# Application preferences

> Configure IS Tools application settings: name, language, password policy, start form, theme, date format, and retention days for reports and imports.

Other administrative forms > Application preferences

This form allows the administrator to apply important settings to the current application, which will control some of the features used by users.

The settings are:

-   **Name**. This is the name of your application, which appears at the login screen and at the top of the menu.

-   **Description**. You may enter a brief description of what your application is about, especially useful for when you own more than one application.

-   **Default language**. Read-only. This is the primary language of the application, usually the native language of most of the users.

    > **Note:**
    > 
    > The _English_ and _Swedish_ languages _are available by default_ in the IS Tools platform for general system items (labels, form buttons, pop-up messages, etc.); however, translation to other languages must be done through the **_Multilingual translation system_** by the server administrator.
    > 
    > In a new application, the initial default language is English (which is the server’s default), until a different one is selected in this setting.

-   **Permitted languages**. Read-only.

-   **First day of week**. It may vary depending on the country. Affects the Week [function](functions.md) used in rules.

-   **First week of year**. It may vary depending on the country.

-   **Date format** and **Time format**. Can be customized in [User settings](user_settings.md).

-   [**Theme**](theme_designer.md): Choose one of these options to change the look of your interface.

-   **Don’t allow distributed administrators to change user’s passwords**. Tick this setting to deny administrators using the Distributed type of administration the possibility of changing user’s passwords.

-   **Default password policy**. This is the way the system regulates the [authentication](authentication.md) of users in order to access the application. The preset password policy for new applications is the [**Server Default**](server_default_password_policy.md), however the application administrator can select another policy (if available) or can request to the IS Tools support team to define a different policy that suits in a better way the needs of the application. The policy selected in this form, _will not override_ the chosen one for existing users in the [User administration](user_administration.md) form; however it will preset the policy for new users.

-   **Number of days to keep reports**. Time in which a generated report will remain in the [Report queue](report_queue.md) form, before it is automatically removed by the system. See [limitations](platform_limitations.md#reports_and_imports) about this matter.

-   **Number of days to keep imports**. Time in which a generated import will remain in the [Import queue](import_queue.md) form, before it is automatically removed by the system. See [limitations](platform_limitations.md#reports_and_imports) about this matter.

-   **Number of rows per page in table sections**. To set how many records you want to load at once in Table section. The remaining records will be displayed upon scrolling.

Start forms:

-   **Desktop start form**\*. Select a form that will be automatically displayed for all users once logged in on desktop mode. If no start form is defined, an empty browser pane will be displayed next to the IS Tools navigation menu.

-   **Mobile start form**\*. Same as above, but for [mobile mode](mobile_access.md). In this case, note that only application forms can be selected, i.e., no system forms are available in this drop-down field.

-   **Allow user to override in User settings form**. If checked, users will have the possibility to select their own Desktop and Mobile start forms, via the [User settings](user_settings.md) form.

\*Note that these settings are also available in [User administration](user_administration.md) and [User settings](user_settings.md) forms.

Logging:

-   **Enable read log**. It’s necessary to check this setting to be able to use the [Extended log](extended_logs.md) form.

> **Note:**
> 
> The retention period of these logs is usually 30 days, and can be edited up to 60 days in the [Application preferences](application_preferences.md) form. Logs can be manually deleted.