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SHOW / DESCRIBE SETTINGS

Synopsis

SHOW SETTINGS

DESCRIBE SETTINGS [ category ]

Description

Displays project settings. SHOW SETTINGS provides a compact overview of all settings across all categories. DESCRIBE SETTINGS outputs the full settings in round-trippable MDL syntax that can be used to recreate the same configuration.

When DESCRIBE SETTINGS is called without a category, it outputs all settings. When a category is specified, only that category is shown.

The available settings categories are:

CategoryContents
MODELApplication-level settings: AfterStartupMicroflow, BeforeShutdownMicroflow, HashAlgorithm, JavaVersion, etc.
CONFIGURATIONRuntime configurations: DatabaseType, DatabaseUrl, HttpPortNumber, etc. Each named configuration is listed separately.
CONSTANTConstant value overrides per configuration. Shows which constants have non-default values in each configuration. An override whose value is private — stored on the developer’s workstation rather than in the shared model — is reported as (private); its value is not in the project and mxcli cannot show it.
LANGUAGELocalization settings: DefaultLanguageCode and available languages.
WORKFLOWSWorkflow engine settings: UserEntity, DefaultTaskParallelism, etc.

Parameters

category (DESCRIBE only)
One of MODEL, CONFIGURATION, CONSTANT, LANGUAGE, or WORKFLOWS. If omitted, all categories are shown.

Examples

Show settings overview

SHOW SETTINGS;

Describe all settings in MDL format

DESCRIBE SETTINGS;

Describe model settings only

DESCRIBE SETTINGS MODEL;

Describe runtime configurations

DESCRIBE SETTINGS CONFIGURATION;

List workflow groups

SHOW WORKFLOW GROUPS;

Lists the workflow groups from App Settings ▸ Workflows ▸ Groups with their descriptions. It reads the project settings directly, so no catalog refresh is needed. Groups are created with ALTER SETTINGS WORKFLOWS ... GROUP.

Describe workflow settings

DESCRIBE SETTINGS WORKFLOWS;

See Also

ALTER SETTINGS, SHOW CONSTANT VALUES