Instance Settings

instance settings allow administrators to configure instance wide defaults for security, file handling, artifact limits, and maintenance behavior navigate to settings > advanced settings > instance settings modify the desired settings and click save access & logging in password management setting description default unusable previous passwords number of previous passwords that cannot be reused on change or reset min 0 (disabled), max 100 10 password change cooldown hours that must pass after a password change before another change is allowed min 0 (disabled), max 999 0 enable password recovery enables the "forgot my password" link so users can reset their own passwords requires outgoing mail settings and user email addresses to be configured on enable password expiration controls whether password expiration is enforced on password expiration days a password can be used before it must be changed min 1, max 999 90 notify before password expires days before expiry that the system sends the user a notification email requires outgoing mail settings and user email addresses to be configured min 0 (disabled), max 999 7 ⚠️ password recovery and notify before password expires require outgoing mail settings to be configured and user accounts to have email addresses on file account lockout setting description default lockout mode controls lockout behavior off (disabled), permanent (must be manually unlocked by an admin), temporary (auto unlocks after a set time) permanent lockout threshold failed sign in attempts before an account is locked min 1, max 1,000 5 lockout threshold reset minutes before the failed sign in count resets min 1, max 1,440 1,000 temporary lockout duration when lockout mode is temporary, the number of minutes before the account is automatically unlocked min 1, max 1,000 30 session management setting description default inactivity timeout minutes a user can remain inactive before their session is terminated 120 maximum session lifetime minutes a session remains active regardless of activity set to 0 to disable 360 enable session checksum when enabled, validates that requests originate from the same machine and browser off notifications setting description default welcome email for new users sends a welcome email to new users upon account creation requires outgoing mail settings and user email addresses to be configured on welcome email custom text allows users to craft customer welcome email text if left blank, blueprint's default welcome email will be used — ⚠️ requires outgoing mail settings to be configured and user accounts to have email addresses on file attachments setting description default file upload settings controls which file types can be uploaded unrestricted (all types), restricted (approved types only), disabled (no uploads) unrestricted allowed file types when restricted is selected, allows admins to define permitted file types jpg, jpeg, png, gif, pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, txt, vsdx, vsd max file size maximum size (in mb) of a single attachment min 0 1, max 1,024 10 max attachments maximum number of files that can be attached to a single artifact min 1, max 1,000 50 move & copy setting description default move artifact limit maximum number of artifacts that can be moved at once min 1, max 2,000 400 copy artifact limit maximum number of artifacts that can be copied at once min 1, max 1,000 100 processes setting description default max process shapes maximum number of shapes allowed in a process artifact min 1, max 10,000 10,000 max process shapes to display maximum number of shapes that can be rendered in a process artifact if exceeded, the artifact will not display but metadata remains editable min 1, max 2,000 1,000 global actions setting description default enable discard all displays a button allowing users to discard all unpublished changes at once off instance maintenance setting description default permanently delete artifacts when enabled, deleted artifacts are permanently removed and unrecoverable sql server agent maintenance jobs run at 1am to process deletions and rebuild indexes when disabled, artifacts are removed from the ui but remain recoverable from the database — contact blueprint support for recovery assistance on