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API Insights properties

API Insights properties control the behavior of the application.

System properties

These system properties are available for API Insights.

Note: To open the System Properties [sys_properties] table, enter sys_properties.list in the navigation filter.

PropertyDescription
sn\_api\_insights\_ws.import\_outbound\_rest\_apiSet the property to enable or disable the import of outbound REpresentational State Transfer \(REST\) APIs from your ServiceNow instance to the API Insights workspace.- Type: string - Default value: `{"custom_api":false,"servicenow_api":false}` - Location: System Property \[sys\_properties\] table
sn\_api\_insights\_ws.import\_outbound\_soap\_apiSet the property to enable or disable the import of outbound Simple Object Access Protocol Application Programming Interface \(SOAP\) APIs from your ServiceNow instance to the API Insights workspace.- Type: string - Default value: `{"custom_api":false,"servicenow_api":false}` - Location: System Property \[sys\_properties\] table
sn\_api\_insights\_ws.import\_scripted\_rest\_apiSet the property to enable or disable the import of scripted REST APIs from your ServiceNow instance to the API Insights workspace, and set the timeframe for recent activity.- Type: string - Default value: `{"custom_api":false,"servicenow_api":true,"active_in_last":false,"active_in_last_number_of_days":90}` - Location: System Property \[sys\_properties\] table
sn\_api\_insights\_ws.import\_scripted\_soap\_apiSet the property to enable or disable the import of scripted SOAP APIs from your ServiceNow instance to the API Insights workspace, and set the timeframe for recent activity.- Type: string - Default value: `{"custom_api":false,"servicenow_api":false,"active_in_last":false,"active_in_last_number_of_days":90}` - Location: System Property \[sys\_properties\] table
sn\_api\_insights\_ws.ml\_min\_cluster\_qualityEnter the minimum cluster quality to display in machine learning recommendations, ranging from `0` to `100`.- Type: integer - Default value: `80` - Location: System Property \[sys\_properties\] table
sn\_api\_insights\_ws.search\_api\_limitEnter the desired limit on results for API and API component searches.- Type: integer - Default value: `1000` - Location: System Property \[sys\_properties\] table
sn\_api\_insights\_ws.settings\_api\_to\_business\_app\_serviceSet the property to the relationship model between APIs and business context.- Type: choice list - Default value: `CSDM` - Location: System Property \[sys\_properties\] table
sn\_api\_insights\_ws.settings\_grant\_access\_workflowSet the property to the sys ID of the workflow to be executed when an access request is submitted in API Insights.- Type: string - Default value: `API Grant/Reject Access Template` - Location: System Property \[sys\_properties\] table
sn\_api\_insights\_ws.settings\_preferred\_toolSet the preferred tool for the creation of new APIs in API Insights.- Type: choice list - Default value: `Authoring tool` - Location: System Property \[sys\_properties\] table
sn\_api\_insights\_ws.settings\_preferred\_tool\_urlSet the URL for the preferred API authoring tool inAPI Insights. This property value is used when the settings_preferred_tool property is set to API Authoring Tool.- Type: string - Default value: http://www.postman.com - Location: System Property [sys_properties] table
sn\_api\_insights\_ws.settings\_support\_group\_columnSet the column on the Configuration item \[cmdb\_ci\] table that will represent the support group in the API Insights dashboards.- Type: choice list - Default value: `managed_by_group` - Location: System Property \[sys\_properties\] table
sn\_api\_insights\_ws.show\_ml\_clustering\_recsSet the property to `false` to disable the clustering recommendations for orphan API components.- Type: true \| false - Default value: `true` - Location: System Property \[sys\_properties\] table
sn\_api\_insights\_ws.show\_overview\_metrics\_widgetsSet the property to `true` to enable showing the Metric Base widgets on the API and API Component Overview pages.- Type: true \| false - Default value: `false` - Location: System Property \[sys\_properties\] table

Parent Topic:API Insights reference