Working with Runtime Properties

The Runtime Properties screen

From the Runtime Properties screen, you can do the following:
  • View the list of defined properties and their values
  • Create a new property
  • Change the value of an existing property
  • Export the existing defined properties to a file
  • Import properties from a file

Defining a runtime system property

You create and define runtime properties in the Runtime Properties screen. For example, to create a new property named 'myImportantProperty', click New Property and enter the following values:
  • Group - Configuration
  • Name - myImportantProperty
  • Description - Optional text string
  • Value - "Some text string here"
PolicyCenter automatically infers data type of the value that you enter in the Value field, for example:
  • If you enter a numeric value without a decimal point, PolicyCenter infers an Integer value.
  • If you enter a numeric value with a decimal point, PolicyCenter infers a Long value.
  • If you enter a text value surrounded by quotation marks, PolicyCenter infers a String value.
  • if you enter either true or false, PolicyCenter infers a Boolean value.

Loading runtime properties from RuntimeProperties.xml

During start of the application server, PolicyCenter imports runtime properties defined in file RuntimeProperties.xml into the database. You can find this file in the following Studio directory:
  • configuration > config > runtimeproperties