System settings affect the way the Legistar program works in many ways, and you use them to specify your local system preferences. Usually, you specify system settings during set up and rarely change them afterwards.  Almost all of the system settings require you to enter a value for the system to work correctly; there is a default value for each setting. You should contact Granicus for advice if any of the settings are blank.

For convenience, we have grouped system settings by function area:

Settings Group

Description

General

Settings that apply to the entire system or to more than one section.

Legislative Files

Settings that apply to the Files module.

Agendas

Settings that apply to the Agendas module.

Minutes

Settings that apply to the Minutes module.

Vote Actions

Settings that apply to Vote Actions.

File Locations

Settings that apply to file locations such as export and import folders.

MeetingSettings relating to meetings in LiveManager.

Color Settings

Settings that apply to the colors that are displayed in various places in the system.

Approval Tracking

Settings that apply to the Approval Tracking Process.

Local Settings

Throughout the setting groups, some of the setting names appear in Bold. This indicates that the system applies the setting value to any new user account created by the system administrator, but the individual user may change his or her local setting at any time.  If the system administrator subsequently changes a setting in bold, it will apply to any new user after that, but the change will not affect any existing user accounts.

To change a local setting:

  1. Click the Tools menu from the Home module in Legistar and select Local Settings.

  2. Click the appropriate menu title on the Personal Settings tab to open the setting you want to change.

  3. Change the appropriate setting, and click Save.