Session Recovery is a new feature in Strategy that allows logged out Strategy Web users to log back in and recover the last dashboard, document, or report they viewed before logging out or being logged out. For example, if they open a dashboard, document, or report and step away from the desk, their user session can time out because of inactivity. If enabled, the Session Recovery feature writes their work session to disk. As long as the session recovery expiration time is not exceeded, they can log in to Strategy Web then click a link to resume viewing or editing the open dashboard, document, or report. One open document or report will be saved per project per user.
The following configuration settings are available for Session Recovery (found in the Strategy Intelligence Server Configuration > Governing Rules > Default > Temporary Storage Settings dialog box) in Strategy Developer:
Session Recovery and Deferred Inbox storage directory: Specifies where the session backups are written to disk. The default is ".\Inbox\<SERVER_DEFINITION_NAME>". A subfolder called "WSRepo" will be created in the location specified here, and subfolders for each Strategy user (by GUID) will be created at the time that a session backup is saved. In an Intelligence Server cluster, this value will need to be set according the same guidelines as for Caches, Cubes, and Inbox. Following the convention of the default value, this would be set to the same folder as the History List (Inbox) directory.
Enable Web User Session Recovery on Logout: Controls whether the Session Recovery feature is enabled or disabled.
Session Recovery backup expiration (hrs): Sets the timeout for how long a session backup will be retained before it is considered expired. After it is expired, the user cannot recover the session and the backup will be discarded the next time the user logs in.
Refer to Technical Document below on five scenarios of session recovery:
Five scenarios of session recovery
NOTE: The Session Recovery feature may have a performance impact on the Intelligence Server in environments with a high number of user sessions.
KB302259
