There are some common parameters that can be set in multiple ssa.ini sections, allowing different components to use different parameter values. However, if the same parameter value is required for different components, there is an alternative to setting the same parameter multiple times: The COMMON section is where common parameters can be set once for all or some of the Data Vault Service components.

A common parameter is first sought in its proper section. If it is not found there, the COMMON section is checked. So in order for a common parameter to be used, the parameter should be set in the COMMON section and also omitted from the sections that will make use of this common parameter. A common parameter can be set in both the COMMON section and a specialized section, but the specialized section value will override the common one.

Note that the default value of a common parameter will be used only if there is no valid value in both the specialized section and the COMMON section.

The following are the parameters that can be set in the COMMON section, along with the other sections where they can appear: