Session Maintenance When a user signs in to a QAD CSS Web site, the system identifies the user and assigns a unique session number. This session ID allows QAD CSS to track and store information about the user’s activities while in the site. The Session Maintenance function lets administrators view all session records and their related transactions. Administrators are able to monitor sessions and terminate active or abandoned sessions. It is recommended to periodically review and purge abandoned sessions records. Session detail can be important in diagnosing and troubleshooting issues reported by users. The menu location of Session Maintenance is Home Menu|Administration Menu|Session Maintenance. Clicking the Session Maintenance menu option displays the screen in Session Maintenance. Session Maintenance The key screen components of the Session Maintenance navigation screen are: Session Summary The left column lists a summary of options available in the purge selection list drop-down. Purge all sessions that are Choose the group of session records to purge or view: expired, 1 day old, 3 days old, 1 week old, 1 week old, 2 weeks old, 1 month old, 6 moths old. Then click Purge Session Now to permanently delete the session records based on the value of the list. Purge sessions from/to dates Specify a range of dates for selecting session records to purge. Then click Purge Session Now to permanently delete the session records based on the date range. View Sessions Now Button Click to display a list the session records based on the value of the purge selection list. Purging Session Records There are three methods of purging session records. Important: Purging an active session will terminate a user’s connection. Method 1: Purge all sessions that are expired 1 Select a range of sessions from the drop-down menu (1 day old, 3 days old, 1 week old, 2 weeks old, 1 month old, or 6 months old). 2 Click the adjacent Purge Session Now button. A confirmation window displays. 3 Click OK to delete the corresponding session and all related records from the session table. Method 2: Purge all sessions for a specific date range 1 Enter a valid from date. 2 Verify the to date. 3 Click the adjacent Purge Session Now button. A confirmation window displays. 4 Click OK to delete the corresponding records from the session table. Method 3: View all the session records and select individual sessions to purge Abandoned sessions will automatically be selected to delete. Important: The display line that is presented in bold represents the administrator currently operating this function. Do not delete this line, or your session will be immediately terminated. Clicking View Sessions Now displays the screen shown in Viewing All Session Records. Viewing All Session Records Note: The currently active session is in bold. Sort By selection list This allows the administrator to sort session records by user ID, customer association, and last access date. This screen displays a list of sessions with columns as described in Sorting Session Records. Sorting Session Records Column Description Delete check box A check identifies this session record for deletion. Session ID A unique identifier for this session. This link generates a summary transaction report for this session. User ID The login user ID. Customer Number The last selected customer number value chosen by the user. Page Visited The last QAD CSS module visited. Access Date/Time The last date and time the session record was updated. To delete records from the session view list: 1 Select the check box of the corresponding rows to delete. 2 Click the Purge Selected Session button. 3 Click OK in the confirmation window. Selection Confirmation It is also possible to view more details about specific sessions from here. Note: Method 3 is often used for troubleshooting, while methods 1 and 2 reflect standard maintenance. Related QAD CSS functions: • Transaction History Report
