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The superuser admin can configure server-wide global data. One common use is for forms deployed from a development/test form server to a production form server. You often need information such as Urls configured one way in your dev/test environment and another way in your production envirionment. For example, a database in the dev/test environment might be located at http://mytest:1024/database/listManagers and in your production environment at http://myprod:1044/database/listManagers.

 makes deployment from dev/test to production easier by enabling you to configure global data variables. For example, rather than hard-coding the Url to your database server you can write the Url using a template such as {dbUrl}/database/listManagers. Then define variable dbUrl one way in dev/test and another way in production.

To see all the places where templates can be used, refer to the chapter Templatized Strings.

To define your server-wide global data:

1. There is no default _data.properties file. You must create one using a simple text editor such as Textpad.
2. Add your global data to the _data.properties file. See below for an example of the syntax. Save the file.
3. Login to the form server as the superuser admin
4. Click Manage Default _data
5. Click Browse...
6. Locate your newly created _data.properties file.
7. Click Upload.
8. For subsequent edits of the _data.properties file, simply download the _data.properties file previously uploaded by clicking on the Image Added Download icon. Edit the file and upload the modified file as described above.

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 Here is an example of the syntax for a _data.properties file:

dbUrl=http://localhost:8080/database/listManagers
ManagerName=Joe

You will see the following message If you click on the Image Added Download icon and an _data.properties file has not been uploaded to :

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