pandorafms/pandora_doc/en/pandora_chapter9.xml

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<chapter id="chapter9">
  <title>Pandora Configuration</title>
  <para>
   All the configurable parameters in Pandora can be set in the 
   "Pandora Setup" section, in the Administration menu.
  </para>
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  <para>
   These parameters are:
  </para>
  <para>
   <emphasis>Language:</emphasis> In following versions or 
   revisions of the actual Pandora version will support more 
   languages. At the moment version 1.2 supports English, Spanish, 
   Spanish Latin-America, Bable, Italian, French, Catalan and 
   Portuguese of Brazil.
  </para>
  <para>
   <emphasis>Block size for pagination:</emphasis> Maximum size of 
   the lists in the event, incident and audit log sections.
  </para>
  <para>
   <emphasis>Max. days before compact data:</emphasis> This 
   parameter controls data compacting. From the number of days in 
   this parameter the data starts getting compacted. For large 
   amounts of data it is recommended to set this parameter to a 
   number between 14 and 28; for systems with less data load or very
   powerful systems, a number between 30 and 50 will be enough.
  </para>
  <para>
   <emphasis>Max. days before purge:</emphasis> This parameter 
   controls how long the data is kept before it is permanently 
   deleted. The recommended value is 60. For systems with little 
   resources or large work load the recommended value is between 40 
   and 50.
  </para>
  <para>
   <emphasis>Graphic resolution (1 low, 5 high):</emphasis> This 
   value represents the precision of the interpolation logarithm to 
   generate the graphics.
  </para>
  <para>
    <emphasis>Compact interpolation (Hours: 1 fine, 10 medium, 20
    bad):</emphasis> This is the grade of compression used to 
    compact the Data Base, being 1 the lowest compression rate and 
    20 the highest.  A value above 12 means a considerable data 
    loss.  It's not recommended to use value above 6 if the data 
    needs to be represented graphically in large time intervals.
  </para>
  <para>
   <emphasis>Graph order:</emphasis> This value represents the order
   to create the graphs. The possibility are right to left, or left to
   right.
  </para>
  <para>
  <emphasis>Truetype fonts:</emphasis> This value represents the 
  capacity to active the truetypefonts. The possible values are
  Active or Disable.
  </para>
  <para>
   <emphasis>Background image:</emphasis> This value represents the 
   image to background, it is possible to change it between several 
   different images. 
  </para>
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    <title>Links</title>
    <para>
     Links to different Internet or private network links can be 
     configured in Pandora. These could be search engines, applications 
     or company Intranets.
    </para>
    <para>
     The links configured in Pandora can be edited through the 
     "Pandora Setup" &gt; "Links" option in the Administration 
     menu.
    </para>
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    <para>
     A new link is created by clicking on "Add". The link can be then 
     edited:
    </para>
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  </sect1>
</chapter>