KB442092:How to change the temporary directory used by the PDF Export Service in MicroStrategy 10.6 and later

Overview
The new PDF Export Engine introduced with Strategy 10.6 requires the use of a temporary folder to extract certain resources for the headless browser phantomjs. By default, this is extracted to the system temp directory(ex. /tmp in Linux). In some cases users may not want to use system temporary directories in which case the directory can be changed with the following property:
 

10.X:
exporter.phantomjs.file.folder=<folder>

11.x:
exporter.renderer.file.folder=<folder>

This can be added to the application.properties file which is located at <MSTR_INSTALL_PATH>/IntelligenceServer/PDFExporter on Linux and <Drive>:\Program Files (x86)\Strategy\Intelligence Server\PDFExportService in Windows. Once added, the service will need to be restarted and it should log a message like below which indicates where phantomjs components will be extracted to: 
 

[NewExportEngine][INFO] Resource phantomjs/phantomjs.js is extracted to /home/test/tmp/phantomjs_637a4e7c-d0d9-4624-9db7-26e8aaa19044.js

Note: The folder chosen for the temporary directory needs to exist otherwise the PDF Export Service will fail to start. ​
KB442092