WorkSite Web 8.2SP1

ivylim

I am trying to configure all users to set the documents as checkout status when he/she tried to open the document in worksite web. This can be set at under the User Options when the user login.

However how can we replicate the same settings for all users instead of logging as individual users to change the settings?

dabird

There is no feature in WorkSite Web that allows you to change a user option for existing users.

What you can do for existing users is wipe out their preference pages, set a default value in <worksite_install>/data/PrefsPage.xml and then have the users login. Since the users no longer have preference pages, WorkSite Web will automatically create a new page for them using PrefsPage.xml as the template. The caveat is that you wipe out existing user option settings and views.

To see what xml you should set in PrefsPage.xml, look at an existing prefs page that's already stored in the DMS. The preference pages for individual users are stored as documents with subtype='preferences' in the MHGROUP.DOCMASTER table in the user's preferred database.

Lastly, this topic has been raised by others in this forum. I think that a tool to modify user preferences built into WorkSite Web's administration would be really useful. However, our PM team needs to hear this from our customers. You should submit an enhancement request for this feature at http://worksitesupport.interwoven.com. When you login, click the "Feature Request" link in the left navigation pane.