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Property based conditions depth limit

Žan Stožinič

Hello,

This is not related to hierarchy depth for selecting users through metadata, which is covered here: https://empower.m-files.com/article/Hierarchy-depth-for-users-from-metadata-pseudo-users.

This is for property based conditions found in Additional conditions for search filters, or state transition triggers in workflows. It seems there is a hard-coded limit of 3? It does not let me filter by metadata any further than that, however for my case I need at least a depth of 5-6. Is there any setting for this or what can I do?

Thanks,

Žan

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    You can try adjusting the following registry setting on the machine where M-Files Admin is running and restarting the admin tool:

    Registry key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Motive\M-Files\<version>\Common\SearchConditionGrid]
    Value name: GeneralPropertyConditionHierarchyDepth
    Value type: REG_DWORD (DWORD 32-bit Value)
    Value data: Number of levels the user is allowed to drill down in the hierarchy of properties

    Please note that these limits are intentionally in place. Deep property references may lead to performance or stability issues, as M-Files needs to process a larger number of related objects when executing searches. If you choose to modify this value, I recommend doing so cautiously and monitoring the system's behavior after the filters / triggers are in place.

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