Get an overview of the configuration settings available in the management cockpit in our product demo.
Example: Allowing the creation of group chats only for individual users
If you aren’t using an external MDM system or would like to preconfigure the app for users who bring their own devices (BYOD), we recommend using the app configuration in the management cockpit.
Adjustment for all users (Global)
- Open the “App configuration” section in the Threema Work management cockpit, which expands the subsection “Global”.
- In addition to the name of each configuration setting, the table contains a short description of the impact a configuration setting change has in the app.
- In our example, navigate to the category “Communication,” activate th_disable_create_group, and change the configuration setting to
true.
Adjustments for individual users (Individual)
- Open the “Individual” subsection, and click on a username to select one or more users who may use the app differently than what the global settings define.
- Clicking on “Continue” (the number of selected users is shown in brackets) allows you to adjust the app further in the respective category.
- Activate the configuration setting in the category “Communication,” and leave it
false.
You have now successfully configured the app in a way that allows only predefined users to create a group chat.
Efficient input of individual values
If your subscription contains more than a dozen users, having to manually edit each value can be cumbersome, and it might be a good idea to import the values using a CSV file. In the management cockpit, navigate to “App configuration,”
select “Import/export”, and proceed as follows:
- Export the configuration settings as a CSV file
- Edit the configuration settings in the CSV file
- Import the edited CSV file
The individual settings are now defined.
To automate the process, you can use the Threema Work API.
Good to know
- Individual configuration settings for individual users are treated with a higher priority than global configuration settings for all users, i.e., individual configuraton settings override global configuration settings.
- All configuration settings concerning app customization are documented both in the management cockpit and in the Threema Work website’s help section.
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A few configuration settings (those with an information icon next to the configuration setting name) are only set when users license the app. For users who have completed the setup process, a change to these settings will only
become effective if they reinstall the app or generate a new ID.
