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poolparty.propertiesFile
The poolparty.properties File
31/07/2025
The poolparty.properties file default directory is located on a Linux server at the following path:
Linux:
<PPAppDir>/config
This file contains parameters which you have to respectively can optionally configure for your PoolParty instance.
The settings you define here are used to display date and time in lists and tables throughout the interface. All other instances of date and date-time formats in PoolParty are by default formatted and stored according to the UTC standard.
date.format.pattern=dd.MM.yyyy datetime.format.pattern=dd.MM.yyyy - HH:mm
Default: http://localhost/PoolParty
ppt.url=http://localhost/PoolParty
This parameter affects the LD frontend and enables the enhanced HTTP/HTTPS resolution of resources for it.
Add this parameter to the file:
ld.frontend.http.https.conversion
Default: http://lod.semantic-web.at/sparql
lod.cache.endpoint=http://lod.semantic-web.at/sparql
This is default URI used when creating projects or custom schemes/ontologies.
# base url for custom schemes url.base.scheme=http://schema.yourdomain.com # base url for Thesauri url.base.vocabulary=http://vocabulary.yourdomain.com # base url for Users url.base.user=http://poolparty.local/user # base url for graph namespaces (as of version 7.2.0) url.base.context=url.base.scheme
Note
The key url.base.context is mandatory as of version 7.2.0.
The following parameters can be optionally set in the poolparty.properties file:
poolparty.session.timeout
This parameter allows you to change the default timeout of a PoolParty session. (Default: 30min)
ld.frontend.http.https.conversion
This parameter allows you to enable or disable the enhanced LD frontend HTTP/HTTPS resource resolving. (Default: true)
ldf.timeout.connect.msec
Sets the connection timeout for generic HTTP requests to resolve labels in PoolParty's Linked Data Frontend in milliseconds. The default connection timeout is 2000 ms.
ldf.timeout.request.msec
Sets the request timeout for generic HTTP requests to resolve labels in PoolParty's Linked Data Frontend in milliseconds. The default request timeout is 20000 ms.
poolparty.analytics.enabled
If set to
true, PoolParty may send anonymous data about the features used. The data sent complies with the privacy policy specified in your contract. This helps us improve our product. By default, the analytics is disabled on all on-premise installations.poolparty.analytics.siteid
ID of the site to where PoolParty uploads the analytics data. Will be provided by your Customer Success representative. Only relevant if
poolparty.analytics.enabledis set totrue.
From PoolParty 2022 Release 1 the following parameters are no longer used:
feed.url
Legacy parameter that defines the URL of a custom RSS feed to be used in PoolParty.
feed.entries
Legacy parameter that defines the number of RSS feed entries to be displayed.
feed.timeout
Legacy parameter that defines the timeout of feed fetch requests in ms.
From PoolParty 2025 Release 2 (9.6.1) the following optional parameters have been removed from the poolparty.properties file:
ppgs.max.title.length
The maximum number of characters in the
titleparameter in Web Service Method: Create Indexed Document and Web Service Method: Update or Create an Indexed Document. Default value was 1,250 characters.ppgs.max.text.length
The maximum number of characters in the
textparameter in Web Service Method: Create Indexed Document and Web Service Method: Update or Create an Indexed Document. The default character limit was 12,048 characters.