Options

The Options menu item in the System menu gives you access to functions that allow you to configure the behaviour of EFS to your habits. For example, you can gain access to the platform cockpit, organize secure data exchange or define ACL rights for specific teams.

Platform cockpit

The platform cockpit, which is located in the Options module, visualizes the status of the platform and offers the administrator an overview of important performance and access figures.

Read rights for “platform_cockpit” are required to view and open the Options → Platform cockpit menu.

The Cockpit tab gives an overview of the key data for the installation.

Section	Meaning

Section	Meaning
Current front end load	The current load on the front end server. For multi-core servers, the load per core is indicated (indicated load value = measured load / number of cores). On a server with up-to-date hardware, the load should be below 3.
Front end	The name of the front end server.
Date of last mail dispatch	E-mails posted for dispatch will not be immediately retrieved and sent, but automatically at 10-minute intervals.
Date of last database maintenance	Time and frequence of the database maintenance are configured by our support for the specific installation.
EFS version	The major and minor EFS versions which are currently installed.
Initial EFS version	The EFS version which was originally used when setting up the installation.
Name of installation	The domain at which you will find the EFS installation on the Internet.
Database name	The name of the database.
MySQL query cache effectivity	The results of requests sent to the database by a participant during the completion of the questionnaire will be cached to the so-called query cache. If a request has already been executed by the database once (e.g. a request about a question text), it will not be executed again the second time. Instead the cached result will be delivered. This use of the cache brings significant advantages in terms of speed. The specified effectivity value indicates how often a cached result has been delivered. It is calculated from the number of requests executed by the database / number of requests answered from the cache. Thus, a value of 100% indicates that each request has also been retrieved from the cache once. Usually, values are above 100%.