General Tab of the Weblink Form

Use this tab to specify the database connection information, such as the server name, username, and password. You can also disable the process server or the server-to-server synchronization server on a given database.

Contents

Field	Description
Current Database	Select the database that you want to configure. Use the menu to add or remove databases from this list. New: Click this option to add a database to the list of databases available for configuration. New > Copy Current: Select a database from the list and click Copy Current to copy all information except the name of the database into a new record. After you copy an existing database record, enter a new database name, edit other configuration information, and click Save. Delete: Select a database and click this option to delete the database information from the Weblink utility.
SQL Server	Enter the name of the database server, as entered in Microsoft SQL Server.
Database Name	Enter the name of the Vantagepoint database to which you are connecting.
Description	Enter the description for the preceding database as it will appear on the Vantagepoint login screen.
Windows Authentication	Select this checkbox to use Windows Authentication for connections with the Vantagepoint database. When you use Windows Authentication, the Application Pool identity is automatically passed to the SQL Server for authentication. If you select this checkbox, then the SQL Username and SQL Password fields are disabled. The Windows username and password will be used instead. If you do not select this checkbox, then you must specify a database username and password to use. To use the Vantagepoint Transfer Settings utility, you must use Windows Authentication. Connections to the SQL Server using a SQL user account are not supported for this utility.
SQL Username	Enter the username of the Microsoft SQL Server administrative account that will manage this database. Deltek does not recommend using the "sa" SQL Server user account. The account that you specify should be configured in its SQL Server Login Properties to use English as the default language.
SQL Password	Enter the corresponding password for this user account.
SQL Timeout (ms)	Enter the number of minutes Vantagepoint will try to connect to the SQL Server before the connection times out.
Enable FILESTREAM	Select this option to enable the Transactional Document Management (TDM) feature in Vantagepoint. TDM provides support for uploading and attaching documents and files to various types of transactions, proposals, expense reports, and more. When you select this option, the following occurs: The default values display in the FILESTREAM SQL Server and FILESTREAM Database Name fields. If you test the database connection, the necessary TDM tables are reviewed. If these tables are not configured correctly, the Weblink utility asks you if it should create the necessary tables. Click Yes in response to the prompt to create the tables. You can test again to confirm a successful connection. Additional FILESTREAM configuration information is available in the Deltek Vantagepoint Cloud Administrator Online Help.
FILESTREAM SQL Server	This field is enabled when the Enable Transactional Document Management option is selected. If the FILESTREAM SQL Server is located on the same SQL Server as the Vantagepoint database, the Vantagepoint name defaults into this field. If the FILESTREAM SQL Server is not located on the same server as the Vantagepoint database, enter the name of the FILESTREAM SQL Server in this field.
FILESTREAM Database Name	This field is enabled when the Enable FILESTREAM option is selected. This field displays the name of the FILESTREAM database, which defaults to match the Vantagepoint database name with the word Files appended at the end. You can modify the FILESTREAM database name.

Miscellaneous

Field	Description
Disable Process Server	Select this option if you do not want to use this database for scheduled jobs. If selected, this database is not polled for jobs. If you change this option (select or clear it), you must restart your process servers for the change to take effect.
Virtual Dir (optional)	Enter a specific virtual directory for this database to appear as an available database only for the specified virtual directory. If you leave this field blank, the database will be accessible by all virtual directories on a given web server.
SaaS / Hosted Instance	Select this checkbox to allow Deltek or other vendors who offer hosted instances of Vantagepoint to hide or disable system-level functionality that is not appropriate in a "software as a service" environment. When you select this checkbox, the following are no longer available: Location of Reports on Application Server field on the Load Reports tab of the Report Server form in Utilities > Report Administration, in the desktop application Email Server, Email Size, Port, Username, Password, and Application URL fields in Settings > General > Communications Process Servers form in Settings > General > Process Servers When you select this checkbox, the Number of Days to Retain Audit History field allows a value of only 30 or less on the Audit Trail form in Settings > General > Audit Trail. If you need to restore this functionality, clear the checkbox.
Allow User Account Passwords to be Blank	Select this checkbox to allow users to log on to Vantagepoint without entering a password on the log on screen.
Automatically check Windows Authentication checkbox in Vantagepoint login screen	Select this checkbox to make the Windows Authentication checkbox selected by default.
Allow RDL files to be uploaded in Report Administration	Select this option to enable the Custom Reports tab in Utilities > Report Administration in the desktop application. The Custom Reports tab is the Vantagepoint interface that facilitates the upload of custom RDL files. The Report Administration utility will also be hidden if this checkbox is not selected.
Use Availability Groups	Select this option if you are using availability groups.
Disable SIEM Logger	Select this option to allow Vantagepoint to log authentication attempts.

Allow Private IP Addresses

Use this grid to save a set of private IP addresses for use with the Weblink utility. Normally, any calls to outside webservices are blocked if their URL is in private address space. Any IP address in this grid will be allowed for calling webservices in PIM or Workflow.

Field	Description
Apply Private Addresses Globally	When you select this option, calls from the private IP addresses specified in the grid are allowed for all the databases added in the Weblink form. If you want to specify a private IP address or a set of private IP addresses for each database, clear this option, select a database, and then enter the IP addresses for each database.
Description	Enter a description for the private IP address.
Address	Enter the IP address. If you selected the Apply Private Addresses Globally option, the allowed private IP address functionality will be associated with the all the databases entered in the Weblink form. If you did not select the Apply Private Addresses Globally option, the allowed private IP address functionality will be associated with the selected database (current database) at the top of the General tab.
Insert	To insert a row, click this option.
Copy	To copy a row, select the row that contains the entry that you want to copy and click this option. Modify the entry as necessary and save the new entry.
Delete	To delete the entry from the grid, select the row containing the entry you want to delete and click this option.