{"id":1285,"date":"2014-09-05T16:03:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T23:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/?p=1285"},"modified":"2021-03-05T16:29:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T23:29:42","slug":"session-timeout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/session-timeout\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Configure Session Timeout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333\">Your session will timeout if you don\u2019t perform any actions or interactions for a specified period of time. When the session expires, all work from the session will be lost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\">Ephesoft Transact will provide a warning message one minute before the session is about to expire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1209\" height=\"323\" class=\"wp-image-48296\" src=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-16.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-16.png 1209w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-16-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-16-1024x274.png 1024w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-16-768x205.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1209px) 100vw, 1209px\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333\"><em>Figure 1. Session Timeout Warning<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\">If no action is taken, you will be logged out and directed to the home page.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333\"><a id=\"post-1285-_whfdxwvhkk8j\" style=\"color: #333333\"><\/a>Configuration<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\">You will need to make changes to the following two files:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>web.xml<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>session-timeout.js<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Note: <\/strong>You will need administrator permissions to configure the session timeout settings.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\">Stop the Ephesoft Transact server.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\">Navigate to [<em>Ephesoft_Directory<\/em>]\\Application\\WEB-INF<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"854\" height=\"343\" class=\"wp-image-48297\" src=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-17.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-17.png 854w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-17-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-17-768x308.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333\"><em>Figure 1. Navigate to <\/em><strong><em>web.xml<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\">Open the <strong>web.xml <\/strong>file with an editor.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\">Locate the following tag:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre><span style=\"color: #333333\">&lt;session-timeout&gt;<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"116\" class=\"wp-image-48298\" src=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-18.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-18.png 577w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-18-300x60.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333\"><em>Figure 2. Session Timeout Tag<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\">Set the value equal to the amount of time in minutes the session can be idle before it will expire. For example,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre><span style=\"color: #333333\">&lt;session-timeout&gt;30&lt;\/sessiontimeout&gt;<\/span><\/pre>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\">Save and close the <strong>web.xml <\/strong>file.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\">Navigate to [<em>Ephesoft_Directory<\/em>]\\Application\\js\\sessionTimeout.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1055\" height=\"298\" class=\"wp-image-48299\" src=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-19.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-19.png 1055w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-19-300x85.png 300w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-19-1024x289.png 1024w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-19-768x217.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1055px) 100vw, 1055px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\"><em>Figure 3. Navigate to\u00a0<strong>session-timeout.js<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\">Open the <strong>session-timeout.js <\/strong>file with an editor.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\">Locate the following variable:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>var <\/strong>sessionTimeout<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"492\" height=\"92\" class=\"wp-image-48300\" src=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-20.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-20.png 492w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/word-image-20-300x56.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\"><em>Figure 4. sessionTimeout Variable<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"10\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\">Set the value equal to the session timeout configured in step 5, above. For example,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>var <\/strong>sessionTimeout = 30;<\/span><\/pre>\n<ol start=\"11\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\">Save and close the <strong>session-timeout.js <\/strong>file.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\">Start the Ephesoft Transact server.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333\"><a id=\"post-1285-_fyj684q79rvf\" style=\"color: #333333\"><\/a>Conclusion<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\">This completes an overview of how to configure the session timeout in Ephesoft Transact.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your session will timeout if you don\u2019t perform any actions or interactions for a specified period of time. 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