# General

## Overview

The settings on this page enable administrators to customize default behavior in VMS, e.g. *Days extra in port* controls the number of extra days automatically added to new port calls. Note that these system settings are applied globally to the environment, which means any change alters the functionality for all users (click for better view):

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## Breakdown of the available settings

<table data-full-width="true"><thead><tr><th>System Setting Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Automatic Pilot Stations</td><td>Automatically adds pilot stations to port calls at arrival and departure if at least one exists. This affects consumption and date estimation figures and applies only to newly created voyages.</td></tr><tr><td>Enable Date Revision</td><td>When enabled, estimated port call dates will display a visual indicator whenever the date is manually set by a user. The indicator is removed once the date is finalised. <br><em>NOTE: This preference only applies to dates changed after the setting is enabled.</em> </td></tr><tr><td>Forward Cargo Threshold</td><td>The number of days required between CP Date and Laydays Cancelling for a cargo to become a <a href="../../../cargoes/types-and-subtypes#forward">Forward cargo</a>. If set to 0, no cargo will receive type Forward.</td></tr><tr><td>Synchronize Security Group Alias- Business Units</td><td>When enabled, the system automatically assigns business units to users according to their designated Security Group Aliases.</td></tr><tr><td>Share Voyage</td><td>When the setting is enabled, all estimate voyages may be edited by other users than the creator.</td></tr><tr><td>Synchronize prorated cargo port dates</td><td>Enabling this feature ensures that all prorated cargo ports associated with the same port call will share identical Laytime Commenced and Laytime Completed dates.</td></tr><tr><td>Use cost from service orders</td><td>Allows automating the process of filling in port costs. If the option is enabled, the port cost will match the total amount among service orders linked to a port call.</td></tr><tr><td>Use new invoice template</td><td>Allows you to choose between printing documents using the new invoice template, or the old one.</td></tr><tr><td>Use port currency</td><td>Automatically sets the port cost currency to the local value. For example, a port call in Bergen will have the currency NOK.</td></tr><tr><td>Auto post service orders, along with<br>- <em>Service order status</em> <br><em>- Default payment term</em><br><em>- Default baseline term</em> </td><td><p>The system enforces automatic posting of documents that are created from a service order. For instance, if a service order contains multiple lines and the status of the service order changes to the specified <em>status</em>*, the related document lines will be combined into a posted document. This setting eliminates the need to manually select the service order document lines, assemble them into a document, and then post the document.<br></p><ul><li><em>*Service order status</em> - indicates the base status for enabling the auto-posting functionality. If a service order is changed to this status or higher, auto-posting will create documents for the existing linked document lines, and future lines.</li><li>Default payment term - specifies the default payment term used for auto-posted documents. <em>Required for auto-posting to work</em>.</li><li>Default baseline term - specifies the default baseline term used for auto-posted documents. <em>Required for auto-posting to work</em>.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>CH4 (GWP)</td><td>This setting is used to set constant for the Methane Global Warming Potential.</td></tr><tr><td>Compliance Penalty Price</td><td>The default compliance penalty price on each voyage. It is always in EURO.</td></tr><tr><td>Default bunker orders status</td><td>Initial status when a bunker order is placed.<br>Available statuses: <em>Draft, Requirement, Stemmed, Delivered, Cancelled</em></td></tr><tr><td>Default EU ETS Currency</td><td>This setting is used to set the default currency for <a href="../../../voyages/maintain-voyages/overview/profit-loss-summary/eu-ets-cost#how-eu-ets-cost-is-calculated">EU ETS cost calculations</a> on new voyages. <em><strong>Note:</strong></em> Changing the setting will <em><strong>not</strong></em> affect previously created voyages.</td></tr><tr><td>Days extra in port</td><td>This setting is used to specify the default number of days extra in port for each new port call.</td></tr><tr><td>Fixture reference sequence</td><td>A running number used to generate the next fixture reference. Should only contain integer numbers.</td></tr><tr><td>N20 (GWP)</td><td>This setting is used to set constant for the Nitrous Oxide Global Warming Potential</td></tr><tr><td> Percent extra at sea</td><td>Allows defining a value used to set percent extra at sea for each leg in the system. </td></tr><tr><td>Pilot Leg Performance Factor</td><td>The factor applied to speed and consumption for legs traveling from a pilot station to a port, or from a port to a pilot station.</td></tr><tr><td>Previous port call count</td><td>Identifies the number of previous port call shown on each TC out voyage.</td></tr><tr><td>Voyage Snapshot Creation Time</td><td>The GMT time for generating voyage snapshots.</td></tr></tbody></table>