Default space properties
You can view and make changes to your space’s information in Space Properties. All delivered spaces have these information and default settings. The properties have one category:
| Property | Description | Default value/setting |
|---|---|---|
| Name | By default, the name of a space is the name provided when the space was created. You can change the name here by resting your mouse pointer on the name and selecting Edit. | Varies per space |
| Id | The unique space identifier that was generated when the space was created. This cannot be changed. The space ID is in the form xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx where x is any hex-a decimal value (0-9, a-f). The space ID is used for Web Services and when embedding Birst viaan SSO URL. | Varies per space |
| Type | The type of space, either Automatic, Advanced, or Discovery | Advanced |
| Logo Image | The Logo Image displays in the upper left corner of the Home page, Admin, and Designer for a space. You can browse to select a replacement image and click Upload to add it. Click Save and refresh your browser to see the change. | InforBirst |
| You can change the default email address and subject line for scheduled reports in the space | delivery@birst.com Report From Birst |
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| Process Engine Version | The Process Engine is a component of Birst that handles the data processing that occurs when source data is pulled into the Birst data store(warehouse) | Default Caution: You must always
test a new Process Engine version before upgrading a production
environment.
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| Enable Single-Sign-On | Birst can be embedded in external applications using single sign-on. select this box to enable single sign-on for this space | Disabled |
| Allow usage statis-tics extracts | Usage statistics can be available for the reports and dashboards in the space and for space us-age in general. A Space Administrator can check this box to enable a space to have usage statis-tics extracted, but cannot run the actual statistic | Disabled |
| Use Dynamic Groups for Access | You can manage users and groups dynamically if you upload a table of users and groups that defines which users participate in which group | Enabled |
| Map Nulls to Zero inquiries | Enabling this property causes Birst to translate null values to zero values in queries | Disabled |
| Production Space | Enabling this property allows use of production specific features such as tracking key metrics. | Disabled |
| Usage Tracking | Enabling this property allows use of usage tracking specific features, such as the Usage Tracking task in Orchestration. | Disabled |
| Asynchronous Ex-traction | Enables a new queuing infrastructure for extractions to improve performance. | Disabled |
| Asynchronous Re-porting | Enables a new queuing infrastructure for reports that are either scheduled, exported through the API, or are Designer/Original HTML5 Dashboards in Description mode. By default, this is enabled. Access to this feature is enabled at the Account level | Disabled |
| Centralized Context | Enables a new queuing infrastructure for reports that are either scheduled, exported through the API, or are Designer/Original HTML5 Dashboards in Description mode. By default, this is enabled. Access to this feature is enabled at the Account level | Enable |
| Centralized Query Cache | Uses a centralized cache of your space's repository to improve consistency with loading times | Enable |
| Testing Mode | Test mode limits processing to Mode 10000 rows for testing purposes | Disabled |