System settings

System settings in Evidence Local allow administrators to configure how the system retains data, enforces security policies, manages network resources, and schedules key operations. The System Settings page is divided into two tabs:

  • Standard: The Standard tab contains settings for data retention, user passwords, interface configurations, destination transfers, evidence exports, and feature management.
  • Data Indexing: The Data Indexing tab contains configuration settings for the data indexing feature, such as storage location and export interval.

When you open System Settings, the page defaults to the Standard tab.

Access system settings

  1. Sign in to your Evidence Local administrator account.

  2. Select Admin from the top menu.

  3. Under Agency Settings, select System Settings.

Standard tab settings

Retention

  • Retention of Audit Logs (in days): How many days the audit log is retained.
  • Retention of Activity/Error Logs (in days): How many days the activity and error logs are retained.
  • Retention of Audit and Engineering Log Files (in days): How many days audit and engineering logs are retained.
  • Retention of TASER Logs (in days): How many days TASER device logs are retained.
  • Retention Start Date:
    • Folder, Cabinet added date: How many days evidence is retained from the date it is added to the folder/cabinet. It will be reset when evidence is moved to a new folder/cabinet.
    • Recorded date: How many days evidence is retained from the date it is recorded.
    • Ingestion date: How many days evidence is retained from the date the evidence is ingested into the system.

Passwords

  • Minimum password length: The minimum number of characters for user passwords.
  • Must contain uppercase and lowercase letters: Select this option to require users to create passwords that contain both an upper and lowercase letter. This setting is selected by default to help prevent weak passwords.
  • Must contain both letters and numbers: Select this option to require users to create passwords that contain both letters and numbers.
  • Days before passwords expire: The number of days before a password must be changed, up to 365 days. Setting as zero means passwords will not expire.

Misc.

  • Server Identifier: Sets the Evidence Local server name for files sent to another Evidence Local server with the Destinations feature. This is used to show the name of the server the file came from.
  • Hide inaccessible files in search results: Hides search result files that users do not have rights to access. By default, this option is not selected, and inaccessible file results are highlighted in red.
  • Retention of inaccessible removed files (in days): How many days the system will try to physically delete files that have been completely removed from the system (i.e., permanently deleted).
  • Session Timeout: The number of minutes an Evidence Local session can be inactive before the user is signed out. The default setting is 30 minutes, with a range of 15–480.

Interface configuration

  • Display Units: Select Imperial or Metric units.

Destination transfers

  • Concurrent Inbound Limit: The maximum number of simultaneous transfers Evidence Local can receive from another Evidence Local instance. If the number of inbound transfers exceeds this limit, additional transfers are place in a queued state until the active number of transfers is reduced
  • Concurrent Outbound Limit: The maximum number of simultaneous transfers Evidence Local can send to another Destination location. If the number of outbound transfers exceeds the concurrent limit, additional transfers are placed in a queued state until the active number of transfers is reduced.

Evidence export

  • Retention (in days): How many days the evidence export and associated temporary export file history is retained.
  • Storage Location: Enter a storage location path or UNC path, or leave blank to use the default location (installation-path\EvidenceExportTemp).

Features

  • Use new image viewer: Sets if the advanced image viewer is the default image viewer for Evidence Local. The advanced image viewer has options to rotate and zoom on the image.
  • Enable third-party video support: Choose whether to enable Third-Party Video Support, allowing users to convert and play videos from various third-party formats in the Axon Evidence Local default video player.
  • Mandatory reason for evidence access: Users must provide justifications for evidence access that are recorded in audit logs.

Data indexing tab settings

Evidence and device data indexing

The Data indexing feature seamlessly exports the associated metadata of digital evidence and devices within the system. This functionality empowers you to further process or ingest the exported metadata into third-party systems, enabling enhanced data utilization.

Destination Folder: Enter a storage location path where index files will be saved. The data indexing process will not initiate if this field is empty.

Data Indexing Interval (in minutes, from 1 to 1440): Data indexing export will initiate at this interval if evidence or devices are changed. The data indexing process will not initiate if this field is empty.