Chapter 6. Customizing project preferences

Procedure

1. In Business Central, select the Admin icon in the top-right corner of the screen and select Projects. The Projects page opens.

2. In the Project Preferences pane, click the preference you want to modify. The following preferences are available:

   • File exporting: This preference has the following properties:

     Table 6.1. File exporting properties

     Field	Description
     PDF orientation	Determines whether the PDF orientation is portrait or landscape.
     PDF units	Determines whether the PDF unit is PT, MM, CN or IN.
     PDF page format	Determines whether the PDF page format is A[0-10], B[0-10], or C[0-10].

   • Spaces: This preference has the following properties:

     Table 6.2. Spaces properties

     Field	Description
     Name	The default name of the space that is created automatically if none exists.
     Owner	The default owner of the space that is created automatically if none exists.
     Group ID	The default group ID of the space that is created automatically if none exists.
     Alias (in singular)	Determines the customized alias (singular) of the space.
     Alias (in plural)	Determines the customized alias (plural) of the space.

   • Default values: This preference has the following properties:

     Table 6.3. Default values properties

     Field	Description
     Version	The default version number of a project when creating projects using the Quick setup option.
     Description	The default description of a project when creating projects using the Quick setup option.
     Branch	The default branch to be used when using a Git repository.

   • Advanced GAV preferences: This preference has the following properties:

     Table 6.4. Advanced GAV preference properties

     Field	Description
     Disable GAV conflict check?	Determines whether to enable or disable the GAV conflict check. Disabling this feature allows projects to have the same GAV (Group ID, Artifact, Version).
     Allow child GAV edition?	Determines whether to allow child/sub-projects to have GAV edition.

     Note

     Duplicate GAV detection is disabled for projects in Development Mode. To enable duplicate GAV detection for a project in Business Central, go to project Settings General Settings Version and toggle the Development Mode option to OFF (if applicable).

3. Click Save.