Admin Times out ti quickly

[bscho]

The Admin timer is set for 15 minutes can you change this and how?

[mc12345678]

The Admin timer is set for 15 minutes can you change this and how?

More importantly why?

There are ways to prepare data outside of the admin to then push it to the admin screen as necessary (copy/paste, upload/import, etc...) If the timeout is occurring "without" your knowledge there is a plugin called keep alive that will alert you when the timeout is approaching so that a timer reset action can be performed.

[DrByte]

You can turn off PCI Compliant timeout mode in Admin->Configuration->My Store if you don't want to operate in compliance with standard security rules.