteLiveQuestionEnabled Determines whether questions on aLive study can be deleted

Yes True

EnableEmailTracking Enables inserting of an image into amail message for tracking click rates

Yes False

EnablePasswordChangePolicy Determines whether the passwordchange policy is enabled

Yes False

EnablePasswordAudit Determines whether password audit-ing is enabled. This setting isdependent on Max-imumPasswordAudit found in Pass-word Change Policy Settings inGeneral Settings

Yes False

EnableLoginFailureLockOut Determines whether login failureslocks out users or not. This setting isdependent on Max-imumConsecutiveLoginFailure foundin Password Change Policy Settingsin General Settings.

Yes False

EnableLockPasswordChange Determines whether password mustage prior to allowing passwordchange. This setting is dependent onMaximumPasswordAgeInHoursfound in Password Change Policy Set-tings in General Settings.

Yes False

EnableParticipationStatisticsAudit Enables Participation Statistics Audit-ing, and enables debugging whenfutures issues were found when Par-ticipation Statistics is off synch

Yes False

EnableResponseBasePanelFilterRepair Enables on-demand filter repair inresponding. When false, respondingwill simply fail when a filter isbroken. When true, broken filterswill repair on the fly

Yes True

EnableUnsubscribeReasonStudy If UnsubscribeReasonStudyId is con-figured and this is enabled, it ena-bles the Unsubscribe Reason feature

Yes False




which redirects to the unsubscribereason study that is configured

ImageQuestionFeatureState Determines whether image questiontypes are enabled.

Advanced Hidden

OpenPortalFeatureState Determines whether custom portal isenabled for the panel

Yes Disabled

MobileBitlyFeatureState Enables the mobile bitly links Yes EnabledMobileFeatureState Enables the mobile feature Yes EnabledPointsRedemptionFeatureState Determines whether the points

redemption is available, hidden orunavailable

Yes Hidden

QuestionExtensionSettings Name: Question name Yes ClickmapVisible: determines whether theQuestion Extension is visible

Yes False

RelevantIdFeatureState Controls whether Relevant Id page(only used by National Panels)executes Relevant Id check. Whenset to Hidden or Disabled RelevantId check is bypassed

Yes

ReportBuilderFeatureState Determines whether Report Builderis enabled

Advanced Enabled

RestrictExternalSamplesToRole Determines whether running studieswith external samples is restrictedby role (ie, PanelAdministrator)

Advanced PanelAdmin

SalesforceIntegrationFeatureState Enables Salesforce Integration, allow-ing synchronization of panel plususers with Salesforce

Yes Disabled

SampleRequestButtonFeatureState Determines whether Admins viewingthe Sampling & Deployments pagecan request a sample from VisionCritical for their study. The buttonwill pass the Panel name, user's dis-play name and user's email addressand will redirect the user to a contactpage.

Yes Hidden

ShelfSetBuilderFeatureState Determines whether the Shelf-SetBuilder feature is on for the panel

Yes Disabled

SimpleWeightCategoriesFeatureState Determines whether Simple Weightfeature is available under the Panel'sManage tools

Yes Hidden


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StaticContentManagerFeatureState Determines whether the static con-tent feature for open portal is on forthe panel.

Yes Enabled

StudyPointsFeatureState Determines whether or not a pointsprogram is enabled and visible on astudy.

Advanced Disabled

Sv2DiscussionFeatureState Enables VC Discussions, thus allow-ing redirectio to Forums.

Yes Disabled

SystemCheckFeatureState Enables System Check feature Yes DisabledSystemHealthDashboardFeatureStateNot yet supported Yes HiddenTestModeToolbarFeatureState Enables test mode toolbar when

responding in test modeYes Enabled



GeneralSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault ValueAnnouncement Sets an announcement which

is displayed on the admin loginpage.

Yes

ConfirmPanelistWithSecureId Determines whether SecureIDused to confirm panelists

Yes False

DefaultAdminEnvironment Sets the default environmentused when you log on to theAdmin page

Advanced Default

DefaultPortalEnvironment Sets the default environmentused when panelists log on tothe Sparq portal

Advanced Default

DefaultRespondentAccessMode Sets the default survey accessmode for respondents. Surveyaccess controls which devicesrespondents may use to com-plete a study.

Yes MobileAndDesktop

DefaultTranslationEnvironment Sets the default environmentof the Translation Portal. Thisis usually the same as theAdmin Environment

Yes Default

EnableHideInMobilePage When MobileFeatureState isenabled, it relies on this set-ting to allow or disallow remov-ing answers from hiddenquestions

Yes

PreventClickJacking Enables prevention of click jack-ing vulnerability

Yes True

UseSslForOffloading Whether or not always usesSSL for Flash GatewayRequests (The flag should beset to True when SSL Off-loading turned on, and Falsewhen off.)

Yes False


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Global VariablesSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueGlobalVariablesFeatureState Controls whether the panel can use

Global variables feature. When disabled,or hidden, all scripting methods forGlobal Variables will generate an error

No Enabled

GlobalVariablesPanelId Identifies a panel for Global Variables NoGlobalVariablesUrl URL for the global variables to web serv-

iceNo

Image Question SettingsSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueImageQuestionAllowedFileTypes Sets the image types that respon-

dents can uploadYes jpg, gif,

png, tiff,jpeg,bmp

ImageQuestionMaxHeightPixels Sets the maximum height, in pix-els, that an image can be in animage question

Advanced 600

ImageQuestionMaxSizeKb Sets the maximum size, in kil-obytes, that an image can be inan image question

Advanced 500

ImageQuestionMaxWidthPixels The maximum width, in pixels,that an image can be in an imagequestion

Advanced 800

ImageQuestionThumbnailHeight Sets the maximum height, in pix-els, that thumbnails can be in animage question

Advanced 50

ImageQuestionThumbnailWidth Sets the maximum width, in pix-els, that thumbnails can be in animage question

Advanced 50



LicensingSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueLaunchDate Date that the panel was launched No 1/9/2006

0:00LicenseExpiryDateDate on which the panel license expires No 11/1/2030

0:00MigrationDate Date on which the panel was migrated to

version 3.9No 1/9/2006

0:00


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LocaleSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault ValueDefaultAdminLanguage Default lan-

guage of thePanel Adminsite

No en-CA

DefaultPanelLanguage Default lan-guage of thePanel

Yes en-CA

RadSpellCheckLanguage A list of lan-guages withspell-checksupport in thetext editor

No en-CA, en-GB,English, fr-CA,French, es-ES, es-EU,Spanish, de-DE, German,fi-FI, Finnish,pt-BR,Po-rtuguese (BR),pt-PT,Po-rtuguese (PT),it-IT, Italian,nl-NL, Dutch,pl-PL, Polish,cs-CZ, Czech,ru-RU, Rus-sian, sv-SE,Swedish,da-DK, Danish,sk-SK, Slovak,nb-NO, Nor-wegian

RadSpellEditDistanceProviderCompatibleCultures An algorithmthat assists incalculatingstringmatches forlanguagesthat are notphonetic. Thissetting iden-tifies lan-guages thatrequire the

No cs-CZ,pl-PL,ru-RU,sk-SK,nb-NO



Setting Name Description ConfigurableDefault Valueuse of the EditDistance algo-rithm. Any lan-guages thatare not in thislist are con-sidered pho-netic

MailSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault ValueEmailBatchSize Sets the maximum number of

emails that can be sent outsimultaneously in a deployment

Advanced 1000000

GlobalErrorsEmailAddress Sets the email address to whichSparq sends global error details

Yes vcadmin@ vision-critical.com

MailPickupDirectory Location to which emails aresaved

No \\starla\pickup

MailServer Sets the mail server No starlaPanelistPasswordResetEmailId Sets the ID of the action of reset-

ting a particular panelists emailaddress

No 1

SendNotifications Determines whether to sendnotifications when emails areapproved in sampling

Advanced True


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MiscSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueAnswerSetsPath Path to the custom set of canned

answer sets that show up in batchanswer editing.

Yes See (i) below

CommunityConfigurations Culture: Shows the CommunityCultureName: Sets the name of the Com-munity

AdvancedAdvanced

HostConfigurations Configuration settings for thepanel hostCulture: Sets the culture.Environment: Sets the defaultEnvironment.HostName: Sets the name of thehost. ie, sand-box.visioncritical.com

Advanceden-CADefaultSee (ii)below

ExtensionFolder Sets the folder location whereExtensions are saved

Yes See (iii)below

Languages Sets the list of supported lan-guages and detailsCommunityCultureCulture: Sets the culture for thatlanguage. (ie, en-CA.)EnabledIndex: Sets the index number ofthe language.IsMultiByte: Sets whether or notthe language is multibyte.Name: Sets the name of the lan-guage. (ie, English)

Advanceden-USen-CATrue1FalseEnglish(US)

NewsLettersSettings Determines whether to show news-letter text on the panel login pageand/or the homepageShowOnHomePageShowOnLoginPage

Yes

TrueTrue

NumericMaximumDecimalPlace Sets the maximum number of dec-imal places allowed in a a numericquestion

Yes 4

OnlineHelpUrl The URLpath of the Online Help Yes See (iv)below




ParatureSettings Shows the identity or credentialsused in Parature when submittinga ticket to Technical SupportAmNameCSlaNameSessionEmailSessionId

Yes

VC-ARS_EmployeesClient Sup-portSee (v)belowSee (vi)below

PointsRedemptionComments Defines the messages that are dis-played when a point redemptionerror occursComment: Text that is presentedto the respondent.

Culture: Culture of the envi-ronment.Description: Description of theerror.

Yes

See (vii)below

en-CAMissingName

QuickPollSettings Shows whether the Quick poll set-tings are visible on the panel loginpage and/or home pageShowOnHomePageShowOnLoginPage

Yes

TrueTrue

RequireReportBuilderAuthentication Debugging setting that allowsdevelopers use Dynamic Reportingwithout logging on to Sparq. Thisis for internal use only

No True

ResponseLinkMappings Sets the mappings used in migra-tions from older versions of Sparqwhere the response link is dif-ferent in the new version. Thesemappings indicate how Sparqshould interpret an old link.RestrictExternalSampleToRole

Advanced

SampleRequestUrl The SampleRequestUrl is used inthe Sam-pleRequestButtonFeatureState andis the URL to which the Author willbe redirected when requesting fur-ther information for obtaining asample from Vision Critical.

Yes


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ScriptsFolder Determines the folder locationwhere batch files for branding tasksare saved

No See (viii)below

StudiesExcludedFromStudyReport Sets the Studies that should not beincluded in the Reports using theStudy Ids

Yes

StudyLinksSettings Shows whether the Study linksare visible on the panel login pageand/or home pageShowOnHomePageShowOnLoginPage

Yes

TrueTrue

Sv2DiscussionUrlRegexes This regex value validates redirectURLs to VC Discussions forums.Invalid URLs cause an "IncorrectForum Link URL" warning.

Yes None

i. /ToolBars/AnswerSets.xmlii. supportpanel. bostaff.test.comiii. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_supportpanel\Extensionsiv. http://webhelp.visioncriticalpanels.com/Default.htm#StartTopic=Content/v. [email protected]. b8300a6cddfeab0cfb6b56bd5187c862vii. We need to refuse your request because you forgot your name.viii. D:\Customer\Cores\4.5.10.52880\Scripts

OpenPortal SettingsSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueOpenPortalApplicationBackupsPath Sets the folder location where

the Portal Backups are savedYes See (i)

belowOpenPortalCacheExpirationPeriod Sets the time when the open por-

tal cache will expireYes 30

OpenPortalLivePhysicalPath Sets the folder location wherethe Live Portal is saved

Yes See (ii)below

OpenPortalTestPhysicalPath Sets the folder location wherethe Test Portal is saved

Yes See (iii)below

StudiesContentFilePath Sets the folder location whereStudies are stores

Yes See (iv)below

i. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_supportpanel\Portal\Backupsii. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_supportpanel\Portal\Liveiii. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_supportpanel\Portal\Testiv. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_sup-

portpanel\Portal\Test\Configuration\StaticContentBlocks.xml



Panel Filter Template IDsSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueConditionalTemplateId Sets the ID of the panel filter to be

used as a template for creating con-ditions in a study

No 10

ExportTemplateId Sets the ID of the export template No 12InvitationTemplateId ID of the panel filter ID to use for

invitationsNo 2

Reminder1TemplateId Sets the ID of the template used forthe first reminder email

No 3

Reminder2TemplateId Sets the ID of the template used forthe second reminder email

No 4

Reminder3TemplateId Sets the ID of the template used forthe third reminder email

No 5

ReportTemplateId Sets the ID of the panel filter usedas a template for reports

No 11

SampleTemplateId Sets the ID of the panel filter usedas a template for samples

No 1

SendInvitationEmailTemplateId Sets the ID of the template used tocreate invitation emails

No 6

SendReminder1EmailTemplateId Sets the ID of the template used tocreate the first reminder emails

Yes 7

SendReminder2EmailTemplateId Sets the ID of the template used tocreate the second reminder emails

No 8

SendReminder3EmailTemplateId Sets the ID of the template used tocreate the third reminder emails

No 9


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Panelist Forum PermissionSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueCreatePoll Determines whether panelists can create polls in

Community ServerAdvanced False

Ink Determines whether freehand drawing is ena-bled in Community Server

Advanced True

LocalAttachment Determines whether panelists can make attach-ments in Community Server posts

No True

RemoteAttachment Determines whether panelists can make atta-chements in Community Server posts from acomputer other than their own local machine

Advanced True

Video Determines whether video capabilities are ena-bled in Community Server

Advanced True



Password Change Policy SettingsSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueMaximumConsecutiveLoginFailure Determines the number of

consecutive login failuresbefore a user gets lockedout. To enable this feature,set Ena-bleLoginFailureLockOut inFeature Management.

Yes 6

MaximumPasswordAgeInHours Determines the number ofhours a password must agebefore a password change isenabled. To enable this fea-ture, set Ena-bleLockPasswordChange inFeature Management.

Yes 48

MaximumPasswordAudit Determines the number ofpassword audits per user. Toenable this feature, set Ena-blePasswordAudit in FeatureManagement.

Yes 4

PasswordChangeExpireIntervalInDays Determines the number ofdays before users arerequired to change theirpassword

Yes 30

PasswordChangeReminderIntervalInDays Sets the number of daysusers are prompted beforethe password are required tochange the password

Yes 10

PasswordEmailResendBlockTimeInMinutes Time in minute intervalwhere a panelist email pass-word resend is allowed

Yes 5

PasswordLinkExpirationTimeInMinutes Time out expiration for pan-elist reset password page

Yes 2880


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PXML Import LimitationSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueEventBaseExportDateFormated Explicitly sets the date/time for-

matting to eliminate inconsistenciesin Exports.

Yes True

MaxExpression Count Sets the maximum expressionsallowed in a panel filter

Advanced 200

MaxGridQuestionCount Sets the maximum number of gridquestions allowed

Yes 991

MaxLoopSize Sets the maximum number of loopsallowed in a questionnaire

Advanced 500

MaxPageItemCount Sets the maximum number of itemsthat can exist in a page sequence

Advanced 500

MaxQuestionAnswerCount Sets the maximum number ofanswers allowed in a choice question

Advanced 1000

MaxStudyAnswerCount Sets the maximum number ofanswers allowed in PXML exports

Advanced 20000

PXML Timeout Sets the length of time (secs) beforea PXML import of a study will timeout

No 300000

Relevant ID SettingsSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueCountryCodes A comma separated list of country codes that is

used for a geo-location check (normally respon-dents that are not from one of the listed coun-tries get disqualified)

Yes

PanelShort A string identifier used by Relevant Id to identifythe panel

Yes TEST

TimeoutInSeconds The maximum amount of time Relevant Id scriptis allowed for execution. Ensures that respon-dents are not blocked if Relevant Id did notexecute properly

Yes 10



Report OutputSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueConversionServiceCultureName Sets the culture used for report

exports in Report BuilderAdvanced en-US

ConversionServiceQueuePath Sets the path of the conversionservice for ReportBuilderexports

Advanced

MaxReportOutputTaskPendingSeconds Sets the maximum time (secs)aReportBuiler export can bepending before fail

Advanced 600

MaxReportOutpuTaskRunningSeconds Sets the maximum number ofseconds that a ReportBuilderexport can be in running statusbefore it fails

Advanced 720

MaxSlides Sets the maximum number ofslides allowed in a ReportBuilder

Advanced 1000

ReportExcelStyleSettingsPath Sets the folder location of theExcel styling configuration filefor Report Builder exports

No See (i)below

i. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_sup-portpanel\Portal\Test\Configuration\StaticContentBlocks.xml

ReportingSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueEnableSparqTwoReportingAvailabilityDetection Performs a test to determine if

SparqTwoReportingBaseUrl isavailable

Yes TRUE

IncludePanelistInAdHocReport Sets whether to include panelistsin AdHoc reports

Yes FALSE

ReportingServices ReportFolderWebFolderReportExecutionWebServiceUrlTimeout

YesYesNoNo

Starla300000

SparqTwoReportingServiceUrl Adds Sparq2 service url to enabledata import web service used byQuick Reports

No See (i)below

i. http://latest-services-reporting.lkg.deploy1test.local/DataImportService.svc


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Salesforce IntegrationSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueSalesforceProxyUrl URL proxy for sales force integration. Only used

when SalesforceIntegrationFeatureState settingis enabled

No



Shelfset BuilderSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueDeploymentEmailBody Sets the email text

sent when a Shelfsetproject is launched

Yes See (i) below

DeploymentEmailBodyEncodingName Sets the encoding ofthe email text thatgets sent when aShelfset project islaunched

Yes utf-8

DeploymentEmailSubject Sets the email subjecttext of the email thatgets sent when aShelfset project islaunched

Yes ShelfsetProjectDeployment:{0}

DeploymentFromEmail Sets the emailaddress from whichthe email is set whena Shelfset project islaunched

Yes See (ii)below

ImageExportCleanupIntervalSeconds Specifies whenexported images fromShelfset builder canbe deleted

Advanced 3600

IsDeploymentEmailBodyHtml Sets the ShelfsetBuilder email textthat is sent after Shelf-set Builder isdeployed

Yes TRUE

MaxImageExportFileAgeSeconds Sets the maximumage (secs) of imageexports for they aredeleted in ShelfsetBuilder

Advanced 1800

MaxPlanogramExportFileAgeSeconds Sets the age (secs) ofplanogram exportsbefore they can bedeleted

Advanced 1800

MaxProductImageExportFileAgeSeconds Sets the age (secs) ofproduct imagesbefore they can bedeleted

Advanced 1800


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NeoSwiffImageQuality Advanced 20NeoSwiffSccExePath Folder location of the

scc.exe fileAdvanced See (iii)

belowNeoSwiffImageSize Advanced 100100PlanogramExportsCleanupIntervalSeconds Set the interval (secs)

at which point pla-nogram exports aredeleted in ShelfsetBuilder

Advanced 3600

ProductImageExportFileLengthBytes Sets the maximumfile size for productimage exports inShelfset Builder

Advanced 52428800

ProductImageExportsCleanupIntervalSeconds Sets the interval(secs) at which prod-uct image exports aredeleted

Advanced 3600

RequireShelfsetBuilderAuthentication Whether login isrequired for ShelfsetBuilder

Advanced TRUE

SccTimeOutSeconds Sets the maximumnumber of secondsallowed to generateFlash before theaction times out

Advanced 120

ShelfsetDesignerSessionLeepAlivePingSeconds Sets the number ofseconds to keep Shelf-set Designer alive

No 600

i. Hi, Please find the attached {0} shelfset project POGSand PDLexport files. To access the image for this project, please click on the link below:{1}ShelfsetBuilder

ii. [email protected]. D:\Program Files\NeoSwiff\scc.exe



SPSS 14 Export LimitsSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueSpss14ExportMaxVerbatimFieldSize SPSS Verbatim export maximum

field sizeYes 2500

SpssMultiByteFactor Setting required to calculateSPSS file column widths for SPSSfile size reduction.

Yes 2

SpssSingleByteFactor Setting required to calculateSPSS file column widths for SPSSfile size reduction.

Yes 1

SQL TimeoutSettingsSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueSqlCommandTimeoutsBounceProcess Sets time (secs) before Boogie Pop query

times outYes 600

CommunityAnalysis Sets time (secs) before Community Anal-ysis query times out

Yes 240

CompileDatabases Sets time (secs) before a query times outfor creating response tables

Yes 600

Default Sets time (secs) before a query times outfor default operations

Yes 30

DefaultLongTimeout Sets time (secs) before a query times outfor long default operations

Yes 300

DeleteStudy Property Delete Study command time out,where default is 20. VcAdmin users shouldnever change this unless directed by Devel-opment

No (unlessdirected byDevelopment)

120

ExportExecution Sets time (secs) before a query times outfor exports

Yes 300

PanelFilterGetPanelist Sets time (secs) before a query times outfor getting panelists via panelfilter

Yes 600

SynchronizePanelistData Sets time (secs) before a query times outfor synchronizing panelist data with par-ticipation study

Yes 10000

UnreserveSample Sets time (secs) before a query times outfor unreserving a sample

Yes 180


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SSLManagerSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueCertificateRequestIntervalMinutes Sets the interval at which the

Branding Manager requests SSLcertificates

Advanced 3600

MaxCertificateRequestFileAgeSeconds Sets the duration of a BrandingManagerSSL certificate requestfile before it is deleted

Advanced 1800

SslManagerFeatureState Sets whether the SSL Managertool is Enabled, Disabled, or Hid-den

Yes Hidden

Study CompilationSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueCompiledStudiesFolder Sets the folder location for compiled

studiesNo See (i)

belowDebugCompile Dev only. For Debugging. Advanced FALSEKeepTempCompilationFiles Sets whether to keep the temporary

study compilation filesNo FALSE

ResponseAssemblyKeysFile Sets the location of the key file used forgenerating response assemblies

No See (ii)below

i. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_support\panel\CompiledStudiesii. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_support\panel\vcKey.snk

Study XMLsSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValuePointRedemptionStudyXmlFile Sets where PointRedemption Study is

stored in XML formatNo See (i)

belowVCProfilingStudyXmlFile When SystemCheckFeatureState is

enabled, it requires a test profilingstudy file to enable importing andresponding automated for the SystemCheck feature

No

VCTemplateStudyXmlFile PXML filed used for creating the Tem-plate Library study

No See (ii)below

VCSystemTestStudyXmlFile When SystemCheckFeatureState isenabled, it requires a test study file toenable importing and responding auto-mated for the System Check feature

No



i. D:\Customer\Cores\4.5.10.52880\StudyXmls\PointRedemptionStudy.xmlii. D:\Customer\Cores\4.5.10.52880\StudyXmls\VCTemplateStudy.xml

Support RequestSetting Name Description Configurable Default ValueTopicsFile Yes See (i) belowUserSupportRequestPage Yes TRUE

i. D:\qa\panels\Clients\Panel_sup-port\panel\skins\Default\Portal\xml\SupportTopics.xml

System SettingsSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueEndTimeForAppPoolRecycling End time for AppPool

Recycles (24-hr clock)Yes 11:00 UTC

(see i below)StartTimeForAppPoolRecycling Start time for AppPool

Recycles (24-hour clock)Yes 14:00 UTC

(see ii below)i. For panels installed after May 13, 2013, the default value is 10:00 UTC.ii. For panels installed after May 13, 2013, the default value is 13:00 UTC.


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System Study and QuestionGroud IDsSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueCommunicationStudyId Sets the Communications

Study IDNo 3

PanelDemographicQuestionGroupId Sets the demographic ques-tion group ID

No 6

ParticipationStudyId Sets the Participation StudyID

No 1

PointsApprovalFormQuestionGroupId Sets the ID of the questiongroup used for trackingpoints

No 7

PointsRedemptionLinkId Sets the anonymous link IDof the Points RedemptionStudy

No 3

PointsRedemptionStudyId Sets the ID of the PointsRedemption Study

No 7

ProfilingQuestionGroupId Sets the group ID of the Pro-filing Study

No 2

ProfilingStudyId Sets the ID of the ProfilingStudy

No 2

QuestionPickerQuickSelectQuestionGroupId Sets which question groupto show by default on theleft of the question picker

No 8

QuickPollsStudyId Sets the study ID of theQuickPollsStudy

No 4

ShelftSetPanelPlusGroupId Sets the ID of the Sparquser group for ShelfsetBuilder

No 1

WeightSetStudyId Sets the ID of the WeightSet Study

Yes 5



Task ManagerSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueBounceProcessBatchIntervalMinutes Sets the email polling interval (mins) Advanced 720BounceProcessMaxEmailToEvaluate Performance setting that identifies how

many maximum bounce email addressesto perform when the process begins. Thisprevents the process from monopolizingresources.

Yes 200

EnableTaskManagerOnStartUp Sets whether the Task Manager is ena-bled on startup

No TRUE

IncentivesMonitoringLoggingConfigFile Holds the path of the configuration filethat is required for Incentives Monitoring.Incentives Monitoring is a diagnostic thatenables Sparq to send test message toensure that Incentives can receive mes-sages from Sparq

Yes

IncentivesPingEnabled Enables or disables Incentives Ping fordiagnostic messages. The process deter-mines if incentives diagnostic messageswhere successful. This process can be trig-gered from the Scheduled Task Managerin Sparq

Yes FALSE

IncentivesPingIntervalSeconds When Incentives Ping is enabled, an inter-val is used to begin the process to check ifany incentives diagnostic messagesshould be reported to the user.

Yes 30

IncentivesPingServiceCheckDelaySeconds When Incentives Ping is enabled and anincentives diagnostic message has beensent, this setting value will put the proc-ess to sleep and then wake it up to deter-mine if the message is successful

Yes 10

InterruptRunningTasksonTaskManagerStartUp Sets whether to interrupt currently run-ning tasks when the Task Manager starts

No TRUE

MaximumAtrCount Sets the number of the Automated TestRuns that can be done at one time

Yes 1000

SendInvitationBatchIntervalMinutes Sets the interval (mins) between tasksthat require email to be sent (invitations,reminders, etc.)

Advanced 60

StatusIntervalMinutes Self-check feature checks the system forany issues affecting features that are ena-bled on the panel. The interval minutescontrols the time between checks

Yes 3


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SystemCheckIntervalMinutes When SystemCheckFeatureState is ena-bled, this setting ensures that the Stys-tem Check Feature is not triggered toosoon. The System Check feature performsa test response to a test study, auto-responds to the browser detection, andattempts to click the next button to deter-mine if responding has any issues

Yes 5

TaskManagerCustomNowDate Sets what date the Task Manager uses for"the present"

No 5/7/2007

TaskManagerCustomeNowDateEnabled Sets whether the Custom Now date is ena-bled

No FALSE

TaskManagerPollingIntervalMilliseconds Task Manager's polling interval (millisecs)for new tasks

Advanced 60000

Temporarily Customizable FeaturesSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueRecycleAppPoolsWhenPublishingPortal Determines if application

pools should be recycledwhen publishing portals.

Yes True

UseNewTicketsforBatchIncentivesProcessing Prevents extraneous col-umns in Incentives Reportsthat occur when commasare placed in fields.

Yes True

Testing ToolbarSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueEnableTestModeToolbarContextDropdown Enables test mode toolbar

when responding in testmode

Yes Enabled

Time Zone SettingsSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault ValuePanelTimeZone Sets the time zone

for the panelYes (GMT-08:00 Pacific Time (USand

Canada); Pacific Standard TimeServerTimeZoneSets the time zone

for the serverNo (GMT-08:00 Pacific Time (USand

Canada); Pacific Standard Time



Unsubscribe Reason StudySetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueUnsubscribeReasonStudyId Contains the study id of the Unsub-

scribe Reason studyYes 0

WeightSet LimitationSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueMaximumWeightSetIteration Sets the maximum number of times a

weight set can be reusedYes 100

WeightSetIterationLimit Sets the number of Weight set repe-titions

Yes 50

WeightSetReportRanges Sets the range used for a weight set:WeightSetReportRangesName

YesYes

see (i)below

WeightSetTraceState Yes DisabledWeightVariableDecimalPlace Sets the maximum number of places

for the weight setYes

i. Percentage of sample with weight between 0.5 and 2

Seed Emails SettingsSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueEnableSeedEmail Enables seed email functionality Yes TRUESeeEmailAddressList Seed email list; comma or semi-colon

delimitedYes see (i) below

i. [email protected]

ServicesSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueAdminServiceEnabled Enables Administrative Service Yes TRUEAuthenticationServiceEnabled Enables Authentication Service Yes TRUECommunityServiceEnabled Enables Community Service Yes FALSEDefaultThrottlingDelay Yes 2MaximumItemCount Yes 100ThrottlingDelays YesTimeout Sets the length of idle time allowed

before the user is logged out of SparqYes 30


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Services


AdminServiceEnabled Determines whether AdministrativeService is enabled

Yes True

AuthenticationServiceEnabled Determines whether AuthenticationService is enabled

Yes True

CommunityServiceEnabled Determines whether Community Serv-ice is enabled

Yes False

DefaultThrottlingDelay Yes 2MaximumItemCount Yes 100ThrottlingDelays YesTimeout Determines the period of idle time

allowed before the user is logged outof Sparq

Yes 30



New ReportingFeatureManagementSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValueSparqTwoReportingFeatureState Enables Sparq2Reporting in the

top menu bar.Yes Enabled

ReportingSetting Name Description ConfigurableDefault

ValuePanelPlusPlatformServicesBaseUrl Sets base URL for Sparq 1.0 Plat-

form services. Currently, this isneeded for New Reporting Inte-gration.

Yes See (i)below

SparqTwoReportingBaseUrl Sets base URL for New Reportinginstance. Used to initialize NewReporting using parameters passedinto the URL

Yes See (ii)below

i. http://gino2.com/PlatformServices/v1.0/ii. http://tenant1.sparq1.qa.sparq2test.com/admin/Reporting.html

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GeneralAdminAsset ManagerFile Types Supported by Asset Manager

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