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44 Administering Thumbnails

The way attachment thumbnails and streaming files are generated, stored and displayed in Agile PLM is controlled by a combination of settings in the Agile Administrator nodes Preferences, Location, Viewer and Files, and Users.

When the system preference Thumbnail and Streaming File Pre-Generation is enabled, then AutoVue creates streaming files and thumbnails and stores them. The combination of thumbnail file and streaming file settings determine the specific behavior in Agile PLM. These setting combinations and the Agile behavior results are discussed in "Possible Combinations of Thumbnail Settings."

For more information about how thumbnails are displayed to the end user in Web Client, see Getting Started with Agile PLM, chapter "Working with Thumbnails."

44.1 Thumbnail File and Streaming File Settings

The following list summarizes the Agile Administrator settings that affect the display of thumbnail files, and the generation and storage of both thumbnail files and streaming files.

  • Systemwide Preferences

    The following systemwide preferences are overall system settings for thumbnails.

    • Thumbnail Display system preference

      Server Settings > Preferences

      This systemwide preference determines whether thumbnails will be displayed (Enabled) or not displayed (Disabled). See "Default Systemwide Preferences."

    • Thumbnail and Streaming File Pre-Generation system preference

      Determines whether thumbnails and streaming files are pre-generated through AutoVue by specific file managers, as determined by the Enable Pre-Generation by Vue Server option setting for each file manager. See also "Advanced File Manager Fields."

      See "Default Systemwide Preferences."

  • Viewer and Files

    Settings in the Viewer and Files node control the storage of thumbnail files and streaming files by file type. See Chapter 20, "Viewer and Files."

    • File Association tab, Auto Generate Thumbnails column

      To store pre-generated thumbnails by file type, select the check boxes for the file types you want in the Auto Generate Thumbnails column. See "File Association tab."

    • File Association tab, Viewer column

      To store pre-generated streaming files by file type, select the check boxes for the files you want in the Viewer column. See "File Association tab."

    • General Information tab, Directly Use These Thumbnail Image Types field

      List of file types (by file extension) that are directly converted to thumbnails without using the Vue server. See "Directly Use These Thumbnail Image Types."

  • File Manager

    Use the Server Settings > Locations > File Manager tab to configure each file server. See "File Management in Agile PLM," and "Configuring a File Manager."

    • Thumbnail and Streaming Files Generation section of Advanced file manager settings

      Enable Pre-Generation by Vue Server check box enables the pre-generation of thumbnails and streaming files for that specific file manager. See "Advanced File Manager Fields."

  • User Profile preferences

    When thumbnail display is enabled at the system level, then thumbnail display can also be controlled for each user.

    User object > Preferences tab – Display Preferences section

    • Thumbnails user preference

      On or Off; default is Off

      Determines whether thumbnails are displayed for the specific user. Thumbnail display can be set On or Off for each user with this user profile preference. See "User Properties Defined."

    • Table Display Mode user preference

      Standard or With Thumbnails

      When the Thumbnails user preference is On, then this user preference determines the default thumbnail view for tables.

      For more information about how thumbnails are displayed to the end user in Web Client, see Getting Started with Agile PLM, chapter "Working with Thumbnails."

    • Search Display Mode user preference

      Only Thumbnails, Standard, or Standard with Thumbnails

      When the Thumbnails user preference is On, then this user preference determines the default thumbnail view for search results tables.

      For more information about how thumbnails are displayed to the end user in Web Client, see Getting Started with Agile PLM, chapter "Working with Thumbnails."

44.2 Possible Combinations of Thumbnail Settings

The following examples illustrate the possible combinations of thumbnail-related settings and the results of each combination.

Example 1 Thumbnail settings combination

Table 44-1 Thumbnail setting combinations, Example 1

Thumbnail settings Setting

Preference:

Thumbnail and Streaming File Pre-Generation

See "Default Systemwide Preferences."

Enabled

Preference:

Thumbnail Display

See "Default Systemwide Preferences."

Enabled

File Manager, Thumbnail and Streaming File Generation, advanced setting:

Enable Pre-Generation by Vue Server (check box)

See "Advanced File Manager Fields."

Check box selected on 1 or more File Managers.


The following table summarizes the results in Agile PLM when thumbnail settings are configured as shown in Table 44-1, "Thumbnail setting combinations, Example 1":

Table 44-2 Results of thumbnail setting combination, Example 1

Answers the question: Results

Is the pre-generated streaming file stored?

Yes,

streaming file stored.

Are pre-generated AutoVue thumbnails visible?

In the Viewer and Files node, File Association tab, in the Auto Generate Thumbnail column, select the file type check box to pre-generate the thumbnail for that file type.

See "File Association tab."

Yes,

visible for the checked file types.

Are pre-generated AutoVue thumbnails stored?

In the Viewer and Files node, File Association tab, in the Auto Generate Thumbnail column, select the file type check box to pre-generate the thumbnail for that file type.

See "File Association tab."

Yes,

stored for the checked file types.

Are Directly Used Thumbnails visible?

In the Viewer and Files node, General Info tab, the Directly Use These Thumbnail Image Type field, contains a list of file types (by file extension) that are directly converted to thumbnails without using the Vue server.

See "Directly Use These Thumbnail Image Types."

Visible

Are EC or SDK Published Thumbnails visible?

Visible


Example 2 Thumbnail settings combination

Table 44-3 Thumbnail setting combinations, Example 2

Thumbnail settings Setting

Preference:

Thumbnail and Streaming File Pre-Generation

See "Default Systemwide Preferences."

Enabled

Preference:

Thumbnail Display

See "Default Systemwide Preferences."

Disabled

File Manager, Thumbnail and Streaming File Generation, advanced setting:

Enable Pre-Generation by Vue Server (check box)

See "Advanced File Manager Fields."

Check box selected on 1 or more File Managers.


The following table summarizes the results in Agile PLM when thumbnail settings are configured as shown in Table 44-3, "Thumbnail setting combinations, Example 2":

Table 44-4 Results of thumbnail setting combination, Example 2

Answers the question: Results

Is the pre-generated streaming file stored?

Yes,

streaming file stored.

Are pre-generated AutoVue thumbnails visible?

In the Viewer and Files node, File Association tab, in the Auto Generate Thumbnail column, select the file type check box to pre-generate the thumbnail for that file type.

See "File Association tab."

No

Are pre-generated AutoVue thumbnails stored?

In the Viewer and Files node, File Association tab, in the Auto Generate Thumbnail column, select the file type check box to pre-generate the thumbnail for that file type.

See "File Association tab."

Yes,

stored for the checked file types.

Are Directly Used Thumbnails visible?

In the Viewer and Files node, General Info tab, the Directly Use These Thumbnail Image Type field, contains a list of file types (by file extension) that are directly converted to thumbnails without using the Vue server.

See "Directly Use These Thumbnail Image Types."

No

Are EC or SDK Published Thumbnails visible?

No


Example 3 Thumbnail settings combination

Table 44-5 Thumbnail setting combinations, Example 3

Thumbnail settings Setting

Preference:

Thumbnail and Streaming File Pre-Generation

See "Default Systemwide Preferences."

Disabled

Preference:

Thumbnail Display

See "Default Systemwide Preferences."

Disabled

File Manager, Thumbnail and Streaming File Generation, advanced setting:

Enable Pre-Generation by Vue Server (check box)

See "Advanced File Manager Fields."

Check box selected on 1 or more File Managers.


The following table summarizes the results in Agile PLM when thumbnail settings are configured as shown in Table 44-5, "Thumbnail setting combinations, Example 3":

Table 44-6 Results of thumbnail setting combination, Example 3

Answers the question: Results

Is the pre-generated streaming file stored?

No

Are pre-generated AutoVue thumbnails visible?

In the Viewer and Files node, File Association tab, in the Auto Generate Thumbnail column, select the file type check box to pre-generate the thumbnail for that file type.

See "File Association tab."

No

Are pre-generated AutoVue thumbnails stored?

In the Viewer and Files node, File Association tab, in the Auto Generate Thumbnail column, select the file type check box to pre-generate the thumbnail for that file type.

See "File Association tab."

No

Are Directly Used Thumbnails visible?

In the Viewer and Files node, General Info tab, the Directly Use These Thumbnail Image Type field, contains a list of file types (by file extension) that are directly converted to thumbnails without using the Vue server.

See "Directly Use These Thumbnail Image Types."

No

Are EC or SDK Published Thumbnails visible?

No


Example 4 Thumbnail settings combination

Table 44-7 Thumbnail setting combinations, Example 4

Thumbnail settings Setting

Preference:

Thumbnail and Streaming File Pre-Generation

See "Default Systemwide Preferences."

Enabled

Preference:

Thumbnail Display

See "Default Systemwide Preferences."

Enabled

File Manager, Thumbnail and Streaming File Generation, advanced setting:

Enable Pre-Generation by Vue Server (check box)

See "Advanced File Manager Fields."

No

Check boxes are deselected.


The following table summarizes the results in Agile PLM when thumbnail settings are configured as shown in Table 44-7, "Thumbnail setting combinations, Example 4":

Table 44-8 Results of thumbnail setting combination, Example 4

Answers the question: Results

Is the pre-generated streaming file stored?

No

Are pre-generated AutoVue thumbnails visible?

In the Viewer and Files node, File Association tab, in the Auto Generate Thumbnail column, select the file type check box to pre-generate the thumbnail for that file type.

See "File Association tab."

No

Are pre-generated AutoVue thumbnails stored?

In the Viewer and Files node, File Association tab, in the Auto Generate Thumbnail column, select the file type check box to pre-generate the thumbnail for that file type.

See "File Association tab."

No

Are Directly Used Thumbnails visible?

In the Viewer and Files node, General Info tab, the Directly Use These Thumbnail Image Type field, contains a list of file types (by file extension) that are directly converted to thumbnails without using the Vue server.

See "Directly Use These Thumbnail Image Types."

Visible

Are EC or SDK Published Thumbnails visible?

Visible


Example 5 Thumbnail settings combination

Table 44-9 Thumbnail setting combinations, Example 5

Thumbnail settings Setting

Preference:

Thumbnail and Streaming File Pre-Generation

See "Default Systemwide Preferences."

Disabled

Preference:

Thumbnail Display

See "Default Systemwide Preferences."

Enabled

File Manager, Thumbnail and Streaming File Generation, advanced setting:

Enable Pre-Generation by Vue Server (check box)

See "Advanced File Manager Fields."

Either a check box selected on 1 or more File Managers, or no check boxes are selected on any File Managers.


The following table summarizes the results in Agile PLM when thumbnail settings are configured as shown in Table 44-9, "Thumbnail setting combinations, Example 5":

Table 44-10 Results of thumbnail setting combination, Example 5

Answers the question: Results

Is the pre-generated streaming file stored?

No

Are pre-generated AutoVue thumbnails visible?

In the Viewer and Files node, File Association tab, in the Auto Generate Thumbnail column, select the file type check box to pre-generate the thumbnail for that file type.

See "File Association tab."

No

Are pre-generated AutoVue thumbnails stored?

In the Viewer and Files node, File Association tab, in the Auto Generate Thumbnail column, select the file type check box to pre-generate the thumbnail for that file type.

See "File Association tab."

No

Are Directly Used Thumbnails visible?

In the Viewer and Files node, General Info tab, the Directly Use These Thumbnail Image Type field, contains a list of file types (by file extension) that are directly converted to thumbnails without using the Vue server.

See "Directly Use These Thumbnail Image Types."

Visible

Are EC or SDK Published Thumbnails visible?

Visible