How to add item to user defined list field in ApplicationXtender

How to add item to user defined list field in ApplicationXtender

Here are the steps to add a new value to a user-defined list field in ApplicationXtender:
1.  Open Application Administrator and log in as a user with Modify Application privileges
2. Go to Application Management and click on the Data Source
3. Click on the Application where you want to add the value
4. Click on Fields tab
5. Click on the Field you want to add the value to on the left-hand side, so the field name populates on the right-hand side as depicted below:



6. Click the User-Defined List button:


7. Type in the new value in the Item field, then click Add, then OK


8. Click Modify.  You will get the message depicted below, click OK to that, then Save.






Depending on your settings, you may have to do an IISRESET to see the new value in AppXtender Web Access (Run Command Prompt as Administrator, type IISRESET then press enter) which does temporarily disrupt user access.   There is also a method to have the system refresh this list for you without this step:

1. Go to folder c:\inetpub\wwwroot\AppXtender on the Web Access server and find file web.config.  Make a backup of this file before making any changes as a precaution
2. Open web.config from the above folder in Notepad
3. Search for the line "UDLFieldRefreshRate".  By default it is set to Zero, which means the system will always require the IISRESET above to see new values in the list.  You can set it to a specific number of minutes to have it refresh sooner.  For one minute, you would change it to 1 and so on.    Once this change is made you'll have to save the changes and do a one-time IISRESET as specified above to put into effect.