Configure Empty Property Synchronization

By default, Meridian Enterprise synchronizes an empty custom property only if it contained a value and a user deleted that value. Each such property requires multiple operations to find the previous value of the property. If a document uses many custom properties, these operations can negatively affect system performance, particularly if network performance is not optimal or for batch operations with many documents.

To prevent this affect, you can:

• Minimize the number of custom properties used
• Minimize the affect by configuring Meridian Enterprise to ignore the previous values of empty properties. Depending on how your organization uses the custom properties, this may or may not be acceptable.

To configure empty property synchronization:

1. In Configurator, expand Environment in the configuration tree and select Application Link Settings. The settings for each link appear in property pages in the right pane.
2. Click the Application Integration tab. The Application Integration settings page appears in the right pane.

3. Click the Edit button to modify the settings.

   Note:

   To export the settings file to your computer, click the Export button. This can be useful if you would rather edit the file in your favorite text editor. You can then copy your changes to the Clipboard and paste them into Configurator.

4. Locate the CheckBlankPropertiesAssigned setting. If it does not yet exist, create it in the [Vault] section.

5. Set it to one of the values described in the following table.

   For example:

   CheckBlankPropertiesAssigned=0

6. Click OK to save your changes.

Supported values

Value	Description
0	Empty properties are not synchronized
1	An empty property is only synchronized if it contained a value and a user deleted that value (default)
2	Empty properties are always synchronized

If this setting is not found, Meridian Enterprise checks the registry value CheckBlankPropertiesAssigned to control the synchronization.

The value can be found in the following client registry keys that support the same possible values and are described in the Accruent Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\AMLink\Settings
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\AMDocUpdateUtl\Settings

The setting described in this topic overrides both registry values and controls synchronization for all application links.