{"id":2377,"date":"2023-11-24T05:04:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T05:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mexuserguide.dreamhosters.com\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2023-12-14T04:24:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T04:24:47","slug":"setting-user-timeout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helpguide.mex.com.au\/app\/setting-user-timeout\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting User timeout"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t\t<div  class=\"block-255529ac-a68e-4198-bf19-f95c87bc75f8 areoi-element container alignfull\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\n\r\n\t\t<div  class=\"block-66bdd3e5-e544-406f-9790-8ea60a980da0 row areoi-element padding-bottom20_0\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\n\r\n\t\t<div  class=\"block-1a3427b1-08df-43c9-91bf-9979304239b7 col areoi-element\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\n\r\n\t\t<div  class=\"block-8b0b219a-236b-4ab6-b074-b6b0e63dbd5b accordion\">\r\n\t\t\t\n\r\n\t\t<div  class=\"block-915b470b-7429-4d16-b2b0-a4ebda68c70b accordion-item\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<h1 \r\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"accordion-header\" \r\n\t\t\t\tid=\"block-915b470b-7429-4d16-b2b0-a4ebda68c70b-header\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<button \r\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"accordion-button collapsed\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bs-target=\"#block-915b470b-7429-4d16-b2b0-a4ebda68c70b-collapse\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded=\"true\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"block-915b470b-7429-4d16-b2b0-a4ebda68c70b-collapse\"\r\n\t\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t\tRelated Posts &#8211; All About Settings\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div \r\n\t\t\t\tid=\"block-915b470b-7429-4d16-b2b0-a4ebda68c70b-collapse\" \r\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" \r\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"block-915b470b-7429-4d16-b2b0-a4ebda68c70b-header\"\r\n\t\t\t\tdata-bs-parent=\".block-8b0b219a-236b-4ab6-b074-b6b0e63dbd5b\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\r\n\t\t<div  class=\"block-f8667bed-ddf1-4d2f-9269-c640e564814b list-group\">\r\n\t\t\t\n\r\n\t\t\t<a \r\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/helpguide.mex.com.au\/app\/user-settings\/\" \r\n\t\t\t\trel=\"\" \r\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"\" \r\n\t\t\t\tid=\"block-413afff4-13c2-4cd2-9b12-e51e5ec36a5e\" \r\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"list-group-item\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\tUser Settings \r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<a \r\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/helpguide.mex.com.au\/app\/adding-custom-fields\/\" \r\n\t\t\t\trel=\"\" \r\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"\" \r\n\t\t\t\tid=\"block-bd67ab93-4cfd-478c-81f0-bffc223c4aa4\" \r\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"list-group-item\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\tAdding Custom Fields \r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<a \r\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/helpguide.mex.com.au\/app\/setting-mandatory-fields\/\" \r\n\t\t\t\trel=\"\" \r\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"\" \r\n\t\t\t\tid=\"block-baea8259-992a-4970-9e0d-4e1896df4413\" \r\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"list-group-item\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\tSetting Mandatory Fields \r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<a \r\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/helpguide.mex.com.au\/app\/changing-names\/\" \r\n\t\t\t\trel=\"\" \r\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"\" \r\n\t\t\t\tid=\"block-deac96a4-d796-424d-8c11-7a8feaf79736\" \r\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"list-group-item\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\tChanging Names \r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<a \r\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/helpguide.mex.com.au\/app\/edit-security\/\" \r\n\t\t\t\trel=\"\" \r\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"\" \r\n\t\t\t\tid=\"block-0fdc26d7-acbc-4580-9f7c-84519da1e7f7\" \r\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"list-group-item\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\tEdit Security \r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\n \r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\n \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\n \r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\n \r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\n \r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\n\n\r\n\t\t<div  class=\"block-66bdd3e5-e544-406f-9790-8ea60a980da0 row areoi-element\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\n\r\n\t\t<div  class=\"block-1a3427b1-08df-43c9-91bf-9979304239b7 col areoi-element\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-655461d82c8b7d0b0f8e9af0259348b2\" style=\"color:#6c757d\">User Timeout For Inactive Users<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;line-height:\n100%;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:\nEN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA\">Do note that user timeout for app users is set inside MEX in the control files in MEX v15 under login options<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the Main Menu of your desktop MEX system, select \u201cControl Files\u201d. Under \u201cLogin Options\u201d you will see a field with the label \u201c<strong>MEX logs out when inactive for X minutes.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This value reflects how long a user can be inactive for in minutes so update this as necessary. You can also tick the option to <strong>Enforce Login after Timeout Expires<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you choose to tick this option, all users that have been inactive for the specified time will be pushed back to the login screen. Without this option turned on, users will only be pushed back to the login screen once all licenses are being used up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full text-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/mexuserguide.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MEXTimeout.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helpguide.mex.com.au\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MEXTimeout.png 602w, https:\/\/helpguide.mex.com.au\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MEXTimeout-300x66.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n \r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\n \r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\n \r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>User timeouts allow you to free up licences being held by inactive users. 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