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Content Manager general settings

General Content Manager settings are located in the Content Manager XML configuration file, Tridion.ContentManager.config, which you can find on the Content Manager server in the config\ subfolder of %TRIDION_HOME%.

Disabling caching

DescriptionOnly disable caching if you have a pressing reason to do so. For example, you might want to disable caching temporarily for debugging purposes, to analyze the behavior of the system with or without caching.
XPath/configuration/caching/@enable
Default if unspecifiedtrue

Cache memory size per TOM.NET process

DescriptionContent Manager gives each process that loads TOM.NET its own cache. Examples of such processes are Tridion Service Host, the Publisher, the IIS worker process and any custom process that uses TOM.NET.

Use this setting to restrict the amount of memory that each process can use for cached items. You cannot limit overall cache size, nor cache size for an individual process.

XPath/configuration/caching/@instanceMemoryLimitMegabytes
Default if unspecified0 (no memory size limit)

Cache expiration

DescriptionThe expiration period for cached Content Manager content, in minutes. If the cached content is not requested within this amount of time, Content Manager removes it to free up memory.
XPath/configuration/caching/@slidingExpirationMinutes
Default if unspecified120

Credential cache expiration

DescriptionThe expiration period for Content Manager credentials, in seconds. Content Manager remembers credentials for this amount of time if, say, the LDAP server becomes somehow unavailable. If you change the rights of a User or Group, the change will only be applied after this period expires.
XPath/configuration/tridion.security/@credentialCacheExpiration
Default if unspecified300

Hide organizational items if there is no access to content

DescriptionIf enabled, Folders and Structure Groups for which a user does not have read permission are hidden from that user.
XPath/configuration/tridion.contentmanager.security/@hideOrganizationalItemsNoAccess
Default if unspecifiedfalse

Maximum number of Category enumeration

DescriptionSDL Tridion Sites uses the value specified here to set the data type of Categories: if the number of Keywords inside a Category exceeds the number specified, then the data type is "string", otherwise the Category has an enumeration data type. Adjust this value as a performance optimization.
XPath/configuration/tridion.contentmanager/repository/@categoryEnumerationLimit
Default if unspecified0

Preview path

DescriptionThe location of the preview path for the browser-based user interface.
XPath/configuration/rendering/@previewPath
Default if unspecifiedThe Web\Preview subdirectory of %TRIDION_HOME%

URLs without HTTP authentication

DescriptionA list of URLs that should have anonymous access. Typical examples are the ClickOnce applications in the GUI, such as Template Builder.
XPath/configuration/tridion.security/@noHttpAuthenticationForUrls
Default if unspecified ((CoreService|ImportExportService)(\d{4}|\d{6})?\.svc/(streamUpload|wsHttp|wsFederationHttp|mex))|(TemplateBuilder)|(^/SDL)|(^/([^/]+\..+)?$)|(.*\/Themes)|(.*\/Xml\/?)(?!.*((ContactList-head\.xml)|(EclListItems\.xml)))|(.*\/backplaneHub)|(.*\/notificationHub)