Best Practice | 3DEXPERIENCE R2020x CATSettings- Use and Recommendations [UPDATED]

In 3DEXPERIENCE, customizations and interactions performed by the user are stored and remembered in the form of settings called the CATSettings. 3DEXPERIENCE fetches required information from its settings, which makes it convenient to use.

This Best Practices document provides information regarding different types of settings and its use, how the CATSettings get generated and where they get stored, how to import and export settings and Compatibility of settings.

The target audience for this Best Practices document is Administrators and Users (both Cloud and On-Premise) of 3DEXPERIENCE platform R2020x and above.

In this Best Practice, you will learn about:

  • Types of Settings and Preferences
  • Methods to Specify Settings & Lock CATSettings
  • Methods to Exchange the 3DEXPERIENCE CATSettings
  • Concatenation and Inheritance Mechanism
  • Difference Between File Based and Data Based Mode

NEW UPDATES:

  • Steps to log in as admin On Cloud
  • Information about On Cloud limitation
  • Method to start DSYOptionsAdmin tool for On Cloud Env
  • Login Ticket creation process for On Cloud Env


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