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Changing the Authentication Validity Period

The Offline Client for Life Sciences authenticates the user credentials with Siebel CRM when an initial synchronization occurs. The user's authenticated log-in credentials are stored in an encrypted file, userpreferences.xml, in the Sync application's Local Store folder. These authentication credentials are stored and reused for 5 days (the default setting), after which, users are prompted to authenticate their login details again.

Complete the following procedure to change the validity period for the user's authentication credentials.

To change the authentication validity period

1. Open the datasources.xml file in the appropriate directory as shown, for example, in the following table.

   Product	Location of datasources.xml File
   Siebel CRM	CONFIG_PROJECTS_OP\appcfg_sync_80x\src\config

2. Find the datasource section for the required application.
3. Find the <AuthenticationValidity> element.
4. Change the value from 5 to the required number of days.
5. Save the file.
6. Rebuild the Sync, Sales, and Asset Message Planner applications.

   For more information, see Process of Building the Offline Client for Life Sciences with Automated Scripts.