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%.

Credential cache expiration

DescriptionThe expiration period for Content Manager credentials, in seconds. The 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)