Global preferences are persistent properties that apply to an entire database, they are also referred to as database-wide preferences.
Global preferences are different from network preferences, which are network-specific.
Global preferences are stored at database level and may include per user settings.
By default, global preferences can be edited by all users. However, these preferences can be protected in order to allow only edits by Database Owners to be saved. Only a Database Owner can turn protection of global settings on or off.
There are a large number of network preferences.
List of global preferences
- Option to allow editing of river reach data
- Option to allow editing of subevent NAPI
- User defined flags:
- User's current default edit flag is user specific
- 'Active' property of user-defined flags (Obsolete check box)
- User defined Field Names
- Custom actions
- Default print logo
- Remote Root Settings
- Replay jump delay (to adjust simulation replay speed)
- Show /display hidden objects
- Object Properties Window layouts
See the Options dialog for more information on the settings above.
Copying / pasting global preferences
It is possible to copy and paste global preferences from one database to another.
Please note that the following instructions do not apply to custom actions.
Custom actions will not be copied when copying global preferences.
To copy and paste global preferences:
- Display an Explorer view of the on-premise or cloud database or the transportable database from which you want to copy the global preferences.
- Right-click on the database icon at the top of the database tree and select Advanced
Copy from the popup menu.
- Display an Explorer view of the on-premise or cloud database or transportable database to which you want to copy the preferences.
- Right-click on the database icon at the top of the database tree and select AdvancedPaste global preferences from the popup menu.