About Process Defaults

Process defaults are settings that system administrators can make to control various aspects of how the system responds to user commands and actions. In some case, process defaults are used to supply default data values (such as what server is used for objects metadata) for processes that require input data.

The Process Defaults form is used to activate process defaults and set their default values. You can also use this form to see what process defaults are currently active on the system.

The Process Default Names form can be used to view the complete list of process defaults available on the system, including those that are not currently active.

Many process defaults act as on/off switches, either enabling or disabling certain system features or behaviors. These process defaults typically use the numbers 1 and 0 to enable or disable the process. One of these two values is always considered the default value, which means that it represents system operations without the process default being set. Generally, if you want to use the default value, there is no need to set it on the Process Defaults form; you would use the Process Defaults form to set the process to its non-default behavior.

Process defaults are global settings; that is, they operate whenever and wherever in the system that the condition for their operation exists. This means, among other things that a process default setting applies to all sites in a database.