PrizmDoc v12.4 - Updated
Adjust Office Conversion Settings for Optimal Performance
Administrator Guide > System Configuration > Configure the PrizmDoc Server > Adjust Office Conversion Settings for Optimal Performance

PrizmDoc Server use an internal component called Office Conversion Service for converting Office documents, such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

To customize Office Conversion Service settings, edit the central configuration file. To achieve optimal performance for document conversion, please consider adjusting values for the following parameters:

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resourceUsage.ocs.numInstances: 4
resourceUsage.ocs.numThreads: 8
resourceUsage.ocs.numPorts: 16

Automatic Settings

The Office Conversion Service can be configured to automatically use optimized values for above mentioned parameters. Just set the value "auto" to the required parameter:

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resourceUsage.ocs.numInstances: auto
resourceUsage.ocs.numThreads: auto
resourceUsage.ocs.numPorts: auto

The logic for handling "auto" parameters:

The Office Conversion Service performs case sensitive comparison for "auto" value.

The following configuration properties have been deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Alter these properties only if not using the central configuration file.

To customize Office Conversion Service settings, edit the Watchdog configuration file located in the following default directories:

To achieve optimal performance for document conversion, please consider adjusting values for the following parameters:

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"officeConversionService": {
      ...
      "officeInstanceCount":4,
      "threadCount":8,
      "officePortCount":16,
      ...
},

Automatic Settings

The Office Conversion Service can be configured to automatically use optimized values for above mentioned parameters. Just set the value "auto" to the required parameter:

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"officeConversionService": {
      ...
      "officeInstanceCount":"auto",
      "threadCount":"auto",
      "officePortCount":"auto",
      ...
},

The logic for handling "auto" parameters:

The Office Conversion Service performs case sensitive comparison for "auto" value.