Increase session idle timeout

Increase session idle timeout


TMS automatically logs you out after a period of inactivity in order to protect your account. You can change the length of time before TMS considers you to be inactive. This change will affect all users of the TMSWeb system, both employees and supervisors alike.


It is best if you ask your IT department to assist with this
1) Locate the TMS website root folder. Usually this would be found on the web server in the folder C:\inetpub\wwwroot\TMS
2) Open web.config in notepad. You may have a folder called web.config with a web.config file in it. This is a default copy that isn't used by the system.
3) Locate the section below and change the "timeout" value. This is in minutes.
<authentication mode="Forms">
      <forms name="__Auth" loginUrl="tms/login" timeout="20" defaultUrl="dashboard/home/" />
</authentication>



This feature was introduced in TMS version 8.27.5
The default value is 20 minutes. The minimum value for the timeout is 1 minute. The maximum value is 10080 (7 days).

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