Project Settings¶
Setup → Settings (gear icon → Settings) holds project-wide configuration across five tabs: System, SMTP, DAQ storage, Alarms, and Logs.
System¶
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| Language | The UI language |
| Server is listening on port | 1881 by default — matches the port you use to reach SCADash |
| Authentication with Token | Disabled by default — see the warning below |
| Only for Editor | When authentication is enabled, restricts the token requirement to the Editor only, leaving runtime open |
| Lazy view loading | Load each view's data only when it's opened, rather than all at once |
| Broadcast to client (frontend) all tags values | Whether every tag value is pushed to every connected browser |
| Log full mode | Verbose server logging |
| Authorization type / Swagger | API authorization/documentation settings |
Authentication with Token is off by default
With this disabled, the Editor (and runtime, unless Only for Editor is set) has no access control at all. See Getting started → Securing SCADash for how this interacts with Layout's Show login on start.
SMTP¶
Configure Host, Port, Mail sender, User/API key, and Password so SCADash can send email — required for any Report or Notification that emails someone. Use Email to send test message and Test to confirm it works before relying on it.
DAQ storage¶
Controls how SCADash stores historical tag data (used by trend charts and reports): Database type (SQLite by default) and Retention (how long history is kept — 1 year by default). Lower the retention period if storage space is limited.
Alarms and Logs tabs¶
The remaining two tabs in this dialog hold alarm-behavior and server-logging defaults that pair with Alarms and Logs & Events respectively.
Layout¶
Separately, Setup → Layout controls how the runtime view itself looks and behaves — not to be confused with the Settings dialog above:
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| Navigation Side Menu / Header Navigation Bar / Custom styles | Which navigation style runtime uses, and whether to apply custom CSS |
| Start View | The view runtime opens by default |
| Show login on start | Whether runtime requires sign-in before showing the dashboard — see Getting started |
| Zoom | Default zoom behavior for views |
| Dialog Mode of input field | Whether tag-value inputs open in a dialog |
| Show Navigation | Whether the view-switching menu is shown at all |
| Show connection error (Toast) | Whether a lost server connection pops up a toast notification |