inventree-docs/docs/settings/global.md

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Global Settings

Global Settings

InvenTree ships with a lot of dynamic settings which can be configured at run-time. These settings are stored in the InvenTree database itself.

The following settings are global settings which affect all users.

!!! info "Staff Status Required" Only users with staff status can view and edit global settings

To edit global settings, select Settings from the menu in the top-right corner of the screen.

Global settings are arranged in the following categories:

Server Settings

Configuration of basic server settings.

Setting	Type	Description	Default
InvenTree Instance Name	String	String descriptor for the InvenTree server instance	InvenTree Server
Use Instance Name	Boolean	Use instance name in title bars	False
Base URL	String	Base URL for server instance	blank
Company Name	String	Company name	My compant name
Download from URL	Boolean	Allow downloading of images from remote URLs	False

Login Settings

Change how logins, password-forgot, signups are handled.

Setting	Type	Description	Default
Enable registration	Boolean	Enable self-registration for users on the login-pages	False
Enable SSO	Boolean	Enable SSO on the login-pages	False
Enable password forgot	Boolean	Enable password forgot function on the login-pages. This will let users reset their passwords on their own. For this feature to work you need to configure E-mail	True
E-Mail required	Boolean	Require user to supply e-mail on signup. Without a way (e-mail) to contact the user notifications and security features might not work!	False
Enforce MFA	Boolean	Users must use multifactor security. This forces each user to setup MFA and use it on each autentication	False
Mail twice	Boolean	On signup ask users twice for their mail	False
Password twice	Boolean	On signup ask users twice for their password	True
Auto-fill SSO users	Boolean	Automatically fill out user-details from SSO account-data. If this feature is enabled the user is only asked for their username, first- and surname if those values can not be gathered from their SSO profile. This might lead to unwanted usernames bleading over.	True

Barcodes

Configuration of barcode functionality

Setting	Type	Description	Default
Barcode Support	Boolean	Enable barcode functionality in web interface	True

Currencies

Configuration of currency support

Setting	Type	Description	Default
Default Currency	Currency	Default currency	USD

Reporting

Configuration of report generation

Setting	Type	Description	Default
Enable Reports	Boolean	Enable report generation	False
Page Size	String	Default page size	A4
Debug Mode	Boolean	Generate reports in debug mode (HTML output)	False
Test Reports	Boolean	Enable generation of test reports	False

Parts

Configuration of Part options

Categories

Configuration of Part Category options

Stock

Configuration of Stock Item options

Setting	Type	Description	Default
Stock Expiry	Boolean	Enable stock expiry functionality	False
Stock Stale Time	Days	Number of days stock items are considered stale before expiring	90
Sell Expired Stock	Boolean	Allow sale of expired stock	False
Build Expired Stock	Boolean	Allow building with expired stock	False
Stock Ownership Control	Boolean	Enable ownership control functionality	False

Build Orders

Options for build orders

Setting	Type	Description	Default
Reference Prefix	String	Prefix for build order reference	BO
Reference Regex	String	Regular expression pattern for build order reference	blank

Purchase Orders

Options for purchase orders

Setting	Type	Description	Default
Reference Prefix	String	Prefix for purchase order reference	PO

Sales orders

Options for sales orders

Setting	Type	Description	Default
Reference Prefix	String	Prefix for sales order reference	SO