MMA Settings – General

General settings in MMTE Administrator allow you to configure the core functionality of MMTE.

To open General settings:

Server Section¶

These settings define how MMTE Server will be accessible by MMTE Clients.

Setting	Type	Default value	Description
Server port	Positive Integer	49714	TCP/IP port for running MetaMiner Protocol over it. MMTE Server will listen for requests on the port defined here. Make sure you specify exactly the same port number in MMTE Client when you configure it in Connection Manager.
Validate	Button		Click to check if this port is available. If your settings are correct, you will see a Valid green mark next to the section.
Configure SSL	Button		Click to open Configure SSL for MetaMiner Server dialog box. See Configuring SSL Encryption

These settings define a policy for MetaMiner user passwords.

Setting	Type	Default value	Description
Min password length	Positive Integer	4	MetaMiner password cannot be shorter.
Password expiration (days)	Positive Integer	10000	Password will expire and the system will force a user to set a new password every X days. Passwords always expire. If you want your passwords be valid "forever", specify a large number like 30000.
Login failure threshold	Positive Integer	3	Login will be temporarily blocked after X login attempts of the same user fail. New attempts will be possible after system administrator will reset the login attempt counter or user password.
Enforce password complexity	Checkbox/Boolean	False	If enabled, the stronger password policy will be applied: * minimum password is 4 characters * at least one character of all categories of the following list must present: * digits, * upper case Latin letters, * lower case Latin letters, * special characters: !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[]^_`~{}\|

Setting	Type	Default value	Description
Enable connection banner	Checkbox/Boolean	False	If enabled, a pop-up will appear when users start MMTE Client and connect to this MMTE Server.
(banner text area)	String	None	Any text you wish to display.

If you define some banner text in MMTE Administrator:

then the following pop-up will appear in MMTE Client after successful login:

You can broadcast important news and tips to your users with this feature.

The settings for embedded Grafana.

Setting	Type	Default value	Description
Pulse Enabled	Checkbox/Boolean	True	If enabled, Pulse (embedded Grafana) will be activated
Password	String	None	Specify a password for Pulse admin.
Confirm password	String	None	Enter the same password again for confirmation.

Note

You also need to activate InfluxDB for Pulse/Grafana operation.

This section is applicable to SAP BO only and not to Tableau. Please, ignore it.