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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.

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
Restrict showing about Boolean Show the about modal only to superusers False
Base URL String Base URL for server instance blank
Company Name String Company name My company 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 SSO registration Boolean Enable self-registration for users via 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 authentication		 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 bleeding over.		 True
Allowed domains String Restrict signup to certain domains (comma-separated, starting with @)

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

Main Settings

Setting Type Description Default
IPN Regex String Regular expression pattern for matching Part IPN blank
Allow Duplicate IPN Boolean Allow multiple parts to share the same IPN True
Allow Editing IPN Boolean Allow changing the IPN value while editing a part True
Part Name Display Format String Format to display the part name {{ part.id if part.id }}{{ ' | ' if part.id }}{{ part.name }}{{ ' | ' if part.revision }}{{ part.revision if part.revision }}
Show Price History Boolean Display historical pricing for Part False
Show Price in Forms Boolean Display part price in some forms True
Show Price in BOM Boolean Include pricing information in BOM tables True
Show related parts Boolean Display related parts for a part True
Create initial stock Boolean Create initial stock on part creation True

Creation Settings

Setting Type Description Default
Template Boolean Parts are templates by default False
Assembly Boolean Parts can be assembled from other components by default False
Component Boolean Parts can be used as sub-components by default True
Trackable Boolean Parts are trackable by default False
Purchaseable Boolean Parts are purchaseable by default True
Salable Boolean Parts are salable by default False
Virtual Boolean Parts are virtual by default False

Copy Settings

Setting Type Description Default
Copy Part BOM Data Boolean Copy BOM data by default when duplicating a part True
Copy Part Parameter Data Boolean Copy parameter data by default when duplicating a part True
Copy Part Test Data Boolean Copy test data by default when duplicating a part True
Copy Category Parameter Templates Boolean Copy category parameter templates when creating a part True

Internal Price Settings

Setting Type Description Default
Internal Prices Boolean Enable internal prices for parts False
Internal Price as BOM-Price Boolean Use the internal price (if set) in BOM-price calculations False

Part Import Setting

This section of the part settings allows staff users to:

Setting Type Description Default
Show Import in Views Boolean Display the import wizard in some part views True

Part Parameter Templates

Refer to the section describing how to create part parameter templates.

Categories

In this section of the settings, staff users can set a list of parameters associated to a part category.

To add a parameter to a part category:

  1. select the category in the dropdown list
  2. click the New Parameter button on the top right
  3. fill out the "Create Category Parameter Template" form
  4. click the Submit button.

After a list of parameters is added to a part category and upon creation of a new part in this category, this list of parameters will be added by default to the new part.

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 Pattern String Pattern for defining Build Order reference values BO-{ref:04d}

Purchase Orders

Options for purchase orders

Setting Type Description Default
Reference Pattern String Pattern for defining Purchase Order reference values PO-{ref:04d}

Sales orders

Options for sales orders

Setting Type Description Default
Reference Pattern String Pattern for defining Sales Order reference values SO-{ref:04d}

Plugin Settings

Change into what parts plugins can integrate into.

Setting Type Description Default
Enable URL integration Boolean Enable plugins to add URL routes False
Enable navigation integration Boolean Enable plugins to integrate into navigation False
Enable setting integration Boolean Enable plugins to integrate into inventree settings False
Enable app integration Boolean Enable plugins to add apps False
Last update: September 4, 2023