TariffShark Tiger User Guide

Administrative/Configuration

Exercise caution when changing server/program settings and always create a backup.

Application Server

Most of the TariffShark Application Server's configuration is done following the initial TariffShark database setup. Configuration settings are stored and documented in the web.config file located in the root folder for the application server. For detailed information on all settings refer to the contents of the web.config file.

For hosted TariffShark customers, server configuration is done by Links Technology Solutions, Inc. per customer's specification.

Configuring database connection
Setting password for registering/unregistering software clients
Path to license file
Password policies
E-mail servers settings (for password resets and error notification)
Session timeout interval
Exception logging policies

Client

After the TariffShark client is installed, most settings are managed within the UI via Edit | Preferences menu and Edit | User Profile menu. The settings not represented in the UI are:

Proxy Settings

To edit the proxy settings for connecting to the TariffShark Application Server open/edit the proxy.config file located in the installation folder.

Application-Wide Settings

The settings are located in the Configuration\Application.xml file located in the TariffShark temp folder (normally %programdata%\Links Technology Solutions\TariffShark Tiger\). Most of the settings are represented in the Edit | Preferences dialog, the rest store program state.

Format of Published, TariffShark-Generated Table of Contents and Index

The configuration options that enable the customization of the appearance of TariffShark's generated Table of Contents and Index reside in an XML file. While there is no UI within TariffShark to make such adjustments, changes made to the XML configuration file are seen the next time a Tariff is published and the Table of Contents and/or Index is generated.
The XML is pretty self-explanatory. It includes an element at the top that offers quite a bit of guidance. For example, the TOCSpaceAfterEachTRV element is set to 10 by default. This means that 10 points of space (roughly 1/7") are provided following each entry in a Table of Contents. Adjusting this setting to a smaller number will tighten up the generated TOC.
Because this is a desktop-level configuration, different users with different configuration files will produce different looking published tariffs. Therefore, it is a manual process by which the XML configuration files across multiple desktops are synchronized in order to guarantee consistent appearance of published tariffs.
The XML configuration file is named TariffPublishingOptions.xml and is stored in TariffShark's temporary folder. If you are not familiar with the location of this folder, which varies based on the desktop OS you're running, please contact TariffShark Support.