How to configure general settings

General program settings can greatly affect Observer Reporting Server. Become familiar with their location and uses.

1.	Choose Options > Program Settings. The Observer Reporting Server Settings window appears.

2.	Use the table for details about the General Settings tab.

3.	(Optional) Use the Log Window Settings tab to control what messages appear in the log window.

Option	Description
Folders	Choose where you want ORS to save its trending and activity log files.
Service Settings	Choose to run ORS as a Windows service. The benefit is that when the system is restarted ORS will automatically start without a user needing to log in to start ORS. No functionality is lost when running ORS as a service.
Web Browser Client Settings	Choose how the entry and display of report times is calculated. Your option is to use web browser system time or ORS system time.
Options	Ask for confirmation when exiting: Leave enabled if you want ORS to request confirmation when closing the program. Disable it if you want to close the program without confirming.
	Disable GigaStor drill down reporting : Select this option if you want to prevent reports from being able to descend into a GigaStor report.
	Disable IP address DNS resolution: Enable this setting to prevent resolving IP addresses to their DNS names.
	Disable logging of report viewing event: Enable this setting to prevent logging the times and users that view log reports.
	Disable NetLive monitoring: By default, ORS contacts each probe or Observer analyzer every 20 seconds for NetLive data. This may create too much network traffic for you. Each Observer must be configured to collect NetLive data. Instead of disabling NetLive monitoring in each Observer, you can choose to disable ORS from requesting the NetLive data in one place. It could be beneficial to enable the collection in Observer and then disable it in ORS. Therefore, should you wish to re-enable NetLive data collection, simply clear this option.
	Enable Super Groups for enterprise Business Group scalability: Enable this setting to unlock Super Groups functionality.
	Show manufacturers’ names: Displays the manufacturer’s name of the device when it can be determined.
	Use gradient graph rendering: Enabled by default. Disabling this option may slightly reduce the size of report files.
Configure Default Thresholds	Use to change the marginal and critical thresholds used for VoIP, delay, and baselining. These thresholds are used when displaying colors in reports.
Select Web Browser Color Theme	Choose the color theme of the web interface. The selected theme is seen by all users of all business groups and from any machine. You may need to clear your web browser cache for changes to appear.
E-mail Notification Settings	Configure your email notification settings.