3.4 Mobile Device Access—Individual Users and Groups

Path: Port 8443 Filr Admin Console Management > Users/Groups > select one or more users or groups > More > Mobile Application Settings...

Table 3-4 Using the Configure User Mobile Application Settings dialog

Field, Option, or Button	Information and/or Action
Configure User Mobile Application Settings (X users)
Use default settings	Select this to apply all of the settings in the Configure Mobile Applications dialog to the selected users or groups.
Use user settings to allow mobile applications to:	Select this to apply the settings below to the selected users or groups.
Access Filr	Lets selected users/groups access Filr through a Filr mobile app.
Cache the user’s password	Lets selected user/goups enable the Save Password option when logging in to the Filr site through a Filr mobile app.
Allow files to be added to the Downloads area for offline access	Lets selected user/groups download files from Filr to mobile devices. Downloaded files can be viewed in offline mode by accessing the Downloads section in the app. If you don’t want users downloading files, make sure that you also disable downloading through web browsers. Users are responsible for the security of downloaded files. See Encrypting Downloaded Files in the Micro Focus Filr Mobile App.
Force PIN Code	Forces selected user/groups running version 2.0 and later apps to have a 4-digit access code set on their devices for accessing Filr, as described in Configuring a 4-Digit Passcode in the Micro Focus Filr Mobile App.
Cut/Copy	Lets selected user/groups cut or copy data from the Filr mobile app so that the data can be pasted into third-party applications.
Screen capture (affects Android only)	Lets selected users/groups take a screen capture while inside the Filr application. IMPORTANT:As noted in the option name, this only applies to Android devices. iOS users can always take screen captures.
Disable applications on rooted or jail-broken devices	Prevents selected users/groups from running the Filr mobile app on devices that have been rooted or jail-broken.
Open in:	Click the drop-down list and select the option that is best for the selected users or groups as described in the rows below. Controls whether selected user/groups can open files in third-party apps through Filr. For example, a user views a file in Filr, opens and modifies the file in a document editing app, then saves the file back to the Filr app. iOS calls this Open In functionality; Android devices refer to it as Share or Send To. IMPORTANT:For MobileIron device management, the following points apply: In almost all cases the Filr and MobileIron settings must be consistent with each other. The exception is if you want only the MobileIron-managed devices to have Open In capabilities. To cause this behavior, Enable Open In in MobileIron. Disable Open In in Filr.
Disabled	Prevents selected users/groups from opening files in Filr using third-party applications.
All applications	Lets selected users/groups open files in Filr using any third-party application.
Whitelist	This opens two Whitelists (Android and iOS) of third-party apps that selected users or groups are allowed to open files into. IMPORTANT: Only Android package names and iOS bundle IDs are valid list entries. To get an Android app package name: Install the Package Name Viewer app from the Google Play store. This app displays the package name for each app that is currently installed on the device. To find the bundle ID for an iOS app: Synchronize the app to iTunes from your device. In the iTunes library, open the Mobile Applications folder. For iTunes on Mac, the default location is your Home directory at: ~/Music/iTunes/Mobile Applications/ For iTunes On Windows, the default location is C:\Users\username\My Music\iTunes\Mobile Applications/ Create a copy of the app’s file, and re-save the copy as a .zip file. Unzip the newly created .zip file. You now see a folder by the name of the application name. Locate the iTunesMetadata.plist file within the folder and open it in a text editor. The bundle ID is the string displayed below the softwareVersionBundleid key within the file.
OK button	Click this to save your changes. Current user sessions are not affected. To see changes, users must log in to a new session.
Cancel button	Click this to cancel the changes you have made.