The System settings page defines settings used across your instance. These settings affect a range of key features and should only be changed if required for a specific configuration.
Not all settings are available on every instance. Some features must be requested from HighQ support.
Click your profile icon and select System Admin, then System settings from the list on the left.
Additional settings
When System settings is open, the menu on the left shows the following options:
Click Back to return to the System Admin page, Site purpose to open the list of site purposes, or Two factor authentication to see settings for two-factor authentication.
Microblogging, comments and messages
These settings allow you to adjust microblogging service and message options:
For more information see Microblogging, the Activity stream, File comments, iSheet comments, use a 'Like' button, access My tasks and use Private messages.
Passwords, permissions and privacy
These settings control basic security options:
For more information see Password protected sites, Site permissions level and Global people search.
Warm up query plan cache
This setting allows you to prepare the query plan cache.
HighQ apps, blog email alerts and Open in...
These settings allow you to add links to HighQ apps, control blog email alerts and add menu options to open documents in Office Online or G Suite:
For more information see HighQ Drive for Windows, Office plugin, Create and edit blog posts and Enable Office Online or Google Workspace.
Email metadata and duplicate file detection
These settings control if email metadata is visible in the Files module, and if duplicate file detection is active.
Comments and Notifications
These settings control comments, for example in the Activity stream, and how notifications are handled.
Files, Folders and User impersonation
This section includes options for files and folders: Smart folders, Document Assembly, File relationships and managing file versions, and also the ability for a site admin to impersonate another user for troubleshooting (as a proxy login).
Document approvals
This option allows you to include approve and reject buttons in approval emails for one-click approval.
Calendar week first day
Use this setting to change the day displayed as the first day of the week in calendars. Choose Sunday or Monday.
Office add-in IDs
This field must include a comma-separated list containing the IDs of all Office Online add-ins permitted on the instance.
Federated search settings
Choose the connectors to display and the order of tabs on the global search page.
Click and drag connectors to the Disabled connectors box to remove them from the global search page.
You can also drag Enabled connectors up or down the list to change the order of the tabs on the global search page.
Two buttons are also available:
- Enable all connectors - move all connectors from the Disabled connectors box to the Enabled connectors box
- Sync connectors - check for newly added connectors and add them to the Enabled connectors box
API search settings
Choose a limit on how many search results are initially returned when a user performs a search.
Select Load all to return all results.
