Microsoft KB Archive/884979

= How to change the timeout value for a query in the BizTalk Server 2004 Health and Activity Tracking (HAT) tool =

Article ID: 884979

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Partner Edition
 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Standard Edition

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Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure to back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry



INTRODUCTION
Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 includes the Health and Activity Tracking (HAT) tool. By default, the HAT tool times out if a query runs longer than 60 seconds. This article describes how to change the timeout value to enable queries to run longer than 60 seconds.



MORE INFORMATION
You can change the query timeout value that the HAT tool uses by adding the following registry entry:

To add this registry entry, follow these steps:

Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.  Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following subkey:

 If there is a Tracking subkey, go to step 6. To create a Tracking subkey, point to New on the Edit menu, and then click Key. Type Tracking, and then press ENTER. Locate and then click the following subkey:

</li> On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.</li> Type ConnectionTimeout, and then press ENTER.</li> Right-click ConnectionTimeout, and then click Modify.</li> In the Edit DWORD Value dialog box, click Decimal, and then type the value in seconds that you want to set for the query timeout value.</li> On the File menu, click Exit.</li></ol>

Note You must restart the HAT tool for the new timeout value to take effect.

For more information about Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 and the BizTalk HAT tool, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk

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