This documentation supports the 20.08 version of BMC Helix Platform.  To view an earlier version, select 20.02 from the Product version menu.

Allowing or disallowing attachments by type

BMC SaaS Operations sets the list of attachment file types that BMC allows and disallows in the environment. As a tenant administrator, you can further configure which attachment file types you want to disallow in your tenant. Users will be prevented from uploading the attachments with the file extensions that are disallowed as per your company policy.

Important

The attachment file name should not include a comma (,).

BMC Helix Platform stores attachment file name as file-name-withExtension, MIME Type of file if supplied. If an end user uploads a file which has a comma in its name, the attachment is attached and saved in the record definition. However, BMC Helix Platform assumes that the MIME type of the document appears after the first occurrence of the comma, and truncates the strings after the comma.

When this attachment is downloaded, it might be missing the extension type and is downloaded as a file without an extension.

Adding or updating the attachment file extension list

Warning

Only BMC SaaS Operations can configure the allowable attachment file extensions.


  1. Log in to BMC Helix Innovation Studio and navigate to the Administration tab. 

  2. Select Configure My Server > Attachment File Extensions, and perform the following configurations:

    Configuration

    Steps

    Example

    Adding new disallowed file extension

    1. From the List of File Extensions, select Disallowed.
    2. In the text box, enter the file extension you want to add to the disallowed list.
    3. Click Add.

    Important: The following attachments with the file extensions are added out-of-the-box to the disallowed list:

    • .exe
    • .sh
    • .pl
    • .dll
    • .dmg
    • .jar
    • .vbs
    • .js
    • .bat
    • .ksh  

    New disallowed file extensions.png

    Removing the existing allowed file extension

    1. From the List of File Extensions, select Allowed.
    2. To remove an existing file extension, select the file extension, and click X.
      The file extension is moved to the Disallowed File Extension list.

    Remove allowed file extensions.png

    Removing the existing disallowed file extension

    1. From the List of File Extensions, select Disallowed.
    2. To remove an existing file extension, select the file extension, and click X.
      The file extension is moved to the Allowed File Extension list.

    Important: You cannot remove the disallowed file extensions configured by BMC SaaS Operations.

    Remove disallowed file extensions.png

  3. Click Save.

To revert to the settings originally configured by BMC SaaS Operations, click Reset to Default. 

Related topics

Updating-centralized-tenant-configuration-settings

Adding-attachments-to-processes


 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*