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Working with local settings

OpenPype stores some of it's settings and configuration in local file system. These settings are specific to each individual machine and provides the mechanism for local overrides

Local Settings GUI can be started from the tray menu.

Local Settings

Categories​

OpenPype Mongo URL​

The Mongo URL is the database URL given by your Studio. More details here.

General​

OpenPype Username : enter your username (if not provided, it uses computer session username by default). This username is used to sign your actions on OpenPype, for example the "author" on a publish.

Admin permissions : When enabled you do not need to enter a password (if defined in Studio Settings) to access to the Admin section.

Experimental tools​

Future version of existing tools or new ones.

Environments​

Local replacement of the environment data of each software and additional internal data necessary to be loaded correctly.

Applications​

Local override of software executable paths for each version. More details here.

Project Settings​

The Project Settings allows to determine the root folder. More details here.