Maintaining general setup data

Some aspects of the Synergetic functions can be configured to suit your organisation's needs.

Lookup tables

Lookup tables can be maintained using Lookup Table Maintenance. See Maintaining lookup tables.

Lookup table	Description	See
luBuilding	Used to define buildings at your organisation.	luBuilding lookup table
luCampus	Used to define the campuses that your organisation uses.	luCampus lookup table (Australian Integration)
luCountry	Used to define the list of countries used at your organisation.	luCountry lookup table
luDepartment	Used to define academic areas or departments within your organisation.	luDepartment lookup table
luFileType	Used to specify file types to distinguish types of classes. See Files types in the Introduction manual.	luFileType lookup table
luFileTypeProgram	Used to define co-curricular programs.	luFileTypeProgram lookup table
luForm	Used to define the forms that your organisation uses.	luForm lookup table
luGender	Used to define the list of configurable genders used at your organisation.	luGender lookup table
luHouse	Used to define house groupings used by your organisation.	luHouse lookup table
luLocalisation		luLocalisation lookup table
luRegion	Used to define the list of geographical regions used at your organisation.	luRegion lookup table
luRoom	Used to define rooms used at your organisation.	luRoom lookup table
luState	Used to define the list of states used at your organisation.	luState lookup table
luTutor	Used to define tutor groups at your organisation.	luTutor lookup table
luYearLevel	Define: if and how to transfer students to the next academic year whether to clear or keep certain student data when transferring to the next academic year other standard options for each year level, such as the year level coordinators.	luYearLevel lookup table (Next Year Process)
luYearLevelGroup	Define groups of year levels. For example, group years 7-9 together to more easily bulk-set certain features.	luYearLevelGroup lookup table
luTaskStatus	Used to control the available status options for tasks. For example: Pending external action In progress Complete.	luTaskStatus lookup table

Key configuration settings
This section outlines configuration settings that apply throughout Synergetic.
The following settings are not usually changed but affect the way some Synergetic functions work.

Configuration setting	Description	See
BlankTasksList	Used to set whether the task list is displayed when logging in, even though there are no tasks to display.	BlankTasksList configuration setting
Calendar:Enabled	Used to determine whether the calendar is enabled.	Calendar:Enabled configuration setting
Core:Url	Used to define the URL for the core functionality of Synergetic Middleware.	Core:Url configuration setting
CountryCode	Used to set the country that applies for your organisation. Some Synergetic functions operate differently to meet the specific needs of each country.	CountryCode configuration setting
CustomIconTransparent-Colour	Used to set the colour that Synergetic treats as transparent when displaying custom icons.	CustomIconTransparentColour configuration setting
Default:CountryOfBirthCode	Used to set the default country of birth when adding a new student record.	Default:CountryOfBirthCode configuration setting
FieldOrderCSV	Used to define the comma-separated field order of the lookup table entered as the Key 2 value. Note: You need to add this configuration setting for each lookup table to be configured by clicking on the Configuration File Maintenance window.	FieldOrderCSV configuration setting
FirstDayOfWeek	Used to set the first day of the academic week.	FirstDayOfWeek configuration setting
Install:Name	Used to define the name of your organisation for use throughout Synergetic.	Install:Name configuration setting
NoCampus	Used to determine whether your organisation is a multi-campus school.	NoCampus configuration setting
OverrideSenderText	Used to update the text automatically inserted into an email message, when sending grid records on behalf of another person.	OverrideSenderText configuration setting
PhoneAreaCode	Used to define the default area code applied to phone numbers that do not contain an area code	PhoneAreaCode configuration setting
PrivateList:ExpiryDays	Used to set the number of days before a stored private tag list is set to expire.	PrivateList:ExpiryDays configuration setting
PublicList:ExpiryDays	Used to set the number of days before a stored public tag list is set to expire. This defaults to 99999 (never to expire).	PublicList:ExpiryDays configuration setting
RegionCode	Used to enable state- or regional-specific data integration functionality.	RegionCode configuration setting
SuburbUpperCaseFlag	Used to set whether Suburb field is forced to uppercase or not in Community Maintenance. This allows New Zealand organisations to set the corresponding City field to False, to comply with NZ postal standards.	SuburbUpperCaseFlag configuration setting
Synchronise	ICON schools can use the Synchronise configuration setting to synchronise file year/semester changes across all Synergetic and SynWeb user accounts.	Synchronise configuration setting
TagList: AlwaysShow	Used to determine whether the Tag List window is shown on startup.	TagList:AlwaysShow configuration setting
TagList: AutoClose	Used to determine whether the Tag List window is automatically closed when empty.	TagList:AutoClose configuration setting